Ever since Henry Ford invented the Model T, America has been romanced by the automobile. Today America is very much a car culture and most people find that owning a car is (1) to their lives. Modem housing developments usually (2) up in the suburbs away from city transportation, but (3) to main boulevards and interstate highways which become a lifeline to support their (4) lifestyles. To live in these developments (5) a car would make modem life almost impossible. One would become a virtual prisoner in his own home. For this (6) no private home today is built without a driveway and garage. Many homes may even have as (7) as three or four cars, one (8) by each member of the family. Japanese cars, (9) small in size, are very popular in America because they are very economical to maintain and fuel efficient. In (10) , American cars are neither economical to run nor efficient with fuel. Nevertheless, they are much larger with plenty of (11) in the trunk storage area and the back seat. However, in (12) to other developed nations, gas in America is still reasonably (13) . Americans, therefore, tend to clock in more miles on their car every year (14) of the larger (15) covered in getting from place to place. Perhaps no country in the world has developed (16) an extensive highway system as the United States with so many toll-flee roads. Her dependence on the (17) has made such highways both a convenience and a necessity. (18) these highway can be found almost every modem (19) so that one can travel endlessly without ever making (20) with cities. Along the highways are motels, restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment centers.
A. service
B. garage
C. convenience
D. store
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Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. (1) reactions as well as logical thought (2) affect the behavior of most people. The burnt child fears the fire is one instance; the (3) is the rise of despots(暴君) like Hitler. Both these examples point up the fact that (4) stem from experience. In the one case the experience was direct and (5) ; in the other it was indirect and cumulative. The Nazis were indoctrinated(灌输) (6) by the speeches they heard and the books they read. The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in a strategic position to (7) attitudes. This is true partly because children (8) attitudes from those adults whose word they (9) . Another reason is that pupils often delve somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has only been touched upon at home or has possibly never (10) to them before. To a child who had (11) acquired little knowledge of Mexico, his teacher’s method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans. The media through (12) the teacher can develop wholesome attitudes are (13) . Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very (14) of the classroom, these are a few of the (15) fields for the instruction of proper emotional reactions. However, when children come to school with (16) attitudes, it is unwise for the teacher to attempt to change their feelings by cajoling (以甜言蜜语哄骗) or (17) them. She can achieve the proper effect by helping them (18) constructive experiences. To illustrate, first-grade pupils afraid of policemen will probably (19) their attitudes after a classroom chat with the neighborhood (20) in which he explains how he protects them.
A. contain
B. sustain
C. obtain
D. retain
Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. (1) reactions as well as logical thought (2) affect the behavior of most people. The burnt child fears the fire is one instance; the (3) is the rise of despots(暴君) like Hitler. Both these examples point up the fact that (4) stem from experience. In the one case the experience was direct and (5) ; in the other it was indirect and cumulative. The Nazis were indoctrinated(灌输) (6) by the speeches they heard and the books they read. The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in a strategic position to (7) attitudes. This is true partly because children (8) attitudes from those adults whose word they (9) . Another reason is that pupils often delve somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has only been touched upon at home or has possibly never (10) to them before. To a child who had (11) acquired little knowledge of Mexico, his teacher’s method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans. The media through (12) the teacher can develop wholesome attitudes are (13) . Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very (14) of the classroom, these are a few of the (15) fields for the instruction of proper emotional reactions. However, when children come to school with (16) attitudes, it is unwise for the teacher to attempt to change their feelings by cajoling (以甜言蜜语哄骗) or (17) them. She can achieve the proper effect by helping them (18) constructive experiences. To illustrate, first-grade pupils afraid of policemen will probably (19) their attitudes after a classroom chat with the neighborhood (20) in which he explains how he protects them.
A. fertile
B. inferior
C. inherent
D. numerical
Ever since Henry Ford invented the Model T, America has been romanced by the automobile. Today America is very much a car culture and most people find that owning a car is (1) to their lives. Modem housing developments usually (2) up in the suburbs away from city transportation, but (3) to main boulevards and interstate highways which become a lifeline to support their (4) lifestyles. To live in these developments (5) a car would make modem life almost impossible. One would become a virtual prisoner in his own home. For this (6) no private home today is built without a driveway and garage. Many homes may even have as (7) as three or four cars, one (8) by each member of the family. Japanese cars, (9) small in size, are very popular in America because they are very economical to maintain and fuel efficient. In (10) , American cars are neither economical to run nor efficient with fuel. Nevertheless, they are much larger with plenty of (11) in the trunk storage area and the back seat. However, in (12) to other developed nations, gas in America is still reasonably (13) . Americans, therefore, tend to clock in more miles on their car every year (14) of the larger (15) covered in getting from place to place. Perhaps no country in the world has developed (16) an extensive highway system as the United States with so many toll-flee roads. Her dependence on the (17) has made such highways both a convenience and a necessity. (18) these highway can be found almost every modem (19) so that one can travel endlessly without ever making (20) with cities. Along the highways are motels, restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment centers.
A. connect
B. contact
C. contrast
D. compare
Ever since Henry Ford invented the Model T, America has been romanced by the automobile. Today America is very much a car culture and most people find that owning a car is (1) to their lives. Modem housing developments usually (2) up in the suburbs away from city transportation, but (3) to main boulevards and interstate highways which become a lifeline to support their (4) lifestyles. To live in these developments (5) a car would make modem life almost impossible. One would become a virtual prisoner in his own home. For this (6) no private home today is built without a driveway and garage. Many homes may even have as (7) as three or four cars, one (8) by each member of the family. Japanese cars, (9) small in size, are very popular in America because they are very economical to maintain and fuel efficient. In (10) , American cars are neither economical to run nor efficient with fuel. Nevertheless, they are much larger with plenty of (11) in the trunk storage area and the back seat. However, in (12) to other developed nations, gas in America is still reasonably (13) . Americans, therefore, tend to clock in more miles on their car every year (14) of the larger (15) covered in getting from place to place. Perhaps no country in the world has developed (16) an extensive highway system as the United States with so many toll-flee roads. Her dependence on the (17) has made such highways both a convenience and a necessity. (18) these highway can be found almost every modem (19) so that one can travel endlessly without ever making (20) with cities. Along the highways are motels, restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment centers.
A. highways
B. roads
C. rooms
D. distances