【正文】 D. Wetlands—Valuable Recourses（珍貴資源 ） of Land on the Earth D Americans love cars. They go everywhere in 5％ of people in the US go to and from work by car. And most adults have driving licenses. Why does this car culture exist? How it started America’s love of cars started after the war(戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng) )when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives. They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status(地位 ).The more money they had, the bigger their cars were. Making of roads During the war, President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had. He decided to build new fourlane(四車道 )roads in America. He said if something happened suddenly, the twolane roads wouldn’t be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities. Car and oil panies liked his idea and building started. Car lovers Not just teenagers are crazy about cars. Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully. These are called Art Cars. Every April there is an activity in Houston, Texas, where they show their cars. Pollution Cars have polluted the environment. American President Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution. Many countries were angry about it. Bush said he had to think of the American economy(經(jīng)濟(jì) )and all the American people that make money from cars. Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less. But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars. 41. When did Americans begin to love cars? A. Before the new twolane roads were built. B. After World War II. C. During World War II. D. Before World War II. 42. New four1ane roads were built ______. A. in Germany B. by car and oil panies C. in America D. when something suddenly happened 43. The underlined word “building” here means “the building of_____”. A. panies B. soldiers’ lives C. houses D. roads 44. What were other countries’ feelings about Bush’s decision? A. They agreed with him. B. They showed anger to it. C. They paid no attention to it. D. The passage doesn’t tell US. 45． The meaning of the last sentence is:“ ” A. It’s better to have fewer cars. B. It’s better to make cars that pollute less. C. It’s easier to make cars that pollute less. D. It’s easier to make people have fewer cars. Ⅳ .完成句子 (共 10 小題，計(jì) 20 分 ) 根據(jù)所給中文意思，完成下面各句。 (共 5 小題，計(jì) 5 分 ) A Arctic fox(北極狐 ) is a kind of small fox that lives in the Arctic. It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and weighs from 3 to 7 kilos. The Arctic foxes are white or blue in color. The white ones are white in winter, but greybrown in summer. The blue ones are bluegrey all year round. The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur. And the long fur covers their whole bodies, including both their cat eyes and rabbit feet, to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic. The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food, and they don’t like to do that alone. Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don’t open their eyes until a week after their birth. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone. Today, the number of the Arctic foxes is being smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes. all the Arctic foxes change their colors in different seasons. 27. The Arctic foxes have rabbit eyes and cat feet. 28. Baby Arctic foxes are born with their eyes open. 29. Birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals are the main food for the Arctic foxes. 30. According to the passage, there are more Arctic foxes now. B)閱讀下面 B C D 短文，從各小題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能回答所提問(wèn)題或完成所給句子的最佳答案。 Tom can _____ _____ _____ the answer to the question. 53 他寧愿玩電腦游戲，也