2016年湖北成人學(xué)位英語閱讀理解例題講解二

湖北2016年成人學(xué)位英語閱讀理解例題講解二

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he had a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United Stated a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons why the car become so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.

The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the country as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don' t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

1. Most Americans feel they are poor when they _____.

A) have no job

B) have no food

C) have no money

D) have no car

2. Henry Ford was the first to _____ cars in large numbers.

A) invent

B) sell

C) have

D) produce

3."A nation on wheels" means that _____.

A) the country is producing the best cars in the world

B) everyone in this country owns a car

C) cars play a very important role in people' lives

D) there are more cars than trains in this country

4. With a car people can go _____ easily.

A) anywhere

B) to anyplace

C) to anywhere

D) any place

5. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is _____.

A) to make less cars

B) to develop a public transportation system

C) to make gas-saving cars

D) to develop train service

參考譯文

汽車是美國人生活中一個(gè)重要的部分。沒有車，大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為他們是貧窮的。而即使一個(gè)人很窮，如果他有了一輛車，他也不覺得很窮了。

亨利·伏特是第一個(gè)大量生產(chǎn)汽車的人。他很可能不知道汽車會(huì)在多大程度上影響到美國文化。汽車使得美國成為一個(gè)騎在輪子上的國家，它使得美國成為今天的模樣。

汽車在美國變得如此受歡迎的原因主要有三個(gè)。首先，美國國土遼闊，而美國人又愿意搬遷。汽車成為最舒適、最便宜的交通方式。有了一輛車，人們不需要花很多錢就可以到任何地方。

汽車受歡迎的第二個(gè)原因就是，事實(shí)上美國從來沒有真正開發(fā)出一種效率又高、價(jià)格又便宜的公共交通方式。在美國，長途火車的普及率遠(yuǎn)不如其他國家那么高。如今，飛機(jī)可以提供很好的航空服務(wù)，但是它的費(fèi)用太高了，不可能經(jīng)常使用。

第三個(gè)原因，也是最重要的原因，美國人的獨(dú)立精神是真正使得汽車受歡迎的原因。美國人不喜歡等公交車，火車甚至是飛機(jī)。他們不喜歡按照固定的時(shí)間行事。有了汽車，等于賦予了他們決定自己時(shí)間的自由，而這種自由正是美國人最想要擁有的。

燃油短缺給美國人造成了一個(gè)很大的問題。但是解決問題的答案不在于擴(kuò)大公交系統(tǒng)。真正的解決方案是要開發(fā)出一種新的汽車，不需要費(fèi)那么多油的汽車。

答案及精解

1.【答案精解】D.細(xì)節(jié)題。文章第一段第二句話Without a car most people feel that they are poor可以找到答案。

2.【答案精解】D.細(xì)節(jié)題。第二段第一句Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers，making制造，等于produce.

3.【答案精解】C.推理題。原文The Car made the United Stated a nation on wheels.說明在美國，汽車很受歡迎，汽車對(duì)于美國人來說是非常重要的。

4.【答案精解】A.釋義題。找到原句，第三段末尾With a car people call go anyplace without spending a lot of money，anyplace連在一起寫等于anywhere，都是副詞，可以直接與動(dòng)詞連用，但是不與介詞to連用，所以B、C是錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)。而分開寫的 any place則是名詞詞組，需要與to連用to any place.所以A是正確的答案。

5.【答案精解】C.細(xì)節(jié)題。文章最后一句，The real solution will have to be a new kind of Car, one that does not use so much gas不使用很多汽油的車，當(dāng)然就是gas—saving cars節(jié)能汽車了。



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