英语专业四级完型填空题
Cloze -- Passage 1
Academy Award nominees who go home empty-handed may not have a shiny Oscar to show off, but they may turn out to be the bigger winners in the game of life.
According to a study published in British Medical Journal on December 21, Oscar-winning screenwriters are more successful, more productive, and more ____1____ than losing nominees; however, they die sooner by about four years.
Because success is usually linked to better health, "this is the first ____2____ever that success is not associated with improved ____3____," says Donald Redelmeier, lead author of the study.
Researchers ____4____down information about every person who was ever nominated for an Oscar since the awards were first handed out 73 years ago.
To explain the ____5____findings, he offers two theories. The first is the "work-to-death hypothesis."
According to Redelmeier, screenwriters are more ____6____to lead unhealthy lifestyles, meaning they smoke more, exercise less, and work a lot of late-night hours, which translates into not enough sleep.
Screenwriters don't have a boss to report to, which brings into ____7____Redelmeier's second explanation, the "party-hearty hypothesis."
"When you become a successful screenwriter, you gain status without daily accountability, and as a ____8____your success may lead you to more alcohol, more parties, and more obesity," he says.
Redelmeier hopes his study will ____9____how important it is to lead a healthy lifestyle.
"The bottom line," he says, "is that greater success may ____10____lead to worse health if people fail to look after themselves."
A) longevity B) flourish C) apt
D) sometimes E) tracked F) respected
G) account H) miracle I) occupation
J) puzzling K) stress L) consequence
M) internal N) fairly O) restrained
Cloze -- Passage 2
Many people wonder why some men want to live on the moon. It is ____1____ not the kind of place where most men would choose to live. But man has always moved to new areas.
Some scientists hope that continued work will be done on the moon. Many experiments will be done there more ____2____. Some large ____3____are very easy to do in a place without air. Matter can be heated to very high temperatures without ____4____change when it is in such a place. Air, dust, and clouds cannot ____5____man’s view of space from the moon. The very high or very low temperatures and low gravity on the moon will be used for many experiments. One very important use of the moon will be to ____6____spaceship.
Man might be able to learn much about his own body by living on the moon. He would be living in a habitat that he made for himself. Man would be in control of the ____7____of life in which he lives. ____8____could be removed from the air in this community.
Gravity is the one thing that would not be under man’s control. Some scientists believe the low gravity of the moon would be ____9____for man. The heart would not have to work so hard. The body would need less energy to move than it does on the earth. However, the human body might change during long stays on the moon. Much exercise would probably be needed to keep the body in good ____10____.
A) community B) condition C) launch
D) insight E) chemical F) mysterious
G) experiments H) probably I) healthful
J) easily K) extend L) render
M) promptly N) block O) bacteria
Cloze -- Passage 3
Each artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. He hopes the public will listen and understand – he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visual artist like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to ____1____, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not ____2____. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the ____3____billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their works we should never have noticed these ____4____shapes and colors, or have felt the ____5____which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in ____6____and at rest; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they ____7____choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without ____8____to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a decaying leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is ____9____our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, ____10____something –all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.
A) words B) directing C) countless
D) crawl E) reference F) merely
G) erect H) motion I) explain
J) emphasizing K) sympathetic L) gloriously
M) delight N) crisis O) particular
Cloze -- Passage 4
What is pop culture? Well, pop is ____1____ for popular. The beginning of pop culture can often be related to popular movies, television shows, music stars and sports figures. Pop culture is also improved by business and ____2____. The most common examples of American pop culture ____3____among high school and college students. ____4____set by famous people quickly become part of young people's lifestyles.
American pop culture has spread around the world. One major reason for its ____5____is that English is a worldwide language. English is the language of diplomacy, international business and communication. Since language and culture go together, learning English means becoming ____6____of English-speaking cultures. Also, America is a world leader in movies, music and magazines. The kind of American culture communicated in those ____7____is pop culture. Finally, pop culture is easy to ____8____and to export. For that reason, it is easy to "sell" to the world.
