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The private automobile(私家车)has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, sixty-nine per cent of American families owned at least one car, and thirty-eight per cent had more than one. By giving work?ers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their places of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.

For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure 9 and also to transport their children to distant schools.

Family life has been affected in various ways. The car helps to keep fami?lies together when it is used for picnics, outings9 and other shared experi?ences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can't keep an eye on them. There is great danger if the driver has been drink?ing alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traf?fic laws. Mothers of victims (受害者)of such accidents have formed an organ?ization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies (悲剧),They have worked to encourage the gov?ernment to limit the youngest drinking age. Students have formed a similar or?ganization 9 SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends.

For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Al?together, cars mean very much to Americans.

1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

A.Cars have encouraged the growth of the cities.

B.Cars can bring families together when they go for picnics.

C.Cars have enabled people to live far from their places of work.

D.Cars help city families to transport their children to faraway schools.

2.What has been done to deal with the problem of drunk driving?

A.Parents have paid more attention to their children.

B.Some organizations have been set up against drunk driving.

C.Mothers have tried to persuade their children not to drink alcohol.

D.University students have asked the government to solve the problem.

3.We can infer from the text that ______________ in America.

A.it will be more difficult for people to get new cars

B.parents will not allow their children to have their own cars

C.the government will encourage people to use public transportation

D.cars will still be popular though they have caused many problems

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Grandma had the coin for as long as.l can remember. Every time 1 went over to her house, she told me the story of the coin.

It was the day after the ship had 1 in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Roland^ on that ship. they came to 2  for a new life in the United States, 3 from the poverty and war in their native land. 

  They were walking to their new  4  from their factory jobs when they saw a small glint(闪光)on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to it  5  more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother  6  it up and said, "This coin is a good omen, a  7  of good  fortune to come. " They took the coin to their little apartment and_  8_ it to make it shine. The next day my grandmother got a (n) 9   job at a jewelry store.

 As the years passed, my grandparents _10 good times and bad. My father and uncles were born, and grandfather was  11     from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There? my grandparents finally found the good   12   my grandmother had 13 .

  When my grandfather died three years ago, my grandmother 14  in to live with my family. This is when she 15  the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could 16 tell the story in my sleep, 17 still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of 18 on the coin. Last week she died. According to her 19  ,1 got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that 20 the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.

1.A. sailed               B. joined        C.  landed       D. pulled

2.A. prepare             B.  ask              C. apply         D. search

3.A. absent               B.  free         C. tired          D. independent

4.A. restaurant           B.  store           C. apartment         D. cottage

5.A. examine              B. observe            C.  test        D. touch

6.A. picked             B.  dug               C. lifted         D. fixed

7.A. moment             B. message              C. gift          D. sign

8.A. packed              B. cleaned           C.  repaired        D. rebuilt

9.A. worse              B. greater            C.  better        D. easier

10.A. got over           B. took up            .C.  passed by      D. went through

11.A. laid off           B.  laid down        C.  shut off        D. broken down

12.A. wealth            B. chance            C.  fortune         D. situation

13.A, described           B. planned          C. experienced        D. predicted

14.A. settled              B. moved         C. entered           D. dropped

15.A. promised              B. presented         C, sent          D. gave

16.A. hardly             B. practically         C.  particularly    D. usually

17.A. and                 B.  so             C.  but           D. however

18.A. keeping             B.  passing          C.  carrying        D. holding

19.A. order              B. dream             C.  explanation      D. will

20.A. proved              B. offered          C. meant           D. contributed

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