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　　Passage 13

　　Cars are __1__ 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 has a car.

　　Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large __2__. He probably didn't know how much the car was going to __3__ American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

　　There are three main reasons the car __4__ 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 __5__ comfortable and cheapest form of all the means of transportation. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.

　　The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States has never really __6__ an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air service __7__ 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 __8__ 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 __9__ an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is __10__ that Americans want most to have.

　　1. A. the B. an C. a D. not

　　1. 选B

　　number （1） 号码、数字 eg. My telephone number is 622998.

　　（2） 数量、数额，可用单数或复数形式，主语前有形容词时，动词用复数。

　　Eg. A large number of people have applied.很多人都申请了。

　　The enemy won by force of numbers.敌人以人多获胜。

　　The number of the people going abroad is increasing.

　　amount of sth.与不可数名词连用。

　　（1）总额、总数 eg. Can you really afford this amount？

　　（2 ） 大量的工作、钱、家具eg. Food was provided in varying amounts. 食物供应多少不等。

　　本题：英语可说in a large number， in a big amount， in large numbers， in large amounts.

　　2. A. number B. amount C. numbers D. members

　　2. 选C

　　affect 为动词，表示影响。

　　effect 为名词，表示“作用、效果”。

　　3. A. affects B. effect C. affected D. affect

　　3. 选D become 表示某一点的动作，通过上下文判断这一动作以结束，所以用became

　　4. A. became B. started C. becomes D. grow

　　4. 选A

　　5. A. the more B. better C. the most D. fastest

　　5. 选C

　　6. A. developing B. developed C. development D. develop

　　6. 选B

　　7. A. provided B. supply C. offer D. providing

　　7. 选A

　　8. A. which B. that C. what D. where

　　8. 选C

　　9. A. go B. act C. follow D. carry out

　　follow只能与schedule搭配。follow 有“遵守”的意思。

　　carry out 的意思为“实行”，“执行”。carry out常与policy， reform， plan， project等连用。

　　eg. The construction team was asked to follow the blueprint strictly in order to carry out the project smoothly.

　　9. 选

　　10. A. freedom B. democracy C. the freedom D. the democracy

　　10. 选C

　　涉及到上下文的有1道，涉及到语法的有6道