Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are (1) . And even though a person is poor, he (2) really feel poor when he has a car.

　　Do you (3) of Henry Ford? He first started (4) cars in large numbers. Perhaps he did not know how (5) the car was going to be to American culture. The car made the United States a nation (6) wheels. And it (7) the United States a lot.

　　Cars (8) popular in the United States. Americans like to (9) around in cars. (10) a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. Of course, if you don't have a car, you can still make easy trips because transportation in the US is convenient and pleasant.

Mr. Brown，a teacher in a primary school，often fell asleep in class，but he didn’t want his 1 to know and do that．One day he again fell asleep  2 ．When he woke up，one of the  3 ，Tom，asked him，“Why did you fall asleep in class just now，dear sir?”

      Mr. Brown’s face turned  4  ．“I…I…The Sungod（太阳）asked me to visit him in my dream．”he said．

      Tom wanted to say something，  5  he said nothing．1he next day，Tom also  6  in class．

      When the teacher saw him，he  7  Tom up and asked him，“Why did you fall asleep in class and not  8  me，Tom?”

    Tom answered with a smile on his  9  ，“The Sungod asked me to visit him，too．”The teacher became  10  when he heard this and asked，“What did he say to you，then?”

    “He told me he didn’t see you yesterday．”

    （    ）1．A．teachers         B．students        C．parents           D．workers

    （    ）2．A．at table           B．in class         C．in hospital       D．in bed

    （    ）3．A．boys            B．girls              C．men                D．women

    （    ）4．A．black           B．red               C．yellow            D．green

    （    ）5．A．but                 B．and               C．or                   D．so

    （    ）6．A．went to bed    B．got up          C．fell asleep        D．went to work

    （    ）7．A．woke            B．threw                  C．hung               D．brought

    （    ）8．A．hear from         B．hear of          C．listen to           D．look at

    （    ）9．A．head           B．nose             C．face                D．ear

    （    ）10．A．angry           B．happy           C．sad                 D．pleased

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Stop and listen! What do you __1__? You may hear many different sounds. Some of the sound __2__ noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound. Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, __3__, cars, planes, farm tractors (拖拉机) and so on. And, to some people, rock music is __4__ a noise. What happens __5__ people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble __6__. But, more importantly, constant loud noise can cause a loss of __7__.

Scientists use a unit of measure __8__ a decibel to check the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures __9__ 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level __10__ the greatest hearing loss.