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   Each year there is an increasing number of cars on roads and streets as millions of new cars are produced. One out of every six Americans works at __1_____together the parts of cars, driving trucks, building roads or filling cars with gas. American won’t live __2___ cars!

  Most American find it___3___ to think what life would be like without a car. That’s what several of the large car factories are trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than__4___. Progress in this field has been slow.

   ___5__ way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. Engineers are now working on some new cars. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases man.

   To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we’ll have to make some changes in the way many of us live. Americans, for example, have to ___6___ on the number of their cars. They are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike. Riding a bike is thought to help keep the air clean.

   But this change does not come easily—a large number of workers may find themselves without __7____ if a car factory close down. And the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment(失业).

1 A. put          B. to put           C. putting         D. puts

2 A. with         B. without         C. buy            D. afford

3 A. hard         B. easy            C. important       D. interesting

4A. do          B. to do            C. did            D. done

5 A. The other     B. Another         C. Others          D. Other

6 A. cut down     B. take off          C. take up         D. take in

7 A. money       B. jobs             C. changes        D. school

Who g building the new China? It′s not the factory owners or the business men and women of China．It′s someone else．It′s the people who have left their homes to follow their dreams，the dream of a better life．

   We see them every day，on every street corner，on every construction site in cities．They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather．They build the roads the theaters，the cinemas，and the supermarkets．They even clean up our rubbish．They are China′s migrant workers (民工)．Young and old，these men and women are building the new China from the ground up．

   More than 140 million workers have left their home as in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China．They hope to be rich，but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money for their family．And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities．

   When night fails．everywhere I look I see sad faces of the migrant workers．You can see them playing cards along the streets．Many are living far away from those whom．they love．

    I call sometimes feel their pain，knowing exactly what it feels like to live so far away from home in a city where 1 walk a different walk and talk a different talk．

   Yes，they dress differently，they speak differently，and they have different habits(习惯)，but they work hard to make money．The people in cities call them outsiders，and most governments (政府)refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children．

    If China hopes to move into the future，many things need to change。The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of china! They may not make as much money as some people in cities，they may not have everything we have．but they are good honest(诚实)people just trying to survive this game of life。These workers are very important and necessary to China′s economic(经济)development and have become an important force(力量)for the change of Chinese society(社会)．They arc building the new China．so we should lend our hands and help them．

1．The journalist think——is building the new China．

      A．the factory owners of China

      B．the business men and women of China

      C．the migrant workers of China

      D．the people in Chinese cities

2．Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

      A．Mobing forward

      B．The discrimination from the people in cities

C．How to make more money

D．A lonely life

3．The word “ survive ” here in Chinese means ”_______”。

      A．活过来      B．挺过来      C．活得累       D．活得长

4．Which one is TRUE about Chinese migrant workers according to the report?

      a．They should be helped by us．

      b．Mere than 1．4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money．

      c．They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they arc not kind to others．

      d．They′re refused to give medical care by all the governments and their children can t get

    any education．

      e．They work hard day and night．But they may not make as much money as some people in cities．

      f．They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society．

      A．b c e f        B．a d e         C．b c d e       D．a e f

   5．What does the report mainly(主要地)tell us?

      A．Though China′s migrant workers work hard，their condition(状况)is terrible．

      B．The condition of China′s migrant workers needs to be changed for China′s evelopment．

      C．The people in cities aren‘t polite to the migrant workers．

      D．China g development only depends on(依靠)the migrant workers．

阅读短文，判断下列各题所给句子的正误，将正确的涂A，错误的涂B。

Today，most cars use gasoline（汽油）for energy．It makes the air dirty．That’s bad for us，and it hurts the environment．

But there is another kind of car--the electric car．Their energy comes from batteries．Electric cars are not fast，hut they are very clean and quiet．Also，they don't break very easily．So people don't have to buy gasoline，and they don't have to mend the car often．That means people can save a lot of money．

More and more people are using electric cars to go to work or to go shopping．In the future，when：the streets are full of these cars，cities will be our better home．

1．The passage is mainly about electric cars．

2．Cars using gasoline for energy are bad for the environment．

3．Electric cars are quiet，clean and fast．

4．Yon have to mend electric cars every day．

5．Electric cars will be widely used in the future．