Cars are an important part of life in the United States Without a car， most people feel t

Cars are an important part of life in the United States． Without a car， most people feel that they are 36 ．And even if a person is poor， he doesn’t feel 37 poor when he has a car．
Henry Ford was the man who first started 38 cars in large numbers． He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to 39 American culture．The car made the United States a nation on 40 ． And it 41 to make the United States what it is today．
There are three main reasons that the car has become so 42 in the United States． 43 ，the country is a huge one and Americans like to 44 around in it ．The car 45 the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation． With a car， people can go any place 46 spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient（有效地） and inexpensive form of public 47 ． Long distance trains have never been as 48 in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by 49 ．But it is too expensive to be used 50 ． The third reason is the most 51 one．The American spirit of 52 is what really made cars popular． Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train 53 a plane． They don’t like to have to 54 an exact schedule． A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want 55 to have．
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(答案→)B 解析：【小题1】B 上下文串联。根据even if a person is poor，说明没有汽车，他们会感觉自己穷。【小题2】C 副词辨析。A实际上；B精确地；C真正地；D精确地；当一个人有车的时候，他不会感觉自己真的穷。说明在美国人心中汽车是非常重要的。【小题3】A 动词辨析。A生产；B做；C设计；D拥有；指亨利福特是第一个大量生产汽车的人。【小题4】B 词义辨析。A买得起；B影响；C努力；（名词）D影响（名词）；句意：亨利福特也许不知道汽车对于美国文化的影响有多么的巨大。让美国成为车轮上的国家。【小题5】C 名词辨析。A脚；B马背；C车轮；D椅子。句意同上句解释。【小题6】.A 动词辨析。A帮助；B努力；C希望；D得到；汽车帮助美国成为现在的国家。【小题7】B 上下文串联。根据下文叙述的三大原因，说明在美国汽车非常受人欢迎。【小题8】D 上下文串联。根据上行three main reasons；本句是列举，first of all首先，指第一个原因。【小题9】C 动词辨析。A步行；B运输；C移动；D去；move around四处走动。【小题10】A 动词辨析。Provide提供；offer提供，后面要接双宾语；本句只有一个宾语，A正确。【小题11】D 句意分析。句意：不要花很多钱，人们就可以四处走动。【小题12】B 固定词组。Public transportation公共交通。【小题13】C 句意分析。句意：在美国长途旅行没有在其它国家那么的普遍。Common普遍，常见。【小题14】C 上下文串联。根据air-service说明这里是plane提供的服务。【小题15】C 副词辨析。A完全地；B继续；C频繁地；D充分地；指频繁乘飞机太昂贵了。【小题16】A 上下文串联。指第三个理由是三个里面最重要的一个。【小题17】B 上下文串联。根据下文解释每个人喜欢自由独立，说明这里应该是B正确。【小题18】D 固定词组。or even乃至，以至；美国人不喜欢等汽车，火车乃至飞机。【小题19】D 动词辨析。A拿走；B收到；C接受；D跟随；指美国人不喜欢根据确定的时间表。【小题20】A 句意分析。指自由是美国人最喜欢的事物。

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