Passage 13

    Cars are an important __1__ of life in the United States. __2__ most people feel that they are poor. Andeven if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor __3__ he has a car.

    There are two main reasons the car become so __4__ in the United States. __5__ of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move __6__ in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. ___7__ a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact ___8__ the United States never developedan efficient and inexpensive form of public ___9__ . Long distance trains have never been as common the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is good system of airservice provided planes. But it is ___10__ expensive to be used frequently.

    1. A. role B. part C. effect D. basis

    2. A. without a car B. not with a car C. without no car D. with a car

    3. A. although B. when C. whether D. but

    4. A. qualified B. increasing C. developing D. popular

    5. A. First B. Firstly C. At first D. The first

    6. A. around B. on C. along D. forth

    7. A. Through B. Since C. With D. As

    8. A. which B. where C. that D. what

    9. A. movement B. carriage C. shipping D. transportation

    10. A. very B. so C. too D. as

    1.【答案】B。

    【解析】本句的意思是“小汽車是美國人生活中一個重要組成部分。”role角色，part部分，effect影響，basis基礎(chǔ)。顯然正確答案是選項B。

    2.【答案】A。

    【解析】本句的意思是“沒有小轎車，大多數(shù)人會認(rèn)為自己很窮。”without a car 相當(dāng)于條件句if they don’t have a car.因此，選項A是正確的。

    3.【答案】B。

    【解析】本句的意思同上。although 顯然，when 當(dāng)……，whether 是否，but 但是，由意思可見，最適合的當(dāng)然是選項B。

    4.【答案】D。

    【解析】本句的意思是“有三種原因可解釋為什么小汽車在美國那么普及。qualified 合格的，increasing 增長的，developing 發(fā)展，popular流行的。因此，選項D是正確的。

    5.【答案】A。

    【解析】本題考核固定搭配，first of all 首先，上句既然說有三個原因，下面就開始一一介紹。因此，選項A是正確。

    6.【答案】A。

    【解析】本句的意思是“美國人喜歡乘車到處走動。”move around四處游蕩，正符合題意，因此，選項A是正確的。

    7.【答案】C。

    【解析】“有車，人們可以去任何地方”。表示“有車”，通�？梢杂媒樵~短詞 with a car 相當(dāng)于條件句， if they have a car。因此，選項C正確。

    8.【答案】C。

    此句是一同位語從句，that引導(dǎo)同位語來說明 fact 的具體所指。因此，選項C是正確的。

    9.【答案】D。

    【解析】public transportation 公共交通，movement 移動，carriage運(yùn)輸，shipping運(yùn)輸，從意思上看，選項D是正確的。

    10.【答案】C。

    【解析】本題也是考核固定搭配 too...to...的用法，因此選項C正確。

    Passage 14

    In the next 40 years, the percentage of people in the United States over the age of 65 is expected to double. __1__ the needs of this part of the populations a __2__ to the ingenuity (足智多謀) of America. To a __3__ degree, a society is judged by __4__ it cares for those who can no longer care __5__ themselves. High technology __6__ the most startling advances in helping the elderly. In __7__ to the well-known artificial heart implantation (移植)，there are efforts underway to __8__ artificial lungs, livers, and bones.An electric ear is __9__ seventy-five percent effective. The implants will __10__ better medical care byreleasing minute doses of drugs into the body continuously.

    1. A. Seeing B. Meeting C. Facing D. Matching

    2. A. chance B. challenge C. call D. change

    3. A. valuable B. comprehensive C. considerate D. considerable

    4. A. how B. why C. who D. whom

    5. A. with B. to C. upon D. for

    6. A. protects B. profits C. proclaims D. promises

    7. A. relation B. contrast C. addition D. proportion

    8. A. discover B. promote C. assemble D. develop

    9. A. thus B. still C. already D. yet

    10. A. permit B. persist C. serve D. pursue

    1. B。

    meet needs 符合要求。

    2.【答案】B。

    【解析】chance 機(jī)會；challenge 挑戰(zhàn)；call 傳呼；change 改變，因此，從意思上來看，只有選項B最符合題意。

    3.【答案】D

    【解析】valuable 有價值的；comprehensive 綜合的；considerate 善解人意的；considerable 相當(dāng)?shù)�。因此，選項D最合適。

    4.【答案】A。

    【解析】表示方式狀語。

    5.【答案】D

    【解析】表示“關(guān)心”可用短語care for。因此，選項D是正確。

    6.【答案】D。

    【解析】protect 保護(hù)；profit 賺錢；proclaim 聲稱；promise承諾。因此，選項D是正確的。

    7.【答案】C。

    【解析】in relation to 與……相關(guān)聯(lián)；in contrast with 相比較而言；in addition to 此外；proportion 比例。因此，選項C是正確的。

    8.【答案】D。

    【解析】discover 發(fā)現(xiàn)；promote提高(提升)；assemble 聚集；develop 開發(fā)。因此，選項D

    是正確的。

    9.【答案】C。

    【解析】thus 因此；still仍然；already 已經(jīng)；yet 仍。以程度上看。選項C是正確的。

    10.【答案】A。

    【解析】permit 允許；persist 堅持；serve 服務(wù)；pursue 追求，顯然本題表示一種“可以做到”的意思。因此，選項A是正確的。