Cars are an important part of life in the United States． Without a car， most people feel that they are___36___．And even if a person is poor， he doesn’t feel___37___poor when he has a car．
Henry Ford was the man who first started ___38___cars in large numbers． He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to ___39___American culture．The car made the United States a nation on ___ 40___． And it ___41___to make the United States what it is today．
There are three main reasons that the car has become so___42___in the United States． ___43___，the country is a huge one and Americans like to __44__around in it ．The car__45__the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation． With a car， people can go any place___46___spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient（有效地） and inexpensive form of public___47___． Long distance trains have never been as ___48___in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by ___49__．But it is too expensive to be used ___50__． The third reason is the most ___51__one．The American spirit of ___52___is what really made cars popular． Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train ___53___a plane． They don’t like to have to ___54___an exact schedule． A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want___55___to have．
| 小题1: | | A．healthy | B． poor | C．pretty | D．rich |
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| 小题2: | | A．actually | B．truly | C．really | D．exactly |
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| 小题3: | | A．making | B．doing | C．designing | D．owing |
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| 小题4: | | A．afford | B．affect | C．effort | D．effect |
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| 小题5: | | A．foot | B．horse backs | C．wheels | D．chairs |
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| 小题6: | | A．helped | B．tried | C．hoped | D．got |
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| 小题7: | | A．well-known | B．popular | C．lovely | D．famous |
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| 小题8: | | A．In all | B．After all | C．Above all | D．First of all |
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| 小题9: | | A．walk | B．transport | C．move | D．go |
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| 小题10: | | A．provides | B．offers | C．takes | D．proves |
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| 小题11: | | A．with | B．by | C．for | D．without |
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| 小题12: | | A．journey | B．transportation | C．travel | D．trip |
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| 小题13: | | A．unusual | B．usual | C．common | D．ordinary |
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| 小题14: | | A．bikes | B．ships | C．planes | D．rockets |
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| 小题15: | | A．completely | B．continuously | C．frequently | D．fully |
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| 小题16: | | A．important | B．funny | C．common | D．simple |
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| 小题17: | | A．dependence | B．independence | C．selfishness | D．self-confidence |
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| 小题19: | | A．take | B．receive | C．accept | D．follow |
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| 小题20: | | A．most | B．worst | C．best | D．least |
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