完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  1  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  2  his taxi on the road. I  3  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  4  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  5  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 6  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 7  to be outside one evening two weeks  8 , when the garage door was 9 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  10  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  11 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  12  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  13  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）14.

We go to bed every night and  15  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  16 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 17  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  18  the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  19  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  20 we are than what we do!

1.                A．window        B．garage          C．door D．yard

2.                A．park           B．stop           C．check    D．repair

3.                A．knew          B．understood      C．asked    D．wondered

4.                A．for            B．out of          C．without   D．from

5.                A．business        B．national         C．personal  D．public

6.                A．wasteful        B．useful          C．wonderful D．plentiful

7.                A．appeared       B．intended        C．expected D．happened

8.                A．later           B．more           C．ago  D．before

9.                A．broken         B．fine            C．shut D．open

10.               A．once          B．before         C．when D．until

11.               A．far            B．deep          C．long  D．little

12.               A．driver          B．engineer       C．father D．son

13.               A．called          B．made          C．elected   D．turned

14.               A．experience     B．earning         C．life   D．position

15.               A．stay up         B．wake up        C．stay home D．go home

16.               A．competition     B．performance    C．debate    D．party

17.               A．family          B．company       C．team D．whole

18.               A．build          B．climb          C．stand D．lay

19.               A．garden         B．garage         C．car   D．taxi

20.               A．who           B．what           C．which D．where

The word tycoon is relatively new to the English language. The term was brought to the United States, where it eventually was used to refer to magnates(富豪) who acquired immense fortunes from sugar and cattle, coal and oil. The early tycoons built successful businesses, often taking over smaller companies to eliminate(消除) competition. A single company that came to control an entire market was called a monopoly. Monopolies made a few families very wealthy, but they also placed a heavy financial burden on consumers and the economy at large.

      As the country expanded , local monopolies turned into national corporations called trusts. A trust is a group of companies that join together under the control of a board of trustees. Railroad trusts are an excellent example. Railroads were privately owned and operated and often monopolized various routes, setting rates as high as they desired. The financial burden was placed on passengers and businesses increased. Farmers, for example, had no choice but to pay, as railroads were the only means they could use to get their grain to buyers. Too high goods rates put some farmers out of business.

       There were even accusations that the trusts controlled government itself by buying votes and controlling elected officials. In 1890 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, legislation aimed at breaking the power of such trusts. The Sherman Antitrust Act focused on two main issues. First of all, it made illegal any effort to interfere with the normal conduct of interstate(州际的) trade. It also made it illegal to monopolize any part of business that operates across state lines. Over the next 60 years or so, Congress passed other antitrust laws in an effort to encourage competition and restrict the power of larger corporations.

64. The Sherman Antitrust Act_______________.

      A. affected only the companies doing business within state lines

     B. sought to eliminate monopolies in favor of competition in the market-place

     C. promoted trade with a large number of nations

     D. provides a financial advantage to the buyer

65. One might infer from this passage that lower prices _________.

      A. are more likely to exist in a competitive market economy

      B. usually can be found only in an economy based on monopolies

      C. matter only to people who are poor and living below the poverty level

      D. are regulated by the government

66. It seems likely that many Americans____________.

      A. believed that the trusts had little influence over government

      B. expected the wealthy magnates to share money with the poor

      C. did little to build up American business

      D. were worried that trusts might operate the government