题文
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 has 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 change 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 why the car became so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a big one and Americans like to move around it. The car makes the travel the most comfortable and cheapest. 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 never really developed a practical and cheap public travel system. Long distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Now there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used often.
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like waiting for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact timetable. A car gives them the freedom to plan their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.
Less oil has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real answer will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much oil.
小题1:We can learn from this passage that Americans ______.A．spend a lot of money traveling by carB．travel a lot in their carsC．seldom travel by planeD．use public traffic often小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE?A．In the United States even the poor own cars.B．In the United States all the poor have no cars.C．When an American has a car, he will never be poor.D．An American will feel poor unless he has a car.小题3:In the writer’s opinion, cars are popular in the United States mainly because ___.A．Americans like to plan their own timeB．The United States does not have enough public transportationC．Americans will not feel poor when they travel in their carsD．Americans cannot move around without their own cars小题4:“A nation on wheels” in the second paragraph means that _______.A．everyone in the United States owns a carB．the United States produces most of the cars in the worldC．cars play an important part in American’ lifeD．the United States depend on car industry for its development 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
解析
本文介绍了汽车在美国人生活中的重要作用，并分析了3个主要的原因。
小题1:B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知在美国人的生活中，汽车占有很重要的地位，人们很依靠汽车，故B正确、
小题2:D 推理题。根据第一段最后两句And even if a person is poor , he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car说明D项正确。
小题3:A 细节题。根据倒数第二段钱3行The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like waiting for a bus, or a train or even a plane.说明美国人喜欢独立，不喜欢被别人影响，说明Ａ正确。
小题4:B 推理题。根据文章第二段The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today. 说明美国汽车保有量很大，故B正确。
点评：本文讲述了在美国人的生活里，汽车所占的重要作用。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。
考点
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1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
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在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
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对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
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