第十篇
Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States.It has completely 1 the horse as a 2 of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for 3 90% of all 4 business.Most Americans are able to 5 cars.The average price of a 6 made car was ,050 in 1950, ,470 in 1960 and up to ,750 7 1975.During this period American car manufacturers set about 8 their products and work efficiency.As aresult, the yearly income of the 9 family increased from 1950 to 1975 10 than the price of cars.For this reason 11 a new car takes a smaller 12 of a familys total earnings today.In 1951 13 it took 8.1 months of an average familys 14 to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car 15 8.3 of a familys annual earnings, by 1975 it only took 4.75 16 income.In addition, the 1975 cars were technically 17 to models from previous years.The 18 of automobile extends throughout the economy 19 the car is so important to American.Americans spend more money 20 keeping their cars running than on any other item.
1.A.denied B.reproduced C.replaced D.ridiculed
2.A.means B.mean C.types D.kinds
3.A.hardly B.nearly C.certainly D.somehow
4.A.personal B.personnel C.manual D.artificial
5.A.buy B.sell C.race D.see
6.A.quickly B.regularly C.rapidly D.recently
7.A.on B.in C.before D.after
8.A.raising B.making C.reducing D.improving
9.A.unusual B.smallest C.average D.biggest
10.A.slower B.equal C.faster D.less
11.A.bringing B.obtain C.bought D.purchasing
12.A.part B.half C.number D.quality
13.A.clearly B.proportionally C.percentage D.suddenly
14.A.income B.work C.plans D.debts
15.A.used B.spent C.cost D.needed
16.A.months B.years C.family D.year
17.A.famous B.superior C.fastest D.better
18.A.running B.notice C.influence D.affect
19.A.then B.as C.so D.which
20.A.to B.in C.of D.for
第十篇答案+解說:
1.【答案】C
【解析】本句意為：汽車取代了馬，成為日常交通工具。replace“取代”;deny“否定、否認(rèn)”;reproduce“復(fù)制”;ridicule“嘲笑”。故選replace。
2.【答案】A
【解析】句意見上題。means指“工具”，復(fù)數(shù)形式作單數(shù)理解，其他幾項不符合句意。
3.【答案】B【解析】nearly“接近”;hardly“幾乎不”;certainly“肯定”;somehow“設(shè)法”。接近90%符合句意。
4.【答案】A
【解析】personal“個人的”;personnel“人事的”;manual“手工的”;artificial“人造的”。本句意為：美國人使用汽車百分之九十是為了個人的業(yè)務(wù)。
5.【答案】A
【解析】根據(jù)上下文,本句的意思應(yīng)該是“大部分的美國人能夠買車”。
6.【答案】B
【解析】根據(jù)上下文這里應(yīng)該是指“有規(guī)律”的生產(chǎn)。
7.【答案】B
【解析】指的是在1975年，與前面的in 1950對應(yīng)。)
8.【答案】D
【解析】本句的意思是“汽車生產(chǎn)商開始改進(jìn)產(chǎn)品，提高效率”，只有improve“改進(jìn)”符合句意。Raise提高; make制造; reduce減少。
9.【答案】C
【解析】根據(jù)上下文，只能選average“平均”。Unusual不同尋常的。
10.【答案】C
【解析】本句的意思是“家庭收入的增長速度比汽車價格上漲的速度快”。
11.【答案】D
【解析】本句缺主語，只有A和D可作主語，但A項的意思不符。purchasing“購買”，符合句意。
12.【答案】A
【解析】本句指的是家庭收入較小的一部分，不是指具體的數(shù)目。
13.【答案】B
【解析】此處需要用副詞，先排除percentage這個名詞，其他選項中只有proportionally“相應(yīng)、成適當(dāng)比例的”符合句意。本句句意是，“在不同年代車價與家庭收入按比例增加”，其他兩考試&大項意思不符。
14.【答案】A
【解析】本句指的是家庭收入，只有income符合句意。
15.【答案】C
【解析】在表示某物花費某人多少錢的意思時，若物為主語，動詞要用cost。
16.【答案】A
【解析】本句指的是4.75個月的收入。
17.【答案】B
【解析】本句意為在1975年出產(chǎn)的汽車在工藝上比前些年出產(chǎn)的各種型號的汽車優(yōu)越。be superior to“比……優(yōu)越”;be better后面要接than;famous“著名的”;fastest“最快的”。
18.【答案】C
【解析】本句意為汽車的影響涉及整個經(jīng)濟(jì)。influence“影響”;affect是動詞，不符合語法;running和notice不符合句意。
19.【答案】B
【解析】這里as引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。
20.【答案】B
【解析】spend (in) doing sth.是固定搭配。
