Shanghai:       Car rentals（出租） are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.

The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11,500 cars in their books.

The largest player - Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices - deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite.

Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure shoots up during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year's Day, with some recording 100 percent rental.

The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees （白领雇员）, who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Angel Car Rental Co.

56. The words "deluxe sedans, minivans" and "station wagons" used in the text refer to ______.

       A. cars in the making     B. car rental firms        C. cars for rent           D. car makers

57. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A.70% of the cars can be rented out on holiday.

B. 70% of the customers are white-collar employees.

C. More firms are open for service during holiday seasons.

D. Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons.

58. Shanghai's car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to ______.

A. better cars supplied by producer

B. fast service offered by car rental firms

C. the increasing number of white-collar employees

D. People's growing interest in travelling during holidays

Shanghai:       Car rentals（出租） are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11,500 cars in their books.

The largest player - Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of

choices - deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite. Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure shoots up during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year's Day, with some recording 100 percent rental. The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees （白领雇员）,.who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Angel Car Rental Co.

1. The words "deluxe sedans, minivans" and "station wagons" used in the text refer to ______

A. cars in the making                                       B. car rental firms

C. cars for rent                                               D. car makers

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A.70% of the cars can be rented out on holiday.

B. 70% of the customers are white-collar employees.

C. More firms are open for service during holiday seasons.

D. Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons.

3. Shanghai's car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to ______

A. better cars supplied by producers                 

B. fast service offered by car rental firms

C. the increasing number of white-collar employees

D. People's growing interest in travelling during holidays

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Shanghai: Car rentals (租赁) are becoming increasingly popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are taking advantage of the growing industry.

　　The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11, 500 cars on their books.

　　The largest player-Shanghai binshi tourism Car Rental Center has 10,000 cars from deluxe sedans (豪华轿车) and minivans (微型车) to large passenger buses. Santana sedans are the big fetteite .

　　Firms can attract enough customers, for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure shoots up during holidays like National Day, Labour Day and New Year's Day, with some recording 100 percent leasing (租出).

　　The major market force rests in the growing population of expatriate(移居国外) and white-collar employees, who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu , marketing manager of Shanghai Angel Car Rental Co .

1．More and more people prefer to rent a car because ________ .

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A．firms provide cheap cars

B．the cars people rent are better than their own

C．it costs less when taking to the roads

D．it is expensive to travel by train or bus

2．From the passage we can learn that ________ .

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A．70% of the white-collar employees rent cars on their holidays

B．almost all the cars in the firms are rented on holidays

C．more and more cars are rented because the population is growing

D．people can only rent Santana sedans in car rental firms

3．The underlined phrase “taking advantage of” in the first paragraph means ________ .

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