Many people consider that American pop culture is what America is all about. Does pop culture ____9____the true culture of America? Yes and no. Pop culture does express a part of American society –____10____urban young people that pay much attention to the media. But American pop culture is not fixed and ever-changing. It is a man-made and superficial（表面的）picture of America. If you want to learn about real American culture, you'll have to go a little farther than McDonald's.
A) trends B) immediately C) reflect
D) advertising E) orderly F) aware
G) short H) media I) especially
J) opponents K) package L) appear
M) inspiring N) utmost O) popularity Cloze -- Passage 5
The Hakka people are seen as a united people in China. This character is especially ____1____ among overseas Hakkas. They share their good and bad times together. This spirit of unity and cooperation is ____2____in the culture of Hakka Earth Buildings.
It was because when it was hard for individuals to survive on their own, people had to help
each other and learn to unite and cooperate. Only in this way could they hope to ____3____more. The design and ____4____of Hakka Earth Buildings made it easy to pull together all the weaker forces and form one stronger force. With this stronger force, better results could be achieved in terms of developing business as well as improving living ____5____.
A Hakka Earth Building used to hold together the ____6____interest of a family clan（家族）or a whole village community. But now this fortress-like structure can no longer meet the needs of a ____7____society. People have moved out.
Hakka Earth Buildings have recorded a ____8____of history as well as the life road of several generations of the Hakka people. For those later generations who have never lived and will never live in these earth buildings, they may well become a tourist ____9____in the villages. But the ____10____tradition represented by these earth buildings should be kept and passed on by the Hakka people as their own family culture and ethnic culture.
A) generating B) standards C) modern
D) achieve E) unique F) vain
G) period H) attraction I) constitution
J) rooted K) distinguish L) structure
M) almost N) shared O) remarkable
Cloze -- Passage 6
BEIJING’S local education authority compiled a list of “potential security problems” on campus last week. They include fire accidents, traffic accidents, crime, bombing, stealing, social communication problems and 1 .
“Though the ‘ivory tower’ shuts out some dangers from the outside world, it is not a paradise 2 to crimes and accidents. School-safety has be en in focus,” said an official of the Beijing Education Committee.
In the first six months of this year in China, 25 students were victims of 3 accidents or crimes and 10 students committed suicide.
While numbers remain low, how can campuses be made safer places to live in? Making safety education compulsory is the governments’ answer. University students in Beijing will soon receive compulsory classes. In the lessons, they will learn how to protect themselves by looking at real 4 on campus.
For example, girls will learn when and where sexual harassment is most 5 to happen. They will also get 6 on how to protect themselves, like not wearing mini skirts in crowded public places.
Students should not only be aware of the dangers from the outside, but also those self-inflicted. Even though it 7 last in the list, it doesn’t mean suicide is the least serious.
China Daily 8 a growing number of suicide attempts in China on September 15. Between May and July, three Peking University students killed themselves by jumping from buildings. One girl left a note saying that she was “sick of life and 9 .”
In the safety course, students are given tips on how to cope with pressure. They are also encouraged to go to the school psychologists if they feel depressed. They will learn what to do if their classmates behave 10 because of depression.
