Many people think that Americans 1 their cars almost more than anything else. When 2__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __3_ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their 4__. So many of them work in _5_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 6 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.

　　Some people almost 7 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 9 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 10 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

　　1. A. prefer B. love C. drive D. play

　　2. A. little B. big C. old D. young

　　3. A. new B. own C. expensive D. cheap

　　4. A, friends B. teachers C. parents D. brothers

　　5. A. free B. busy C. study D. good

　　6. A. make B. mend C. wash D. drive

　　7. A. always B. never C. often D. usually

　　8. A. take B. carry C. pull D. lift

　　9. A. question B. wrong C. mistake D. problem

　　10. A. cost B. get C. spend D. use

　　導(dǎo)師點評

　　本文介紹了美國人尤其是年輕人對于轎車的厚愛，并列舉了一些事例加以說明。讓人們看到了一個發(fā)達國家的富裕和人民生活的繁榮。

　　答案簡析

　　1. B。通過下文的事例不難看出美國人對汽車不是一般的喜歡，故用love it，較貼近文章的意思。

　　2. D。按常識，十四五歲的人應(yīng)稱為年輕人，故應(yīng)說young。

　　3. B。根據(jù)下文他們不想通過索要來獲取別人的小轎車，而是想擁有自己的小汽車，故選own。

　　4. C。如果說想要索要小汽車的話，那只有先從父母親那兒開始了，故應(yīng)選parents。

　　5. A。十四五歲的年輕人大多在上學(xué)，所以工作占用的應(yīng)是上學(xué)期間的空隙，故應(yīng)選free。

　　6. D。要想獲得駕照得先學(xué)開車，故應(yīng)選drive。

　　7. B。與下文“車子一有問題就去修理”相對應(yīng)，有些人病了卻從不看醫(yī)生，故應(yīng)選never。

　　8. A。carry應(yīng)為“搬運”，push 為“推”，lift 意思為“舉，提起”都不合文意，take sth. to 某地，意為“把……帶到……”。

　　9. D。只能選擇一個名詞, 表示汽車的“故障,毛病”, 故選problem。

　　10. C。spend some time doing sth.為一個固定搭配，意為“花時間干某事”。

　　*****************************************************結(jié)束

　　You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t 36 how quickly time has passed.

　　If you are familiar with this 37 , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun and 38 when you are bored. Now scientists have 39 a reason why this is the case.

　　Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 40 according to how we focus on a task. When we are 41 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 42 the clock is ticking more slowly.

　　In an experiment 43 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 44

　　researchers monitored their brain activity.

　　The volunteers were told to 45 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then

　　46 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that 47 was more active when the volunteers paid 48 subjects.

　　It is thought that if the brain is 49 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 50 its resources, and pays less attention to the clock. 51 , time passes without us really 52 it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its 53 energies on monitoring the passing of time. 54 , time seems to drag.

　　Next time you feel bored 55 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!

　　36. A. guess B. learn C. believe D. doubt

　　37. A. view B. point C. scene D. experience

　　38. A. drags B. stops C. backs D. gains

　　39. A. thought over B. made up C. suggested D. come up with

　　40. A. change B. develop C. grow D. slow

　　41. A. sleepy B. bored C. excited D. active

　　42. A. report B. think C. decide D. see

　　43. A. produced B. carried C. tried D. performed

　　44. A. so B. when C. while D. but

　　45. A. partly B. quickly C. how D. first

　　46. A. remember B. focus on C. forget D. tell apart

　　47. A. the researchers B. the experiment C. the clock D. the brain

　　48. A. much attention to B. more attention to

　　C. attention to many D. attention to more

　　49. A. busy B. likely C. ready D. sure

　　50. A. focus B. gather C. reach D. spread

　　51. A. However B. Furthermore C. Therefore D. Finally

　　52. A. recognizing B. watching C. noticing D. counting

　　53. A. enough B. full C. right D. proper

　　54. A. In fact B. As a result C. For example D. Instead

　　55. A. in class B. with work C. in mind D. of lessons

　　36 C 課間十分鐘玩得很開心，時間在不知不覺中就過去了。此處用can’t believe表示對這段時間飛快流逝的驚訝與感嘆。

　　37 C 上文提到的是一種特定的心理場面描寫，而不是人所經(jīng)歷的某一件具體的事情，故選C。scene情節(jié),場面 ;experience經(jīng)驗,經(jīng)歷,閱歷。

　　38 A 根據(jù)文中倒數(shù)第二段的解釋可得知答案。drag拖長，此處指時間過的很慢。

　　39 D thought over仔細(xì)考慮 ;make up 組成; suggest建議;表明; come up with提出。

　　科學(xué)家是以實驗為基礎(chǔ)進行研究而提出的一種原因。

　　40 A 聯(lián)系下文的實驗可知，當(dāng)人的大腦集中于一個任務(wù)的多個面時，就變得比較活躍，反之，則變得不那么活躍。所以當(dāng)大腦所注意的任務(wù)不同時，大腦的活動狀態(tài)是不一樣的。

　　41 B 聯(lián)系上下文可知，人在比較厭煩或感到無事可做的時候，才覺的時間過得很慢。

　　42 B 時間過得很慢只是人的一種潛在的意識。

　　43 D 空格所缺的詞做定語，應(yīng)與前面的experiment構(gòu)成動賓關(guān)系，結(jié)合下文進行的實驗可知，只有D項符合。B項應(yīng)改為carried out 。

　　44 C 此處用while強調(diào)在實驗過程中，被實驗者與研究人員的任務(wù)對比關(guān)系。

　　45 D 根據(jù)后面的then; thirdly可得知答案。

　　46 B 據(jù)后文49空后的解釋可知，實驗的目的是讓大腦不停的專注于一個任務(wù)的多個方面。

　　47 D 此處指被研究人員的大腦思維比較活躍。

　　48 D 結(jié)合上文的實驗可知，研究人員是讓實驗者的大腦專注于一個任務(wù)的多個方面。

　　49 A be busy doing…忙于……為固定搭配;be likely to do…可能做……; be ready to do…準(zhǔn)備做……; be sure of/about對……確信。

　　50 D 聯(lián)系上下文可知，當(dāng)大腦專注于一個任務(wù)的多個方面時，它的精力就會被分散，因而就轉(zhuǎn)移了對時間的注意。spread 此處為分散。

　　51 C 此處是上述實驗所得出的一個結(jié)論 。

　　52 C 根據(jù)后文的 seems to go quickly可知，時間在不知不覺中過去。

　　53 B 如果大腦不太活躍的時候，就會把相當(dāng)多的精力集中在計算時間上，right/ proper正確的，恰當(dāng)?shù)�，同義，可排除。enough足夠的;full充足的;相當(dāng)多的。

　　54 B 本句是根據(jù)前面的分析而得出的結(jié)論。

　　55 A 本句與文章第一段相對應(yīng)，是對第一段在課堂出現(xiàn)的問題的一種解決方法。另外，根據(jù)最后一句也可得出答案。