Cars are an important part of life in th United States.Without a car, most people feel that they are poor.An even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.
Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers.He probably didn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture.The car made the Unite States a nation on wheels.And it helped make the United States what it is today.
There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States.First of all,the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it.The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation.With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.
The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation.Long-distance have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.Nowadays,there is a good system of air-service provided by planes.But it is too expensive to be used frequently.
The third reason is the most important one,though.The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular.Americans don't like to wait for a bus or a train or even a plane.They don't like to have to follow an exact schedule.A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time.And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.
The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans.But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation.The real solution will have to be a new kind of car,one that does not use so much gas.
31,When do most Americans feel they are poor? A.When they don't have a car B.When they live in a huge country C.When they don't planes. D.When they have a car 32.Why do cars become popular in the United States? A.The United States is huge. B.Public transportation is not so good. C.Americans like to be independent D.Americans like to move around 33.What public transportation is good in the United States? A.Buses B.Trains C.Taxis D.Planes 34.What has caused a big problem for Americans? A.A new kind of car B.Public transportation C.The gas shortage D.Poor people
35.Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to this passage? A.Cars have made the nation on wheels.
B.Cars have made the United States have a gas shortge C.Nearly 80%of the American people have cars. D.Cars have made American independent. Passage 4
There is a difference between science and technology.Science is a method of answering
theoretical questions;technology is a method of solving practical problem.Science has to do with the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to organize these facts and relationships;technology has to do with tools,techniques,and procedures for implementing the finding of science. Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the progress in each.Progress in science excludes the human factor.Scientists,who seek to comprehend the universe and know the truth with the highest degree of accuracy and certainty,cannot pay attention to their own or other people's likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about the fitness of things.What scientists discover may shock or anger people-as did Darwin's theory of evolution.But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful;besides,we have the choice of refusing to believe it!But it's hardly so with technology and we do not have the choice of refusing to hear the sonic boom produced by a supersonic aircraft flying overhead;we do not have the choice of refusing to breathe polluted air;and we do not have the choice of living in a non-atomic age.Unlike science progress,technology must be measured in terms of the human factor.The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve people in general,not merely some people;and future generantions,not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage for themselves.Technology must be humanistic if it is to lead to a better world. 36.Which of the following statements about science is NOT true? A.Scinece provides answers to theoretical questions. B.Scinece seeks to comprehend the universe. C.Scinece aims to discover the inter-connections of facts and rules that explain them. D.Scinece serves people in general and can be measured in terms of the human factor. 37.Which of the followig statements about technology is NOT true? A.Technology provides answer to practical problems. B.Technology seeks to establish theories based on facts. C.Technology helps change the material world. D.Technology has to do with new desings and ways of making the we use in our daily life. 38.According to the author,scientific theories . A.must be strictly objective. B.usually pay attention to people C.should conform to popular opinions. D.always convince everyone 39.The author states that technology itself . A.is responsible for pollution and resource exhaustion B.should serve those who wish to gain advantage for themselves C.will lead to a better world if put to wise use D.will inevitably be for bad motivation 40.The tone of the author in this passage is . A.ironical B.critical C.factual D.arbitrary Part 3 Cloze Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D.You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Reading is pleasure of the mind,which means what it is a little like a sport:your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good 41 .Reading is fun,not because the writer is telling you something,but because it makes your mind work.Your own 42 works along with the author's or even goes beyond his.Your experience,compared with his,brings you to the same or different 43 ,and your ideas develop 44 you understand his.Every book stands by itself,like a one-family house,but books in a library are like house in a city.Although they are 45 ,together they all add up to something,they are 46 with each other and with other cities.The same ideas,or 47 ones,turn up in different places;the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature,but win different 48 according to different writings at different times.Books influence each other;they 49 the past,the present and the future and have their own 50 ,like families.Wherever you start reading you connect yourself with one of the families of ideas,and in the long run,you not only find out about the world and the people in it,you find out about yourself,too. 41.A.sportsman B.reader C.man D.student 42.A.imagination B.ability C.quality D.skill 43.A.results B.places C.books D.conclusions 44.A.whereas B.unless C.as D.only if 45.A.separate B.divided C.lonely D.independent 46.A.related B.connected C.charged D.developed 47.A.different B.related C.opposite D.irrelevant 48.A.answers B.measures C.methods D.solutions 49.A.head B.link C.describe D.record 50.A.offspring B.friends C.generations D.relatives A卷: 1-5:CADCD 6-10:DACAD 11-15:BDBBD 16-20:ACBAD 21-25: BDDCA 26-30: CADAD 31-35: ACDCC 36-40: DBACC 41-45 BADCA 46-50 BBDBC B卷:1-5:AABDC 6-10:DCCBD 11-15:D.CCAD 16-20:BABBA 21-25:ACCDA 26-30:DCBDD 31-35: CABCB 36-40:DAABA 41-45:ADDBA 46-50.CADCB 51. 研究者认为掌握2000至3000个出现频率较高的核心词汇,可能足以帮助学习者越过学习的停滞阶段。 52. 举个例子,我的一个学习毛利语的新西兰朋友最近问我,作为一名语言老师,我是怎样理解他的老师的教学方法的。 53. 对大多数老师和学习者来说,纯粹的记忆单词的基本工作并不会让教学变得非常有趣。 . 死记硬背单词,而不经常去接触和使用,往往是浪费时间。 55. 因此,了解记忆是如何工作的,以及如何使记忆更有助于学习者的学习,对老师来说是一个重要职责。 My Attitude toward Private Cars
Nowadays, private cars can be seen everywhere in China as the life standard has been increasingly improved along with the economy. Several reasons are responsible for this. Owing a private car has many advantages. The greatest advantage of all is that the car gives its owners more convenience and saves them a lot of time, enables them to go where they please. People can cover long distances by car rapidly and comfortably.
However, too many private cars have caused a lot of social problems as well. The worst of all the disadvantages is the heavy traffic we face everyday. We may wait hours a day wasting our lives to struggle a way to work.
It is essential that effective measures should be taken to reduce the heavy traffic. Firstly, we should try bicycle as much as possible since it is a good way to keep fit. Then, we can share one with neighbors or relatives as much as possible when going to work or picking up children, which can also save us a lot money and time.
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