The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.
Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different 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 supplies.
Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesday, 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 where they all work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.
【小題1】The United States is filled with cars, but      .

A．not every family has a car
B．few families have two cars or even more
C．every American has a car
D．every family has a car
【小題2】Which statement is true according to the third paragraph?
A．Small children are driven to school.
B．All children go to school by bus in some cities.
C．Mothers drive their children who can't walk to school.
D．School buses pick up all children.
【小題3】Mothers form car pools in order that             .
A．they can drive to school
B．they can take turns driving their children to school
C．they reach school quickly
D．they can drive their children to school in time
【小題4】The traffic in and around cities is a great problem because       .
A．too many cars are being driven B．there are too many car pools
C．people put fewer cars on the roads D．there is less gas


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：有許多家庭沒車，但是有一些家庭有兩輛多。車可以用來做生意，可以用來接送孩子�，F(xiàn)在有一種叫car pooling的方式可以幫助人們少用車、用油以減少交通壓力。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句可知，有許多家庭沒車，但是有一些家庭有兩輛多。所以選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段可知，校車接送離學(xué)校一里路以上的孩子；而當(dāng)孩子太小不能自己走著去學(xué)校時，媽媽們就要開車送孩子上學(xué)。所以選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段可知，car pools在這里的意思是媽媽們輪流去送孩子們上學(xué)。不必一個人每天開車接送孩子。所以選B。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可知，路上的車太多。用car pools的方式可以減少路上的車輛數(shù)目和少用油。A。
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