Question

Maybe more than any other people, Americans have come to depend on their cars. The family car has been a _____ thing since the early twentieth century and it has ______ Americans’ life. Many people have ______ outside of the large cities to the suburbs(郊区). Some Americans______ two hours a day or more in their cars going to work and going home again. Cars have become the means of transportation ______ most Americans for going shopping and going on holidays.

Americans used to like big cars, because gasoline(汽油) used not to be so ______. Recently, however, the ______ of gasoline has increased. ______ cars have become more popular. Also ______ cars have become popular. Americans have bought large numbers of Japanese and German cars. They have bought cars from several_____ countries, too.

1.A. special B. common C. traditional D. bad

2.A. kept B. made C. taken D. changed

3.A. moved B. stayed C. flown D. gone

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

5.A. for B. to C. at D. on

6.A. cheap B. expensive C. high D. low

7.A. colour B. station C. number D. cost

8.A. Big B. Expensive C. Cheap D. Small

9.A. American B. foreign C. new D. old

10.A. the other B. another C. other D. Others

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