(2018·浙*高考)Asculturalsymbolsgo,theAmericancarisquiteyou...

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(2018·浙*高考)As cultural symbols go, the American car is quite young. The Model T Ford was built at the Piquette Plant in Michigan a century ago, with the first rolling off the assembly line (裝配線) on September 27, 1908. Only eleven cars were produced the next month. But eventually Henry Ford would build fifteen million of them.

Modern America was born on the road,  behind a wheel. The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects of American culture: the roadside diner, the billboard, the motel, even the hamburger. For most of the last century, the car represented what it meant to be American—going forward at high speed to find new worlds. The road novel, the road movie, these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a never­ending interstate highway system, the largest public works project in history.

In 1928 Herbert Hoover imagined an America with “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Since then, this society has moved onward, never looking back, as the car transformed America from a farm­based society into an industrial power.

The cars that drove the American Dream have helped to create a global ecological disaster. In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990.

The problems of excessive (過度的) energy consumption, climate change and population growth have been described in a book by the American writer Thomas L. Friedman. He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.

Friedman points out that the green economy (經濟) is a chance to keep American strength. “The ability to design, build and export green technologies for producing clean water, clean air and healthy and abundant food is going to be the currency of power in the new century.”

篇章導讀：本文是一篇説明文。文章主要介紹了汽車對美國文化的造就及產生的影響。

1．Why is hamburger mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A．To explain Americans' love for travelling by car.

B．To show the influence of cars on American culture.

C．To stress the popularity of fast food with Americans.

D．To praise the effectiveness of America's road system.

2．What has the use of cars in America led to?

A．Decline of economy.

B．Environmental problems.

C．A shortage of oil supply.

D．A farm­based society.

3．What is Friedman's attitude towards America's future?

A．Ambiguous.                          B．Doubtful.

C．Hopeful.                            D．Tolerant.

【回答】

1.B　細節理解題。根據第二段第二句“The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects of American culture: the roadside diner, the billboard, the motel, even the hamburger.”(汽車塑造了美國文化中一些最持久的層面：路邊小餐館、廣告牌、汽車旅館，甚至是漢堡。)可知，該段提及漢堡是為了顯示汽車對美國文化的影響。故選B。

2.B　推理判斷題。根據第四段第一句以及第五段第一句可推知，美國汽車的使用導致了環境問題。故選B。

3.C　觀點態度題。根據最後一段最後一句可知，Friedman認為在新世紀能夠設計、構建和輸出生產清潔水、潔淨空氣以及健康和充足食品的綠*技術將成為新世紀的硬通貨。同時結合第五段最後一句中的“hopes for the best”可知，Friedman對美國的未來充滿希望。故選C。

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