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
完形填空,通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。
Do you like sports? All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports can help people to keep healthy, happy and to live ________ . What sports do you like? People often play different games in ________ winter and summer. Summer is good ________ swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very popular around the world ________ basketball, football and running. Do you often run? Are you good at it? Here is a funny story about running!
Peter and Mike are in the same class. Peter was born ________ a poor family. But Mike’s father is a shopkeeper and is ________ . When Peter gets into trouble, Mike always ________ him. Peter likes to have sports. And he is good at running. ________ can catch up with him in his school and he often wins the 400-meter race.
It was Sunday. Mike and Peter went to a forest to have a picnic. Mike took a lot of________there. They ate and drank and then began to go fishing in the river. The two boys enjoyed themselves there. Suddenly they ________a great noise. They looked around and found it was ________ behind a big tree. They were both very ________ . Peter put on his shoes ________ and was going to run away. Mike ________ him and said, “It’s no use for us. The tiger runs than us. Let’s find a way.’ “It doesn’t matter,’ said Peter. “ I’m sure I’ll run ________faster than you!”
Don’t you think you should learn to run fast?
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Most students in our school love sports. Every morning after we get to school, we for about ten minutes. After the second class, we do class-break setting-up exercise. We only have a(n) ________ lesson twice a week. Basketball is very ________. Most boys and girls like it. ________ popular sport is football. Some boys often ________ soccer on the playground. Some other students like to play tennis on sunny days. We have school basketball, football and tennis ________.They often play teams from other schools. When there’s a game, many of us go to watch it and ________ on our team players.
Some of us like track-and-field(田径) events. And we often ________ running and jumping. Sports help us keep ________ and make us happy. There’s going to be a sports meet next month in our school. We can’t wait for it.
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Do you often communicate with your parents?
Some parents are always comparing their with themselves when they were young, or with other people when they were children.
“When I was your age,” a father said to ______ sixteen-year-old son one day, “I was at the top of my class every year. And I what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals. You have no goals, your are always at the bottom of your class .”
The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father times.
“And when your mother was your age,” the young man’s father, , “She had a good job and she was earning money. You don’t even have a part-time job. You earn nothing.”
The man’s son still said . He had heard this before, .
“And your elder brother was your age,” the young man’s father went on, “he studied hard. But your just your time.”
And the man’s son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man’s said, “And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night.”
This time the son stay silent(沉默).
“And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father,” he said, “He was the president of United States. are you?”
His father had no answer to this.
Are your parents always comparing you others? And what’s your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?
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When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air . But do you know that there is also air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have to do with polluted indoor air.
A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities smoking and cooking. As most people ________ about 80%-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too.
Air pollution influences our health ________ . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people ________ from it,________people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can ________ people’s eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also ________ to lung cancer and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4, 000 people died in a few days ________ the pollution! It is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!
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When I was little, I wanted to play basketball for school. But I wasn’t good at it. I kept on ________ though.
I started playing in the 2nd grade. My brother, who was the 7th grade, would always help me. He would the basket on purpose(故意) so I wouldn’t lose against him. One day, though, another boy shouted at my brother： “ Go away! You fool!” My brother had to stop basketball with me. I felt so that I wanted to stop playing. About a week later, though, I saw my brother play in a real game. He was so good that I realized I had to keep playing.
Now five years later I start in my school’s basketball . All my hard work has paid off.
I always tell others never to give up, either. If someone puts you , remember they are only one person, and you must never stop trying.
Never giving up helped me in other ways too.
At school, when someone told me that algebra (代数) is too hard for me to understand, I decided not to give up. I knew that if I just kept on trying, I would it in the end. Again, it took a lot of work, but now I understand algebra well.
You have to keep on trying, even when it hurts you so much that every part of your body you to stop. When you finally become a success, you’ll know that the reason you have become successful is that you gave up.
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