Question

Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old, they dream of having their own ____1___. Many students take a part-time job after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.

Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities. 

1.                A．cars           B．computers      C．bikes D．houses

 

2.                A．borrow         B．buy            C．lend D．sell

 

3.                A．old            B．tall            C．strong    D．young

 

4.                A．language        B．listening        C．driving   D．body

 

5.                A．address        B．book           C．license   D．name

 

6.                A．sick            B．healthy         C．pleased   D．angry

 

7.                A．his            B．her            C．your D．their

 

8.                A．cost           B．take           C．spend    D．pay

 

9.                A．no            B．one            C．some D．several

 

10.               A．other          B．another        C．one  D．else

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍美国人使用汽车的情况，美国的孩子从14岁就梦想有自己的车了。如何获得驾照。

1.考查名词：A. cars汽车，B. computers 电脑C. bikes 自行车D. houses房子，但是根据上文中提供的信息“Cars are very popular in America”可以推断，此处应填cars，选A。

2.考查动词：A. borrow借进B. buy买C. lend借出D. sell卖，而根据文中的“they dream of having their own cars”可以断定，许多学生放学后打工是为了买一辆汽车，所以，第2空应选动词buy，答案是B。

3.考查形容词：A. old老的，B. tall高的，C. strong强壮的，D. young年轻的，年轻人在高中就学开车。选D。

4.考查名词：A. language 语言B. listening听C. driving开车D. body身体，他们要参加驾驶测试才能得到驾照。选C。

5.考查名词：A. address地址，B. book书C. license执照D. name名字，驾照可能是最能让他们兴奋的事情。选C。

6.考查形容词：A. sick生病的，B. healthy健康的，C. pleased高兴的，D. angry生气的，从前面的go to a doctor可知是生病。选A。

7.考查代词：主语是they 形容词性物主代词是their。选D。

8.考查动词辨析：考查词组spend time/money in doing花时间，钱做什么，A. cost主语是人，B. take花费时间，用take sb sometime to do， D. pay主语是人，选C。

9.考查代词：对一些家庭来说一辆车不够。选B。

10.考查代词：A. other 其他B. another另一个C. one一个D. else其他的，家庭主妇需要一辆车去购物或带孩子或是其他活动。选A。

考点：考查社会现象类短文

点评：虽然文章介绍的是美国的事情，但是关于年轻人的，学生还是会有认同感，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据上下文，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。