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【题目】四、短文填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，并借助上下文补充所缺信息。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相 符的单词。

Maybe more than any other people， Americans have come to depend ___1___ their cars. The family car has been a common thing ___2___ the early twentieth century and it has___3___Americans’ life .Many people have ___4___outside of the large cities to the suburbs . Some Americans ___5___ two hours a day or more in their cars going to work and going home again .Cars have become the means of transportation for most Americans for going shopping and going on holidays .Americans used to like big cars ,because gasoline (汽油) used not to be so ___6___.Recently , ___7___,the cost of gasoline has increased . ___8___ cars have become more popular. Also___9___cars have become popular .

Americans have bought large numbers of Japanese and German cars. They have bought cars ___10___ several other countries， too .

Answer 1

【答案】on

since

changed

moved

spend

expensive

however

small

foreign

from

【解析】这篇短文讲述了汽车已成为美国人生活的一部分。现在越来越多的人喜欢小型汽车，是因为油价不断升高。

【1】本题考查短语depend on（依靠）。故答案为on。

【2】句意：从20世纪早期开始，家庭汽车已成为很普通的东西。从------用since。故答案为since。

【3】句意：它已经改变了美国人的生活。改变用change，本句是现在完成时，动词用过去分词。故答案为changed。

【4】Move to sp搬到某地。本题是现在完成时，动词用过去分词。故答案为moved。

【5】句意：一些美国人一天花2小时或更多时间开小汽车去工作或上班。主语是人，花费用spend。故答案为spend。

【6】美国人过去喜欢大汽车，因为哪时汽油不是很昂贵。昂贵的是expensive。故答案为expensive。

【7】然而，汽油的价格已涨了很多。然而用however。故答案为However。

【8】小汽车变得流行起来。小汽车是small car。故答案为small。

【9】国外的汽车也变得流行起来。国外的是foreign。故答案为foreign。

【10】他们也从其他国家买了很多小汽车。从------用介词from。故答案为from。