Question

Most people in the world like to enjoy nature. Travel is one of the most popular ways. Nowadays modern transportation can take people everywhere. But people who lived before the 1880s probably would not travel very far. They would not have time to travel far from their work. Anyone who travelled  36  would usually walk or ride a horse. But in Germany a man named Karl Benz had an idea that  37  the world in a dramatic way. In 1885, he made  38  . His car had three wheels,  39  most cars today. The car could only go  40  16 kilometres an hour.

At around the same time, the man  41  his first car in Detroit, America is called Henry Ford. Detroit is now still famous all over the world as the centre of American car-making.

Cars were very few and only  42  people could buy them.  43  , in England cars were thought to be  44  at that time, so for a few years someone  45  walk in front of every car  46  a red flag! This was to make sure that the car did not go too fast and hurt  47  .

In the 1910s, Henry Ford had  48  a better kind of car called the Model T Ford and he built a  49  where the cars could be made  50  . In this way the car could be made  51  and the cost was less and more and more people could  52  them. But there was still a problem  53  all the cars were black. That was because it was 54  to produce cars that were all the same color. Now, of course, you can buy cars in all  55  .

1.	A．by air B．by sea C．on foot D．on land

2.	A．discovered B．found C．changed D．invented

3.	A．a first car B．the first car C．his first wheel D．a first wheel

4.	A．unlike B．like C．as if D．as

5.	A．with a speed of B．at a speed of C．at speed of D．for a speed of

6.	A．making B．made C．makes D．having made

7.	A．busy B．rich C．strong D．kind

8.	A．However B．But C．While D．Therefore

9.	A．interesting B．unusual C．dangerous D．wonderful

10.	A．wanted to B．was forced to C．must D．would

11.	A．waved B．to wave C．waving D．wave

12.	A．anyone B．someone C．everyone D．no one

13.	A．sold B．discovered C．found D．produced

14.	A．store B．market C．museum D．factory

15.	A．with machine B．by machines C．by hand D．using hands

16.	A．quickly B．slowly C．quitely D．quietly

17.	A．lend B．sell C．buy D．watch

18.	A．that B．/ C．which D．what

19.	A．cheap B．more cheap C．cheaper D．much cheap

20.	A．kinds B．shapes C．colors D．sizes

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】文章讲述了人们旅游方式的变化以及汽车的发展过程。

1.D 词义辨析。A坐飞机；B坐船；C步行；D在陆地上。指当时陆地上的旅行方式。

2.C 动词辨析。这里是指他的想法改变了世界。

3.B 上下文串联。根据下文可知他生产出了世界上第一辆汽车。

4.A 介词辨析。这里是指他生产的汽车和现在的汽车不一样。

5.B 固定词组。at a speed of以…速度。

6.A 语法分析。现在分词短语Making his first car修饰名词the man。

7.B 形容词辨析。这里是指当时只有有钱人才能买的起汽车。

8.A 上下文串联。根据上下文可知这里存在着转折关系，故使用however.

9.C 形容词辨析。根据下文可知很多人认为汽车很危险，不够安全。

10.D 词义辨析。这里是指很多人经常在车流里走来走去，挥动旗帜，让汽车开慢不伤人。

11.C 动词辨析。解析同上。

12.A 词义辨析。这里是指不让汽车伤害如何人。

13.D 动词辨析。这里是指亨利福特已经生产出了更好的汽车。

14.D 名词辨析。这里指亨利福特已经建立工厂用机器更快的生产汽车。

15.B 词义辨析。By machine用机器。解析同上。

16.A 副词辨析。解析同49.

17.C 动词辨析。这里是指汽车的价格下降让更多的人能够买汽车。

18.A 同位语从句。这是一个同位语从句解释名词problem.

19.C 上下文串联。这里是指汽车生产同样颜色的汽车会更加便宜。

20.C 上下文串联。上文讲述在过去介词生产的是同样颜色的汽车，现在情况发生了变化，经常会生产出不一样颜色的汽车了。