题目内容
The United States is full of automobiles (机动车). There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or 46 more cars. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a 47 part of life.
Cars are used for 48 . They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to 49 their jobs. When salesmen are sent to 50 parts of the city, they have to drive in order to 51 their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to shop for necessities.
Sometimes, small children must be driven to 52 . In some cities, school buses are used only when children 53 more than a mile from the school. When the children are too 54 to walk that far, their parents take 55 driving them to school. One 56 drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbors' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is 57 forming a car pool (拼车). Working people also form car pools, with three or four people taking turns driving to the place 58 they work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put 59 cars on the road and to use less oil. 60 is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something should be done about the use of cars.
46. A. even B. much C. little D. such
47. A. great B. necessary C. proper D. possible
48. A. families B. business C. education D. farms
49. A. get to B. look for C. find out D. use up
50. A. same B. different C. every D. each
51. A. catch B. create C. cover D. carry
52. A. cities B. schools C. parks D. gardens
53. A. move B. study C. live D. work
54. A. small B. big C. young D. old
55. A. money B. time C. pride D. turns
56. A. parent B. child C. way D. car
57. A. call B. calling C. to call D. called
58. A. where B. that C. which D. when
59. A. more B. fewer C. many D. less
60. A. Driving B. Running C. Parking D. Forming
ABBAB DBCCD ADABC
In northern Scotland there is a deep lake called Loch Ness. It is more than 200 metres deep and it is the deepest lake in the United Kingdom. People say a huge monster (妖怪) lives in the dark, cold water. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten metres long. It has a dark gray colour. Some people say that it looks like a snake. Many people travel to Loch Ness to look for this strange monster, but only a few people say that they saw it. No one knows whether (是否) these people really saw it or not.
The Loch Ness Monster is a famous story. People first told it over 500 years ago, but it became popular only in the twentieth century (世纪). In 1993, a couple reported that they saw a big monster in the middle of the lake. From then on, many people said that they saw a monster in Loch Ness. A few people took photos, but some of them weren’t real photos. During the 1960s, people set up an organization to find out the truth. They took many photos and made movies, but they weren’t able to find a monster.
There is no real evidence (证据) that there is a monster in Loch Ness, but there is also no evidence that there is not. One thing is true about Loch Ness: there are lots of curious (好奇的) people going there every year.
【小题1】 From the passage, we know Loch Ness is the name of _______.
A.a huge monster | B.a lake |
C.a river | D.a country |
A.who first told the story of the Loch Ness Monster |
B.when people took photos of the Loch Ness Monster |
C.why people set up an organization in the 1960s |
D.how the story of the Loch Ness Monster became popular |
A.The Loch Ness monster weighs less than 1,000 kilos. |
B.People began to tell the story more than five centuries ago. |
C.People are not sure whether there is a monster in Loch Ness. |
D.Many visitors are interested in the story of the Loch Ness monster. |