【正文】 Wildlife and Human Beings C. Special Animals in the Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands 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 )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 )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 20 分 ) 根據(jù)所給中文意思，完成下面各句。計 l0 分 ) 16_______ 17 _______ 18_______ 19_______ 20_______ 21_______ 22_______ 23_______ 24_______ 25______ Ⅲ．閱讀理解 (共 20 小題，計 35 分 ) A) (共 5 小題，計 5 分 ) 26_______ 27 _______ 28_______ 29______ 30_______ B) (共 15 小題，計 30 分 ) 31_______ 32 _______ 33_______ 34_______ 35______ 36_______ 37_______ 38_______ 39_______ 40_______ 41_______ 42_______ 43 _______ 44_______ 45_______ IV. 完成句子 (共 10 小題，計 20 分 ) 46___________ 47___________48__________ 49___________ 50____________ 51___________ 52__________ 53___________ 54___________ 55___________ V. 短文填空 (共 10 題，計 10 分 ) 56_______ 57_______ 58_______ 59_______ 60_______ 61_______ 62_______ 63_______ 64_______ 65_______ VI. 任務(wù)型閱讀 （共 5 題，計 5 分） 66_______________________________________ 67_______________________________________ 68_______________________________________ 69_______________________________________ 70_______________________________________ Ⅶ． 補全對話 (共 10 題，計 10 分 ) A 71_______ 72 _______ 73______ 74_______ 75_______ B 76_______________________________________________________ 77_______________________________________________________ 78_______________________________________________________ 79_______________________________________________________ 80_______________________________________________________ VIII. 書面表達 (共 1 題，計 15 分 ) Changes in My Hometown Over the past 10 years, great changes have taken place in my hometown. In the past, 西安外國語學(xué)校初三第一次月考答案 I 15 B A B A D 210 C C