Most people in the world like to enjoy nature. Travel is one of the most popular ways. Nowadays modern transportation can take people everywhere. But people who lived before the 1880s probably would not travel very far. They would not have time to travel far from their work. Anyone who travelled
36 would usually walk or ride a horse. But in Germany a man named Karl Benz had an idea that
37 the world in a dramatic way. In 1885, he made
38 . His car had three wheels,
39 most cars today. The car could only go
40 16 kilometres an hour.
At around the same time, the man
41 his first car in Detroit, America is called Henry Ford. Detroit is now still famous all over the world as the centre of American car-making.
Cars were very few and only
42 people could buy them.
43 , in England cars were thought to be
44 at that time, so for a few years someone
45 walk in front of every car
46 a red flag! This was to make sure that the car did not go too fast and hurt 47 .
In the 1910s, Henry Ford had
48 a better kind of car called the Model T Ford and he built a 49 where the cars could be made
50 . In this way the car could be made
51 and the cost was less and more and more people could
52 them. But there was still a problem
53 all the cars were black. That was because it was
54 to produce cars that were all the same color. Now, of course, you can buy cars in all
55 .
| 小题1: | | A．by air | B．by sea | C．on foot | D．on land | |
| 小题2: | | A．discovered | B．found | C．changed | D．invented | |
| 小题3: | | A．a first car | B．the first car | C．his first wheel | D．a first wheel | |
| 小题4: | | A．unlike | B．like | C．as if | D．as | |
| 小题5: | | A．with a speed of | B．at a speed of | C．at speed of | D．for a speed of | |
| 小题6: | | A．making | B．made | C．makes | D．having made | |
| 小题7: | | A．busy | B．rich | C．strong | D．kind | |
| 小题8: | | A．However | B．But | C．While | D．Therefore | |
| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．unusual | C．dangerous | D．wonderful | |
| 小题10: | | A．wanted to | B．was forced to | C．must | D．would | |
| 小题11: | | A．waved | B．to wave | C．waving | D．wave | |
| 小题12: | | A．anyone | B．someone | C．everyone | D．no one | |
| 小题13: | | A．sold | B．discovered | C．found | D．produced | |
| 小题14: | | A．store | B．market | C．museum | D．factory | |
| 小题15: | | A．with machine | B．by machines | C．by hand | D．using hands | |
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:C
文章讲述了人们旅游方式的变化以及汽车的发展过程。
小题1:D 词义辨析。A坐飞机；B坐船；C步行；D在陆地上。指当时陆地上的旅行方式。
小题2:C 动词辨析。这里是指他的想法改变了世界。
小题3:B 上下文串联。根据下文可知他生产出了世界上第一辆汽车。
小题4:A 介词辨析。这里是指他生产的汽车和现在的汽车不一样。
小题5:B 固定词组。at a speed of以…速度。
小题6:A 语法分析。现在分词短语Making his first car修饰名词the man。
小题7:B 形容词辨析。这里是指当时只有有钱人才能买的起汽车。
小题8:A 上下文串联。根据上下文可知这里存在着转折关系，故使用however.
小题9:C 形容词辨析。根据下文可知很多人认为汽车很危险，不够安全。
小题10:D 词义辨析。这里是指很多人经常在车流里走来走去，挥动旗帜，让汽车开慢不伤人。
小题11:C 动词辨析。解析同上。
小题12:A 词义辨析。这里是指不让汽车伤害如何人。
小题13:D 动词辨析。这里是指亨利福特已经生产出了更好的汽车。
小题14:D 名词辨析。这里指亨利福特已经建立工厂用机器更快的生产汽车。
小题15:B 词义辨析。By machine用机器。解析同上。
小题16:A 副词辨析。解析同49.
小题17:C 动词辨析。这里是指汽车的价格下降让更多的人能够买汽车。
小题18:A 同位语从句。这是一个同位语从句解释名词problem.
小题19:C 上下文串联。这里是指汽车生产同样颜色的汽车会更加便宜。
小题20:C 上下文串联。上文讲述在过去介词生产的是同样颜色的汽车，现在情况发生了变化，经常会生产出不一样颜色的汽车了。
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