[单项选择]There are ______cars parking here.

[单项选择]Many people prefer large cars, ____ large cars are safer than small ones.
A. think
B. to think
C. having thought
D. thinking

[单项选择]Attempts to restrict parking in the city center have further _________ the problem of traffic congestion, and sometimes the traffic comes to a complete stop in some places.
A. degraded
B. aggravated
C. amplified
D. diffused

[单项选择]The newspaper reporter had several cars.

[单项选择]Malka Bank Car Park ·Staff parking only ·Spaces in the street reserved for directors ·Visitors' car park opposite

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These batteries for electric cars, some scientists claim, are bound to be too heavy, too bulky and unable to store enough electricity.（）

A. clumsy
B. fussy
C. nasty
D. rusty

[单项选择]In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from ______ on icy roads.
A. skating
B. skidding
C. sliding
D. slipping

[单项选择]It can be inferred that railroad refrigerator cars came into use ______.
A. before 1860
B. before 1890
C. after 1900
D. after 1920

[单项选择]Why were cars considered the problem in colonial towns


A. Carts scared the pigs away.
B. Carts injured a large number of people.
C. Carts often moved too slowly.
D. Carts broke down too easily.

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Passage One
There are more than 100 million cars in the United States. A normal car gets less than 15 miles from each gallon of gas. It travels about 10,000 miles each year. In that time, it uses about 650 gallons of gas. In all, autos use up some 70 billion gallons of gas a year. That comes out to be four-and-a-half million barrels a day.
The importance of saving gas, then, cannot be stressed too much. Let’s say, for instance, that the fuel used by each car could be cut back just 15 percent. This could be done by making fewer trips each day. It could be done through better driving habits. If it were done, our nation’s use of fuel would fall by close to two-thirds of a million barrels per day.
We can all help save gas. One way is to ride the buses. Some of us could walk to work. We could ride mopeds(机动脚踏两用车) or bikes. Another way is to share a ride. We could join carpools (合伙使用汽车). About one-third of all cars are used for going to and fr
A. 75 miles per hour
B. 65 miles per hour
C. 55 miles per hour
D. 10 miles per hour

[单项选择]Approximately how many electric cars are now on California roads
A. 200
B. 2,000
C. 20,000
D. 200,000

[单项选择]Cars are streamlined so that they offer the least possible resistance _________ the air streaming past.
A. against
B. with
C. for
D. to

[单项选择]French cars are more elegantly styled than their British ______.
A. counterparts
B. equals
C. ones
D. copies

[单项选择]There is abundant evidence that cars have a harmful effect on the environment.
A. dear
B. sufficient
C. strong
D. obvious

[单项选择]Generally speaking, men are better at driving cars because ______.
A. they have a better understanding of cars
B. they get satisfaction when driving a car skillfully
C. they drive cars more attentively than women
D. All of the above