Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old, they dream of having their own ____1___. Many students take a part-time job after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蠟) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities. 
小題1:
A．carsB．computersC．bikesD．houses
小題2:
A．borrowB．buyC．lendD．sell
小題3:
A．oldB．tallC．strongD．young
小題4:
A．languageB．listeningC．drivingD．body
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)ddressB．bookC．licenseD．name
小題6:
A．sickB．healthyC．pleasedD．a(chǎn)ngry
小題7:
A．hisB．herC．yourD．their
小題8:
A．costB．takeC．spendD．pay
小題9:
A．noB．oneC．someD．several
小題10:
A．otherB．a(chǎn)notherC．oneD．else

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:C
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:A

試題分析：文章介紹美國人使用汽車的情況，美國的孩子從14歲就夢(mèng)想有自己的車了。如何獲得駕照。
小題1:考查名詞：A. cars汽車，B. computers 電腦C. bikes 自行車D. houses房子，但是根據(jù)上文中提供的信息“Cars are very popular in America”可以推斷，此處應(yīng)填cars，選A。
小題2:考查動(dòng)詞：A. borrow借進(jìn)B. buy買C. lend借出D. sell賣，而根據(jù)文中的“they dream of having their own cars”可以斷定，許多學(xué)生放學(xué)后打工是為了買一輛汽車，所以，第2空應(yīng)選動(dòng)詞buy，答案是B。
小題3:考查形容詞：A. old老的，B. tall高的，C. strong強(qiáng)壯的，D. young年輕的，年輕人在高中就學(xué)開車。選D。
小題4:考查名詞：A. language 語言B. listening聽C. driving開車D. body身體，他們要參加駕駛測(cè)試才能得到駕照。選C。
小題5:考查名詞：A. address地址，B. book書C. license執(zhí)照D. name名字，駕照可能是最能讓他們興奮的事情。選C。
小題6:考查形容詞：A. sick生病的，B. healthy健康的，C. pleased高興的，D. angry生氣的，從前面的go to a doctor可知是生病。選A。
小題7:考查代詞：主語是they 形容詞性物主代詞是their。選D。
小題8:考查動(dòng)詞辨析：考查詞組spend time/money in doing花時(shí)間，錢做什么，A. cost主語是人，B. take花費(fèi)時(shí)間，用take sb sometime to do， D. pay主語是人，選C。
小題9:考查代詞：對(duì)一些家庭來說一輛車不夠。選B。
小題10:考查代詞：A. other 其他B. another另一個(gè)C. one一個(gè)D. else其他的，家庭主婦需要一輛車去購物或帶孩子或是其他活動(dòng)。選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：雖然文章介紹的是美國的事情，但是關(guān)于年輕人的，學(xué)生還是會(huì)有認(rèn)同感，從選項(xiàng)中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運(yùn)用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運(yùn)用，需要根據(jù)上下文，了解詞匯用法的同時(shí)，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。
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