2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?【C】 A．In the United States even the poor own cars. B．In the United States all the poor have no cars. C．An American will feel poor unless he has a car. 3. In the writer's opinion, cars are popular in the United States mainly because【A】
A．Americans like to plan their own time
B．The United States does not have enough public transportation
C．Americans will not feel poor when they travel in their cars
4. A nation on wheels in the second paragraph means that【B】
回答不正确
A．everyone in the United States owns a car
B．the United States produces most of the cars in the world C．cars play an important part in American'life
5. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is【C】 A. to make less cars
B. to develop a public transportation system C. to make gas-saving cars
二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个
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选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagers. Most of the crashes result from distracted driving—not paying attention to the road.
Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a tree. He was one of the nation's more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 20XX. Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent involved drivers age fifteen to twenty. Ryan's father, Thomas Didone, is a police captain in Marylan. It was an inexperienced, immature driver driving at night with a carload of kids. He was distracted, he wasgoing too fast, and it ended up causing one death and some seriously injured. He shares the story of his son's death to help educate teens and their families about distracted driving.
Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company says the number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phone. He says talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving. If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't.
Government and private groups are using public service announcements and events to bring more attention to the problem.
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For example, the insurance industry recently held a safety event for teen drivers. At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children. He also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the road. Then, as part of the test, he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll. That's what really opened up the experience for me to prove how bad it is to really text and drive.
Debbie Pickford of Allstate Insurance says teens are especially at risk from distracted driving —and not just because they lack experience on the roads. According to the research, teens don't really have fully developed brains until they’re twenty-five years old. You put those two things together and you get a much,much higher risk. A new law proposes a graduated driver licensing system. Graduated means teenagers start with restrictions like on night driving and numbers of passengers. They could not get a full driver's license until age eighteen.
1.According to the passage, 【A】is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving． A．texting on the mobile phone B．reaching for a cell phone．
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C．talking on the mobile phone
2. We can learn from the second paragraph that【B】． A. drivers who resulted in nearly 4,000 deaths are teenagers
B. over 30,000 victims have died from traffic crashes so far
C. it was at night that Ryan Didone died from a car accident 3. A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to 【B】.
A．attract more teenagers to take part in it
B．draw enough attention to teenagers' distracted driving C．make more teenagers practice avoiding large barriers 4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about 【C】． A．much higher risk B．teen brain development C．measures to be taken
5. Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?【B】
A．Car Crashes —the Top Killer. B．Distracted Driving —Let's Avoid! C．Drunken Driving — Dangerous Enough！
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二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确为T，错误为F。
In recent years, the Chinese auto industry has seen rapid growth, with the demand on private cars rising sharply in Chinese cities since 20XX.
By 20XX, China has replaced the U.S. to become the world’s largest auto market. As an important part of the world car industry, the global auto industry will shift further to China. This brings historical opportunity to China’s auto market. Currently, both the development of China’s auto market and the changes in consumer demand for vehicles are ever-increasing. China’s auto industry will continue to grow in the next decade. It means there is still huge room for its development. China has an urban population of more than 600 million. It also has a huge agricultural vehicle market in the rural areas. Hence, there is no doubt for China’s development of auto industry. That is also the reason why the world’s auto producers are paying more attention to the Chinese market.
1. The demand on private cars increased greatly in Chinese cities since 20XX.【T】
2. China has become the world’s largest auto market.【T】 3. China’s auto industry tends to decrease in the next
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