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. bus service
B. subway service
C. telephone
D. airplane
More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendship, what they expected (21) friends, what they were willing to give in (22) , and how satisfied they were (23) quality of their friendships. The (24) give little comfort to social critics.
Friendship (25) to be a unique form of (26) bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties that (27) parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by (28) . Unlike other social roles that we are expected to (29) -- as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and (30) organizations--it has its own principle, which is to promote (31) of warmth, trust, love, and affection (32) two people.
The survey on friendship appeared in the March (33) of Psychology Today. The findings (34) that issues of trust and betrayal are (35) to friendship. They also suggest that our re
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