2014年中考英语复习阅读理解训练（89） 2页

初中英语：阅读理解 (89)‎ The United States is full of automobiles(机动车) .There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or 1 more. However, cars are used for 2 than pleasure. They are a 3 part of life. ‎ ‎ Cars are 4 for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no 5 way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to 6 parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get home.‎ ‎ Sometimes small children must be driven to 7 . In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are 8 young to walk that far, their mothers take 9 to drive them to school One 10 drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbours children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place 11 they work.‎ ‎ More car pools should be formed in order to put 12 motorcars on the road and to use less 13 . Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. 14 many cars are being driven,. Something will have to be done 15 the use of cars.‎ ‎1. A. even B. much C. little D. such ‎2. A. better B. less C. more D. farther ‎3. A. great B. necessary C. proper D. possible ‎4. A. bought B. used C. produced D. sold ‎5. A. other B. long C. short D. easy ‎6. A. busy B. some C. many D. different ‎7. A. cities B. school C. park D. gardens ‎8. A. quite B. very C. too D. so ‎9. A. money B. time C. pride D. turns ‎10. A. mother B. child C. way D. car ‎11.A. where B. that C. while D. when ‎12. A. more B. fewer C. many D. less ‎13. A. time B. space C. energy D. oil ‎ ‎ ‎14. A. So B. Even C. Very D. Such ‎15. A. on B. for C. from D. about 名师点评 美国发达的经济给美国人民生活带来了方便，轿车进入家家户户，但也给社会带来了负面影响：堵车、环境污染等。结合节约能源和增强环保意识这一社会话题，不难完成。‎ 答案简析 ‎1. A.。因为后面有一个比较级more, 比较级前面加上much, a little, even, still 等词用来较为准确说明比较时相差的程度。如果比较级more修饰可数名词复数，则 more前不可用much修饰.表示程度。‎ ‎2. C。用 more than pleasure 说明车子不只是用来享受，还有其他的用途。‎ ‎3. B。用来说明车子在人们的日常生活中必不可少。‎ ‎4. B。提到了cars的其它用途。‎ ‎5. A。have no other way意思是“没有其它的办法”。‎ ‎6. D。开车送货到市区其它地方。‎ ‎7. B。下文提到了孩子上学。‎ ‎8. C。too… to为固定结构，表示“太……而不能”。‎ ‎9. D。根据下文可知，母亲们轮流接送小孩，由此推断，take turns（依次、轮流）符合文意。‎ ‎10. A。下文有another mother 提示。‎ ‎11. A.。定语从句的引导词同时在从句中充当地点状语。‎ ‎12. B。路上行驶的车辆要更少，motorcar是可数名词，故用fewer。‎ ‎13. D。车辆使用率低，耗油就少， oil不可数，故用less修饰。‎ ‎14. A。交代前一句的原因：这么多的车辆行驶。many, much, few, little前用so修饰。‎ ‎15. D。关于…方面可用about或on。on通常表示“关于…专著等方面”。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