关于成人高考的英语完型填空二(2)

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江西成考网
发布日期
2006年08月24日

摘要:  Passage 12   Cars are __1__ important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.   Henry Ford was the man who first started making

es as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air service __7__ by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

  The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is __8__ really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don't like to have to __9__ an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is __10__ that Americans want most to have.

  1. A. the B. an C. a D. not

  number (1) 号码、数字 eg. My telephone number is 622998.

  (2) 数量、数额,可用单数或复数形式,主语前有形容词时,动词用复数。

  Eg. A large number of people have applied.很多人都申请了。 The enemy won by force of numbers.敌人以人多获胜。

  The number of the people going abroad is increasing.

  amount of sth.与不可数名词连用。

  (1)总额、总数 eg. Can you really afford this amount?

  (2 ) 大量的工作、钱、家具eg. Food was provided in varying amounts. 食物供应多少不等。

  本题:英语可说in a large number, in a big amount, in large numbers, in large