A) comes B) immune C) perpetual
D) depressed E) n ormally F) abnormally
G) reflected H) reported I) tips
J) guidelines K) likely L) cases M) fatal N) erect O) suicides
2020年公共英语四级模拟试题：完形填空2020年公共英语四级模拟试题：完形填空 EXERCISE 1 Information Technology 1982 was the year of information technology in Great Britain. But what exactly is infotech? 85% of the people __1___ recently had not a clue what it means, __2___53% of those polled said they thought it sounded pretty important.They were __3___.It is.So what is it? Well, put simply,it is the "marry-up"of products__4___several key industries：computers, telephone, televisions, satellites. It means __5___ microelectronics, telecommunication networks fibre optics__6___produce,store,obtain and send information by way of words,numbers,pictures and sound__7___and efficiency than ever before. The __8__ infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous.It is already linking the skills of the space industry with __9___ of cable television,so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes ___10__ all over the world. Armies of "steel collar"workers,the robots,will soon be working in factories doing the boring,complex and __11___jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas __12___the car industry this has already started. television will also be used to enable customers __13___from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering___14__ the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards.The automatic booking of tickets
精品文档 英语专业四级完型填空题 Cloze -- Passage 1 Academy Award nominees who go home empty-handed may not have a shiny Oscar to show off, but they may turn out to be the bigger winners in the game of life. According to a study published in British Medical Journal on December 21, Oscar-winning screenwriters are more successful, more productive, and more ____1____ than losing nominees; however, they die sooner by about four years. Because success is usually linked to better health, his is the first ____2____ever that success is not associated with improved ____3____, says Donald Redelmeier, lead author of the study. Researchers ____4____down information about every person who was ever nominated for an Oscar since the awards were first handed out 73 years ago. To explain the ____5____findings, he offers two theories. The first is the work-to-death hypothesis. According to Redelmeier, screenwriters are more ____6____to lead unhealthy lifestyles, meaning they smoke more, exercise less, and work a lot of late-night hours, which translates into not enough sleep. Screenwriters don't have a boss to report to, which brings into ____7____Redelmeier's second explanation, the party-hearty hypothesis. When you become a successful screenwriter, you gain status without daily accountability, and as a ____8____your success may lead you to more alcohol, more parties, and more obesity, he says. Redelmeier hopes his study will ____9____how important it is to lead a healthy lifestyle. The bottom line, he says, is that greater success may ____10____lead to worse health if people fail to look after themselves. A) longevity B) flourish C) apt D) sometimes E) tracked F) respected G) account H) miracle I) occupation J) puzzling K) stress L) consequence M) internal N) fairly O) restrained Cloze -- Passage 2 Many people wonder why some men want to live on the moon. It is ____1____ not the
大学英语四级完形填空练习20篇 1 Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1) I became an animal collector in the first (2). The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3) was not the conventional ―mamma‖ or ―daddy‖, (4) the word ―zoo‖, which I would (5) over and ov er again with a shrill (6) until someone, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8) a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great (9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time (10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets. (12) on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student (13) , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, (14) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of my own to be able to (16) my first trip and I have been going (17) ever since then. Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of (18), it is certainly a job which will appeal (19) all those who love animals and (20) .
