、Cloze（1道小题,

、Cloze（1道小题,
Before the 20th century the horse provided day-to-day
transportation in the United States.Trains were used only for long-distance
transportation.
Today the car is the most popular (1) _ of
transportation in all of the United States.It has completely replaced the
horse as a means of everyday transportation.
Americans use their cars
for nearly 90 percent of (2) _ personal
trips.
Most Americans are able to buy cars.The average price of a
recently made car was 2,050 in 1950.During this period American car
manufacturers set about (3) _ their
products and work efficiency.
(4)
_ a result,the yearly income of the average family increased from 1950 to
1975 (5) _ than the price of cars.For this
(6) _ purchasing a new car takes a smaller
part of a family’s total earnings today.
In 1951 proportionately it
took 8.1 months of an average family’s yearly income (7) _ a new car.In 1962 a new car (8) _ 8.3 months of a family’s annual earnings.
By 1975 it only took 4.75 months’ income.In addition,the 1975 cars were
technically superior to models from previous years.
The (9) _ of the automobile extends throughout the
economy as the car is so important to Americans.Americans spend more money
(10) _ keeping their cars running than
on any other item.
1.A)
kinds
B)
means
C)
mean
D)
types
2.A)
many
B)
few
C)
all
D)
enough
3.A) to
reduce
B)
reducing
C) to
improve
D)
improving
4.A)
by
B)
for
C)
as
D)
so
5.A)
slower
B)
faster
C)
less
D)
equally
6.A)
price
B)
income
C)
speed
D)
reason
7.A) to
buy
B)
buying
C)
bought
D)
buys
8.A)
paid
B)
spent
C)
cost
D)
used
9.A)
running
B)
notice
C)
influence
D)
affect

完形填空答案：B A D C B； D A C C ；
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