The United States is full of automobiles (机动车). There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or more cars. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a part of life.
Cars are used for . They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to parts of the city, they have to drive in order to their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to shop for necessities.
Sometimes, small children must be driven to . In some cities, school buses are used only when children more than a mile from the school. When the children are too to walk that far, their parents take driving them to school. One drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbors' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is forming a car pool (拼车). Working people also form car pools, with three or four people taking turns driving to the place they work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put cars on the road and to use less oil. is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something should be done about the use of cars.
A．even B．much C．little D．such
A．great B．necessary C．proper D．poss ible
A．families B．business C．education D．farms
A．get to B．look for C．find out D．use up
A．same B．different C．every D．each
A．catch B．create C．cover D．carry
A．cities B．schools C．parks D．gardens
A．move B．study C．live D．work
A．small B．big C．young D．old
A．money B．time C．pride D．turns
A．parent B．child C．way D．car
A．call B．calling C．to call D．called
A．where B．that C．which D．when
A．more B．fewer C．many D．less
A．Driving B．Running C．Parking D．Forming
John is a famous writer now. Bob said he was not a good student ___1_____ he was young. He was often late for____2___ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he ______3____ in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, ____4____but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher ___5___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, _____6____ brother Ben was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and _____7___ is his brother Ben? John said, “That’s easy. Ben is twice as old as Jack, so he is thirty now.”
Another time, the ____8_____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), __9___ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”
“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___10_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”
A．when B．tall C．rich D．fat
A．sleep B．lunch C．class D．play
A．sleep B．sleeps C．slept D．sleeping
A．and B．or C．but D．still
A．sent B．asked C．told D．found
A．your B．my C．his D．her
A．how many B．how old C．what D．who
A．teacher B．farmer C．nurse D．policeman
A．what B．when C．where D．why
A．read B．hope C．study D．know
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.
A young man once asked Albert Einstein, the great scientist, 1 the secret of success（成功） is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is 2 work. A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was very 3 . He did not say 4 , but wrote 5 words on a piece of paper and handed it 6 the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. 7 it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist. “X stands for（代表） hard work, Y stands for good methods（方法）, and Z…, Z means stopping 8 and getting down to work.”
A．how B．what C．which D．why
A．hard B．easy C．good D．bad
A．pleased B．happy C．angry D．sorry
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．a little B．little C．a few D．few
A．for B．to C．of D．with
A．Over B．On C．In D．At
A．talk B．to talk C．talked D．talking
When Bill and Kate married(结婚), neither of them had much money, so they were not able to __44__ a house. Two years later, Bill’s father died (去世了) and ____45____ him some money, so they bought a house..When they moved into ___46___ for the first time, one of Bill’s friends sent him a bottle of wine _____47____ a present. The bottle was in a paper box.
At that time, Bill and Kate had a lot of ____48___to do. They had to clean the house and decided where to put their TV sets, beds, cupboards, desks and tables. They were so busy that they forgot about the bottle of wine. They put it in a cupboard and didn’t ____49___open the paper box. A few months later, when they had a baby, Bill __50___ some friends to his house. He thought of the wine and found it out from the cupboard. It was so sweet. Bill had never thought that would be the best present for the wonderful party for his wife and his baby.
A．borrow B．live C．buy D．move
A．gave B．lent C．returned D．left
A．that B．it C．there D．here
A．to B．like C．as D．for
A．job B．work C．thing D．working
A．yet B．ever C．even D．just
A．took B．invited C．asked D．brought
Maria Gomez was born in Peru (秘鲁). She grew up in a small village. She went to school when she was six years old. She went to an elementary school (小学), but she didn’t 36 to high school. Her family was very 37 and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old, her family 38 to the United States. First they lied in Los Angeles, and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria 39 to the United States, she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru, and she couldn’t 40 a word of English. She began to study English at night, 41 work in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard, and now se speaks English well. She’s 42 at night, but now she’s studying typing. She wants to 43a secretary (秘书). Maria still misses her friends in Peru. But she’s very happy now, and she hopes she will have a good future in the new country.
A．want B．go C．began D．study
A．rich B．poor C．happy D．glad
A．moved B．changed C．happened D．started
A．talked B．called C．got D．spoke
A．tell B．talk C．know D．say
A．when B．so C．or D．and
A．studying B．thinking C．sleeping D．writing
A．do B．work C．be D．play
My name is Jenny. I 1a sister. Her name is Katty.
It is 2 November5th.it’s her birthday .She is thirteen, 3 she likes cakes (蛋糕) very much, my father and mother 4 her a big cake. Look! The cake is 5 the table of her room. It’s her nice cake. You can see her 6 on it. There are 7 things for her birthday.
8 are apples, oranges, bananas and some CDs. I 9 her a new book. Her good 10 Kelsey, Jane and Sally are coming (要来) . She likes to eat the birthday cake with (和) her friends.
A．there is B．am C．have D．has
A．on B．in C．at D．to
A．but B．and C．also D．when
A．find B．give (给) C．put D．help
A．of B．in C．on D．under
A．name B．books C．friends D．store
A．a B．this C．many D．two
A．They B．That C．This D．It
A．let B．need C．give D．know
A．brothers B．uncles C．names D．friends