大学英语四级完型填空答题步骤及技巧 答题步骤 首先,我们来看完型填空的解题步骤 （一）通读全文，了解文章大意 阅读理解是做Cloze的基础, 因此应该在对全文有了较全面的了解的基础上, 再开始做选择题, 切忌为了节约时间, 在未掌握大意的基础上“拿起来就做, 见空就填, 边填边理解”.那样做的结果, 不仅不能够节约时间, 而且会因为只考虑到所填的词在短语或句子内是否可行而忽略了整篇文章的连贯和结构, 造成选择错误. 因此,速读全文要一气呵成，尽管有空格、 生词或不明白的地方，仍要快速读下去。读时要注意找出关键词、中心词，划出某些代表 人物和情节的词，以便于形成思路。 当然, 由于考试时间有限，只能用略读法(skimming)将全文快速浏览一遍，明确文章的主题、 体裁。尤其要认真阅读全文的第一句，因为第一句都是一个没有空格的完整的句子，对后 文的重要提示。 （二）抓住首尾句 在阅读时要特别注意文章的第一句和最后一句，因为它们通常是文章的主题句，是全文的 中心所在。从第一句中可以窥见作者的写作目的，把握作者的写作思路以及文章将要叙述 的内容。而最后一句是作者对文章内容的归纳总结，表明作者的观点和态度，有利于加强 考生对文章的理解。 （三）联系上下文，进行逻辑推理 完形填空中有些空格的四个选项从词汇搭配、语法和单句的角度考虑均行得通。但由于文 章是一个完整的统一体，词、句、段三者存在着内在逻辑关系，此时，需要在上下文中寻 找有关的提示或暗示，对文章的情节进行逻辑分析，抓住主要语言信息的词语，理顺句与 句之间的关系，确定合理的答案。 （四）逐题选择答案 浏览全文之后，开始进入逐题做答阶段，运用查读法(Scanning)，对所有选择项从语法、 搭配和语篇等方面进行反复推敲，从而选出最佳答案。做题原则是瞻前顾后，灵活答题。“瞻前顾后”，即先读所填词的句子，回顾上一句，兼顾下一句。如果一句中有两个空白待 填，在初定答案时要“双管齐下”，在两处同时试填，然后通读全句，确定答案。答题方法：1）择优法：根据文章及结构边读边填，如果能够立刻判定最佳答案的，不必再去逐个考证
2013英语专业四级真题语法、完型填空题及解析 【完形填空原文】 Everyone knows that taxation is necessary in a modern state: Without it, it would not be possible to pay the soldiers and policemen who protect us；nor the workers in government offices who look after our health, our food, our water, and all the other things that we cannot do for ourselves；nor the ministers and members of parliament(国会) who govern the country for us. By means of taxation, we pay for things that we need just as much as we need somewhere to live and something to eat. But everyone knows that taxation is necessary, different people have different ideas about how taxation should be arranged. Should each person have to pay a certain amount of money to the government each year? Or should there be tax on things that people buy and sell? If the first kind of taxation is used, should everyone pay the same tax, whether he is rich or poor? If the second kind of tax is preferred, should everything be taxed equally? In most countries, a direct tax on persons, which is called income tax, exists. It is arranged in such a way that the poorest people pay nothing, and the percentage of tax grows greater as the taxpayer’s income grows. In England, for example, the tax on the richest people goes up as high as ninety-five percent! But countries with direct taxation nearly always have indirect taxation too. Many things imported into the country have to pay taxes or “duties”. Of course, it is the men and women who buy these imported things in the shops who really have to pay the duties, in the form of higher prices. In some countries, too, there is a tax on things sold in the shops. If the most necessary things are taxed, a lot of money is collected, but the poor people suffer most. If unnecessary things like jewels and fur coats are taxed, less money is got but the tax is fairer, as the rich pay it. Probably this last kind of indirect tax, together with a direct tax on incomes which is low for the poor and high for the rich, is the best arrangement. 【语法题真题及解析】 51. Facing the board of directors,he didn't deny __________ breaking the agreement. A. him B. it C. his D. its 解析：本题考查动名词的逻辑主语。动名词可以有自己的逻辑（意义）主语，一般可以用名词所有格Tom‘s，代词宾格如him（口语），书面语情况下一般用物主代词his，their。本题选C，但我还是要吐槽，因为根本就不需要多此一举添加his, he didn't
历年大学英语四级完形 填空真题及其-答案-CAL-FENGHAI-(2020YEAR-YICAI)_JINGBIAN
历年大学英语四级完形填空真题及其答案 2006年6月大学英语四级完形填空真题及其答案 第四部分、完形填空Part IV Cloze (15 minutes) The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm's attention is the design of cities. buildings and products. When we designed America's first so-called green office building in New York two decades 71, we felt very alone. But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the 72 that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to 73 . Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren't designed for 74 use. The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis 75 indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So far 20 years. we've been focusing on these materials 76 to the molecules, looking for ways to make them 77 for people and the planet. Home builders can now use materials-such as paints that release significantly _78_ amounts of organic compounds -that don't 79 the quality of the air, water, or soil. Ultimately. 80_, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating 81 healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil _82_ reused by industry again and again. As a matter of _83, the world's largest carpet manufacturer has already _ 84__ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable (可循环用的). Look at it this way: No one __85 out to create a building that destroys the planet. But our current industrial systems are } 86 causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So 87_ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are _88_ a positive approach. We're giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a 89 effect on the world. It's not just the building industry, either. 