China has a growing love affair with the cars．This is clear at the Beijing Asian Games Village Automobile Exchange, where more and more people come to look and increasingly to buy．
Alice Wu is an editor at a Chinese Internet publication．She takes the subway to work, but she is certain she can cut her commute time if she drives herself．Wu says it takes her three hours to get to work now．If she had a car, she says, the same trip would only take her two hours．
The Asian Games Village Automobile Exchange is the biggest car dealership in Beijing．General manager Guo Yong says the business sells more than two thousand cars each week．Guo says it is much easier for Chinese consumers to buy a car now．In the past, it would take them several years to earn enough money to buy a new car．Now, he says, many people only need to save for one year．Also, the emergence of less expensive domestic brands like Chery and BYD means more Chinese can afford cars．
For decades, most Chinese city residents got about by bicycle or public buses and trains．Now, in many areas, the number of new cars is growing faster than the road system, leaving city streets jammed with traffic．Guo Liang has wanted to buy a car for a decade, and he will be the first in his family to own one．He is not deterred by Beijing's traffic jams．Guo says if the traffic is too bad, he will use the car for leisure or holidays with his family．Another customer, Zhang Menxin, works in Beijing, but is from Xi'an, more than 900 kilometers away．Zhang says it is very difficult to get a train ticket to return home for Chinese New Year．She adds that train is not convenient．If she had her own car, she says, she could go anytime she wanted to．
World Bank transportation specialist Shomik Mendhiratta says, “Getting a car makes people feel like they have arrived to the middle class, and it's got a huge status associated with it．It's a fantastic thing to have．”
小題1:The underlined word "deterred" in the 4th paragraph probably means           .
A．encouragedB．a(chǎn)ttractedC．a(chǎn)stonishedD．discouraged
小題2:The reason why Zhang Menxin wants to buy a car is that          .
A．it is hard and inconvenient for her to go home in Xi'an by train．
B． she doesn't like to go to work by subway．
C．she wants to use the car for leisure or holidays with her family
D．the place where she works is far from her house
小題3:The best title for the passage should be "          "
A．Cars made China a country on wheels
B．More Chinese Hitting the road in their own cars．
C．More cars sold by the Beijing Asian Games Village Automobile Exchange
D．China is developing rapidly in the past few years．
小題4:According to what Shomik Mendhiratta in the last paragraph, the car is ____ for the person who owns it．
A．of little valueB．a(chǎn) means of transportation
C．a(chǎn) status symbolD．a(chǎn) heavy burden

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
文章講述的是越來(lái)越多的中國(guó)人選擇買自己的私家車，及其原因
小題1:猜測(cè)詞義題，根據(jù)He is not deterred by Beijing's traffic jams．Guo says if the traffic is too bad, he will use the car for leisure or holidays with his family可知，他對(duì)交通的問(wèn)題比較樂(lè)觀。所以意為他并不沮喪。
小題2:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的Zhang says it is very difficult to get a train ticket to return home for Chinese New Year．She adds that train is not convenient．If she had her own car, she says, she could go anytime she wanted to可知。
小題3:主旨大意題，文章講述的是更多的中國(guó)人選擇自己買車。
小題4:推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段的Getting a car makes people feel like they have arrived to the middle class, and it's got a huge status associated with it可知，這是身份的象征
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