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t know how much the car was going to be to American culture(文化 ). The car made the United States a nation on wheels(車輪 ). And it helped make the United States what it is now. The car has bee popular in the United States. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. 1. In the United States ____. A. only rich people have cars B. no poor people have cars C. most people have cars D. only a few people have beautiful cars 2. Who was Henry Ford? ____. A. He was one of the famous car makers B. He was the most popular man in the USA C. He was the richest man in the USA D. He was the first car maker in American history 3. Henry Ford started making cars in large numbers because ____. A. he wanted to change the American culture B. he knew cars would be make only in the United States C. he thought Americans would like his cars best D. he knew more and more people would buy cars 4. Which of the following do you think is true? ____. A. There are too many people everywhere in the USA B. There are a lot of cars everywhere in the USA C. Car pollution(污染 ) is the biggest problem in the USA D. Every family more or less has a car 5. We can know from this passage(文章 ) that ____. A. cars are cheaper in the USA B. the Americans are the richest in the world C. the Americans like to move around in cars D. the USA makes the most cars 十三 、 完形填空 Football is, I do think, the most favorite game in England: one has only to go to one of the important 1 to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, 2 for one side or the 3 . To a stranger(陌生人 ), one of the most surprising things about football in 4 is the great knowledge(知識 ) of the game which 5 the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the 6 in most of the important teams, he has 7 of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he 8 will win such a match, and his ideas about 9 are usually as good as those of men three or four times his 10 . 1. A. cities 2. A. waiting 3. A. other 4. A. China 5. A. all 6. A. players 7. A. names 8. A. says 9. A. England 10. A. ideas B. matches B. looking B. same B. the USA B. hardly B. cities B. pictures B. asks B. players B. age C. teams C. asking C. team C. England C. only C. countries C. heard C. decides C. football C. stories D. places D. shouting D. places D. Canada D. even D. matches D. thought D. hopes D. men D. education 十四 、 閱讀理解 Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have plenty of(足夠的 ) gold, I shall be the happiest man in the world.” One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠 ), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying. Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world. 1. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert. A. food B. water C. gold D. bags 2. When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____. A. some food and water B. some rocks and sand C. bags full of gold D. everything in the desert 3. What did he do with the bag? ______. A. He didn’t take it up B. He brought it home C. He kept it for himself D. He threw it away 4. The old man did not bee the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____. A. the bag was too small B. the gold wasn’t his C. there wasn’t much gold in the bag D. he was very hungry and thirsty 5. In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world. A. the best thing B. not the best thing C. better than anything D. the worst thing 十五 、 閱讀理解 Can countries, both rich and poor, go on to grow without any problems of the world? Or must countries stop their growth? Some thinkers are trying to answer these questions. After making deep studies of the world’s resource(資源 ), they say unlimited(無限制的 ) growth would be very dangerous. They want to make each country believe that it is necessary(必要的 ) to change their ways of production(生產 ) and ask people to have fewer children and use less resource. This, they say, will make every country strong, give people more safety, and bring happiness to everyone, 1. Which is the best title for this passage? A. Use Less Resource and Have Fewer Children B. The Coming Growth C. stop the Growth D. The World’s Resource 2. The word ―thinker‖ in the third sentence means ―____‖. A. people who can’t speak B. people who teaches others C. people who is good at thinking of problems D. people who is good at growth 3. From this passage we can see that the writer prefers that ____. A. countries should not have the unlimited growth B. all countries, both rich and poor, should be the same C. countries must go on with the growth D. countries must stop the growth 4. Limited growth and fewer children will bring everyone ____. A. health B. safety C. pleasure D. all of the three 5. In order to(為了 ) make every country strong, give people more safety and happies, we should ____. A. save resource B.