90_ cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building. Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world. 71. A) ago C) before B) off D) away 72. A) practice C) idea B) outlook D) scheme 73. A) go C) arrive B) come D) continue 74. A) indoor C) relevant B) inward D) flexible 75. A) displayed C) exhibited B) discovered D) revealed 76. A) back C) next B) down D) near 77. A) comfortable C) safe B) cautious D) stable 78. A) reduced C) descended B) revised D) delayed 79. A) deny C) dissolve B) depress D) destroy 80. A) besides C) anyhow B) however D) anyway 81. A)partially C) completely B) exactly D) superficially
Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much taken for granted nowadays 1 ___ we rarely think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and 2 ___ to move freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has become part of the 3 ___ of every modern city. In the home, many 4 ___ devices are powered by electricity. 5 ___ when we turn off the bedside lamp and are 6 ___ asleep, electricity is working for us, 7 ___ our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, buses and subways take us to and from work. We rarely 8 ___ to consider why or how they run——9 ___ something goes wrong. In the summer of 1959, something 10 ___ go wrong with the power-plant that provided New York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a 11 ___. Trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, 12 ___ to do anything; lifts stopped working, so that 13 ___ you were lucky enough not to be 14. ___ between two floors, you had the unpleasant task of finding your way down 15 ___ of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in a(n) 16 ___ became as gloomy and uninviting 17 ___ the most remote back streets. People were afraid to leave their houses, ___ 18. although the police had been ordered to 19 ___ in case of emergency, they were just as confused and 20 ___ as anybody else. 1.A.that B. thus C. as D. so 2. A.car B. truck C. traffic D. pedestrians 3.A. appearance B. character C. distinction D. surface 4.A. money-saving B. time-saving C. energy-saving D. labour-saving 5.A. Only B. Rarely C. Even D. Frequently 6.A. fast B. quite C. closely D. quickly 7. A. moving B. starting C. repairing D. driving 8.A. trouble B. bother C. hesitate D. remember 9.A. when B. if C. until D. after 10.A. did B. would C. could D. Should 11.A. pause B. terminal C. breakdown D. standstill 12.A. incompetent B. powerless C. hesitant D. helpless 13. A.although B. when C. as D. even if 14. A.trapped B. placed C. positioned D. locked 15.A. steps B. levels C. flights D. floors 16.A. time B. instant C. point D. minute 17.A. like B. than C. for D. as 18.A. for B. and C. but D. or 19.A. stand aside B. stand down C. stand by D. stand in 20.A. aimless B. helpless C. unfocused D. undecided
大学英语四级完形填空 第一篇 Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1) I became an animal collector in the first (2). The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3) was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”, (4) the word “zoo”, which I would (5) over and over ag ain with a shrill (6) until someone, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8) a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great (9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time (10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets. (12) on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student (13) , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, (14) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of my own to be able to (16) my first trip and I have been going (17) ever since then. Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of (18), it is certainly a job which will appeal (19) all those who love animals and (20) . 1.A.how B. where C. when D. whether 2.A.region B. field C. place D. case 3.A.clarity B. emotion C. sentiment D. affection 4.A.except B. but C. except for D. but for 5.A.recite B. recognize C. read D. repeat 6.A.volume B. noise C. voice D. pitch 7.A.close B. shut C. stop D. comfort 8.A.grew B. was growing C. grow D. grown 9.A.many B. amount C. number D. supply 10.A.living B. cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring 11.A.increase B. include C. add D. enrich https://www.doczj.com/doc/be916658.html,ter B. further C. then D. subsequently 13.A.attendant B. keeper C. member D. aide 14.A.who B. they C. of which D. which 15.A.luckily B. gladly C. nearly D. successfully 16.A.pay B. provide C. allow D. finance 17.A.normally B. regularly C. usually D. often 18.A.expectations B. sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments 19.A.for B. with C. to D. from 20.A.excursion B. travel C. journey D. Trip 第一篇解析： 1.【答案】A 根据下一句及随后的内容，作者讲的是怎样成为动物爱好者的(从小就喜欢动物)，应当选择A.how。 2.【答案】C in the first place是固定短语,意思是“首先”。此句意思是：别人经常问到的问题之一，是当初我是如何爱上动物的。 3.【答案】A 这句话的意思是：作者在呀呀学语之时,最早发清楚的音是“zoo”(动物园),而不是“妈妈”,“爸爸”,因此,应选clarity“清晰”。填入其他选项emotion (感情),sentiment(多愁善感),affection(友爱)不合逻辑。 4.【答案】B but在此处连接另一个句子(it was the word“zoo”,“it was”被省略)，表示转折，意为“而是”，Except, except for, but for的用法接近，表示“除了……”。 5.【答案】D 根据后面的over and over again,应选“repeat”
