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【题目】根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Americans drove more miles in 2015 than any year since the U.S. government started keeping records 45 years ago. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDT) recently reported that Americans drove a record of 3.148 trillion miles last year. In case you are wondering, that is enough to take 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto.
There are a number of reasons why Americans are driving more miles. The social experts agree that the first is the price of gas, which has dropped to the level of the year 2004 in the past year. The American Automobile Association (AAA) said that the average price of gas was just $1.71 a gallon. That could be the lowest price since 2004.
P.J. Sriraj, a director of the Urban Transportation Center at the University of Chicago, notes that the lower cost to fill up a car is just one reason. Another reason is that more Americans are back to work after the 2008 economic recession, and they drive to their jobs.
Besides, more Americans have to travel a long distance every day between home and the office. There are a lot of Americans who must travel more than 45 miles per day for their jobs. And as for many, there is not enough public transportation.
Because of the heavy traffic, roads are becoming more and more crowded. While modern cars are more fuel-efficient, the improvement is not enough to offset more cars on the road. “There is no doubt that driving more will make the air dirtier,” said P.J. Sriraj. And many Americans showed a great concern in a recent survey.
（1）The USDT report shows that in 2015 ________.
A.Americans drove record-breaking miles
B.Americans drove 3.148 trillion miles a day
C.Travel to Pluto was popular with Americans
D.The government began to record driving miles
（2）P.J. Sriraj thinks the reason why Americans drove more miles is ________.
A.the low prices of gas and cars
B.the 2008 economic depression
C.the Urban Transportation Center
D.more people's coming back to work
（3）What makes many Americans worried?
A.Having to drive far to work.
B.Having no public transportation.
C.Too many cars' pollution of the air.
D.Small improvement of modern cars.
（4）How is the whole passage developed?
A.By explaining causes.
B.By giving examples.
C.By following time order.
D.By making comparison.

【答案】
（1）A
（2）D
（3）C
（4）A
【解析】美国人在2015年的行驶里程比45年前开始记录以来以往任何一年都要多，这是因为汽油价格的降低和经济的复苏，但是很多人对汽车带来的道路拥挤和空气质量下降等问题表现出极大的关注。
（1）细节理解。第一段第一句话mericans drove more miles in 2015 than any year since the U.S. government started keeping records 45 years ago表明，在2015年，美国人破了45年以来的驾车里程记录。故选A
（2）细节理解。Sriraj指出，汽车的成本更低只是一个原因。另一个原因是，在2008年经济衰退之后，更多的美国人重返工作岗位，他们开车去工作。故选D
（3）细节理解。交通繁重，道路堵塞，尽管现在的汽车更节能高效，但是毕竟开车越多会使空气污染越严重，这让许多美国人表现出了极大的担忧。故选C
（4）篇章结构。文章开头列出现象，美国自有记录以来2015年驾车里程是最多的一年，然后分段落解释原因，一是石油价格降低，二是自美国2008年经济衰退以来迎来了新的就业人群，他们更多开车去上班，因此选A。By giving examples.举例子；By following time order. 按时间顺序；By making comparison 作比较。故选A

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