Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项.

Each year there is an increasing number of cars on roads and streets as millions of new cars and trucks are produced. One out of every six Americans works at putting together the parts of cars, driving trucks, building roads or filling cars and trucks with gas. 【1】

Most Americans would find it hard to imagine what life would look like without cars. 【2】. The polluted air becomes poisonous and dangerous to health.

【3】. That’s what several of the large car factories have been trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.

Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. 【4】. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases man.

To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we’ll have to make some changes in the way many of us live. Americans, for example, have to cut down on the number of their total cars. They are encouraged to travel and go to work by bicycle. Bicycling is thought to help the air clean. But this change does not come easily. A large number of workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. 【5】.

Although cars have led us to a better life, they have also brought us new problems.

A. Inventors are now working on steam cars as well as electric cars

B. Americans know cars very well.

C. However, some have realized the serious problems of the air pollution that is caused by cars.

D. One way to get rid of the polluted air is to build a car that does not pollute.

E. However, the number of vehicles has continued to increase in recent years.

F. Americans won’t live without cars!

G. Thus the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment..

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】G

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了汽车行业对美国的重要性，但是汽车也给美国带来了很多问题，如污染和对健康的威胁。

【1】F 根据前面一句One out of every six Americans works at putting together the parts of cars, driving trucks, building roads or filling cars and trucks with gas.可知有六分之一的美国人的工作是与汽车有关的。也就是说汽车和美国人的生活息息相关，没有汽车美国人就无法生活了。故F正确。

【2】C 根据下句The polluted air becomes poisonous and dangerous to health.可知虽然汽车给美国人的生活带来了很多好处，同时也带来了污染和对健康的危害。故C项“人们也意识到由汽车所导致的严重问题”符合上下文串联。

【3】D 根据下一段第一句Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else.可知这两段都在叙述解决汽车带来的问题的方法。与another相对应的是one。故D项符合上下文串联。

【4】A 根据前面一句Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else.另外一个方法就是找到别的东西代替汽车发动机， A项：发明家正在研究蒸汽汽车和电动汽车。所以A符合上下文串联。

【5】G 根据上句A large number of workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down.如果汽车工厂倒闭那么很多人都会失业。这样一来的问题更严重，故G项：与失业相比较空气污染问题就不那么重要了。符合上下文语境。