最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！ 洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：https://www.doczj.com/doc/be916658.html,/ielts/xd.html（报名网址）Albert Einstein is said to have been asked by a student, “what finding helped you most when you were __71__ the theory of relativity?”Einstein replied without __72__ moment’s hesitation. “Finding how to __73__ about the problem.” The same __74__ is told about Sir Isaac Newton and __75__ other scientists. We have no proof __76__ any of these well-known conversations __77__ took place, but we are prepared to __78__ that they did, and, if so, that the __79__ was the same one Einstein gave, __80__ this is the “way scientists work __81__ science progresses.” Scientists usually work toward models of the process of structure they are studying. __82__ we have models of the structure __83__ the universe and of the atom, models of the process __84__ which the genetic (遗传的) pattern is passed from one building block of life to __85__ models of the economic system and __86__ on. Some models are mathematical, but a __87__ does not have to have equations (方程) or even diagrams; the __88__ requirement is no doubt that it __89__ an insight (洞察) into the relationships that determine __90__ something works as it does or how it is put together. 71. A) designing B) inventing C) revealing D) developing 72. A) a B) the C) an D) some 73. A) know B) learn C) think D) argue 74. A) event B) news C) story D) information 75. A) any B) more C) few D) several 76. A) that B) since C) which D) as 77. A) naturally B) actually C) eventually D) regularly 78. A) forget B) consider C) believe D) realize 79. A) question B) answer C) conversation D) topic 80. A) although B) because C) unless D) once 81. A) while B) or C) and D) but 82. A) Otherwise B) Nevertheless C) Still D) Thus
英语四级完形填空试题及答案解释 Before the 20th century the horse provided day to day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long-distance transportation. Today the car is the most popular 1 of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely 2 the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for 3 90 percent of all personal 4 . Most Americans are able to 5 cars. The average price of a 6 made car was1,050 in 1950, 1, 740 in 1960 and up to 1, 750 7 1975.During this period American car manufacturers set about 8 their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the 9 family increased from 1950 to 1975 10 than the price of cars. For this reason 11 a new car takes a smaller 12 of a family's total earnings today. In 1951 13 it took 8.1 months of an average family's 14 to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car 15 8.3 of a family's annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4.75 16 income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically 17 to models from previous years. The 18 of the automobile extends throughout the economy 19 the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money to 20 their cars running than on any other item. 1. A. kinds B. means C. mean D. types 2. A. denied B. reproduced C. replaced D. ridiculed 3. A. hardly B. nearly C. certainly D. somehow 4. A. trip B. works C. business D. travel 5. A. buy B. sell C. race D. see 6. A. quickly B. regularly C .rapidly D. recently 7 A. on B. in C. behind D. about 8. A. raising B. making C .reducing D. improving 9. A. unusual B. interested C. average D. biggest 10. A. slowest B .equal C .faster D. less than 11. A. bringing B. obtain C. bought D. purchasing 12. A. part B. half C. number D side 13. A. clearly B. proportionally C. percentage D. suddenly 14. A. income B. work C. plants D. debts 15. A. used B. spend C. cost D. needed 16.A.months B. dollars C. family D. year 17. A. famous B. superior C. fastest D. purchasing 18. A. running B. notice C. influence D. discussion 19. A. then B. as C. so D. which 20. A. start B. leave C. keep D. repair