1. Most Americans feel they are poor when they _____.
A) have no job
B) have no food
C) have no money
D)have no car
2. Henry Ford was the first to _____ cars in large numbers.
A) invent
B) sell
C) have
D) produce
3. "A nation on wheels" means that
A) the country is producing the best cars in the world
B) everyone in this country owns a car
C) cars play a very important role in people’ lives
D) there are more cars than trains in this country
4. With a car people can go _____.easily.
A) anywhere
B) to anyplace
C) to anywhere
D) any place
5. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is __
A) to make less cars
B) to develop a public transportation system
C) to make gas-saving cars
D) to develop train service
1.
【答案】D
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“大多数美国人感到自己贫穷是因为_____。”由文章第一段第二句话“Without a car" most people feel that they are poor”可知,美国人会因为自己没有车而感到贫穷,故选D。
2.
【答案】D
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“亨利·伏特是第一个大量_____汽车的人。”由第二段第一句“Henry Ford Was the man who fast started making cars in large numbers”可知,他是第一个making汽车的人。此处,making的意思等于produce,为“制造”,故选D。
3.
【答案】C
【题型】推理题
【解析】题干意为“‘骑在轮子上的国家’意思是指_____。”由原文第二段“The car made the United Stated a nation on wheels.”可知,在美国,汽车很受欢迎,汽车对于美国人来说是非常重要的,故选C。
4.
【答案】A
【题型】释义题
【解析】题干意为“有了车,人们可以轻易去_____。”找到原句,第三段末尾“With a car people can go any-place without spending a lot of money”,anyplace连在一起写等于anywhere,都是副词,可以直接与动词连用,但是不与介词to连用,所以B、C是错误选项。而分开写的any place则是名词词组,需要与to连用to any
place.所以A是正确的答案。
5.
【答案】C
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“真正解决燃油短缺的方案是_____。”由文章最后一句“The real solution will have to be a new kind of car,one that does not use so much gas”可知,真正的解决方案是要开发出一种新的、不需要费那么多油的汽车。即make gas-saving cars,故选C。