Cars are【21】important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel th

A.establishing a research field

B.establishing a niche

C.occupying the niche

D.general information

e (21) about cars. Not only is the car the (22) means of transportation in the States, it has (23) become a "plaything". (24) the time youngsters become fourteen years old or even (25) , they're likely to start (26) of having their own cars.

In the USA, the (27) family, if the father is not (28) work, can afford to buy a new car every five years. However, many young people (29) after school in order to save money to buy a car. Learning to drive and getting a driver license may be one of the most exciting (30) of a young person's life. Driver (31) is one of the most popular courses. At the end of the course the student will (32) a driving test for a license. (33) many, that piece of paper means that they have grown up.

In the United States, many men and women (34) to have cars. People use cars to go to work. (35) drive cars to go shopping, to take the children to school or for other activities.

21.

A. crazy

B. careful

C. sure

D. worried

The author thinks that the credit cards are ______.

A．toys

B．instruments

C．tools

D．an important part of American life

A.Unfortunately, the boss objected to your proposal

B.Education is importan

C.Their expenses amount to fifty dollars

D.The prices are bound to increase

e cities. Their【21】is the bicycle, or bike. In a great【22】cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have been formed a group【23】Bike for a Better City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work, there【24】be fewer cars in the downtown section (闹市区) of the city and【25】less dirty air from car engines. For several years this【26】has been trying to get the city government【27】bicycle riders. For【28】, they want the city to paint special lanes (narrow, often winding roads or ways) for bicycle only on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the【29】lanes as cars, there may be【30】Bike for a Better City feels that if there were【31】lanes, more people would use bikes. But no bicycle lanes have been【32】yet.【33】thinks they are a good idea. Taxi drivers don't like the idea--they say it will slow transport. Some store owners on file main streets don't like the idea--they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less【34】. And most people live【35】far from downtown to travel by bike.

(46)

A．way

B．answer

C．help

D．means

21. A. known B. clear C. obvious D. sure

22. A. would B. must C. might D. should

23. A. had B. ought C. used D. wanted

24. A. bicycle B. hill C. straw D. worker

25. A. when B. before C. while D. as

26. A. thinking B. suspecting C. expecting D. insisting

27. A. thoroughly B. through C. down D. up

28. A. carefully B. successfully C. obviously D. silently

29. A. return B. retreat C. retire D. rest

30. A. short while B. a period C. few minutes D. some time

September, we decided to ___21___ a day in the country. The only difficulty was that many people had just the same idea. We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars, but at last we came to a ___22___ country road, and after some time we stopped at a farm which is a long distance from the city. We had enough food with us and got it out of the car. When ___23___ was ready, we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet around the farm until we heard something ringing at the top of the ___24___. What we saw made us ___25___ our things and ran back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about two hundred sheep coming to us down the path.

21)、

A.quiet

B.everything

C.hill

D.pick up

E.spend

22)、

A.quiet

B.everything

C.hill

D.pick up

E.spend

23)、

A.quiet

B.everything

C.hill

D.pick up

E.spend

24)、

A.quiet

B.everything

C.hill

D.pick up

E.spend

25)、

A.quiet

B.everything

C.hill

D.pick up

E.spend

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

The appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisement. For example, some advertisement have appealed to people's desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline mileage. Some of the products work. Others are worthless and a waste of consumers' money.

Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading. A few years ago, a brand of bread was offered to dieters(节食者)with the message that there were fewer calories(热量单位, 卡)in every slice. It turned out that the bread was not dietetic(适合于节食的), but just regular bread. There were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin. but there were the same number of calories in every loaf.

On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer's real concerns. Consider fire insurance. Fire insurance may be sold by appealing to fear of loss. But fear of loss is the real reason for fire insurance. The security of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purchase of fire insurance a worthwhile investment for most people. If consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertising.

Each consumer must evaluate her or his own situation. Are the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it？ Advertising is intended to appeal to consumers, but it does not force them to buy the product. Consumer still controls the final buying decision.

Advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless product by______.

A. stressing their high quality

B. convincing him of their low price

C. maintaining a balance between quality and price

D. appealing to his buying motives

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income，they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society，but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

Get a high school diploma，at least. Without that，you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison，and you can successfully dropout in grade school.

Get a college degree，if possible. With a B. A. ，you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's degree，make sure it is an M. B. A. ，and is famous. Law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.

Do you know，for instance，that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors？ Yes，the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24，000. While the full professors managed to earn just $ 23，030.

A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes，if you pursue such a degree in any other field，you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.

If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or-worst of all-in philosophy. you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs，mind you，but for our demands.

Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes，driving cars，waiting on table，and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.

You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough，that is，to make you useful to the gross national product. but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

According to the writer，what the society expects of education is to turn out people who______.

A. will not be a disgrace to society

B. will become loyal citizens

C. can take care of themselves

D. can meet the nation's demands as a source of manpower