2016屆中考英語完形填空

                                                                      jason collins
                                                                      atlanta, georgia section two choose the best answer to complete the passage. (1)maybe more than any other people, americans have come to depend on their cars. the family car has been a (1)______ thing since the early twentieth century and it has (2)______ americans’ life. many people have (3)______ outside of the large cities to the suburbs(郊區). some americans (4)______ two hours a day or more in their cars going to work and going home again. cars have become the means of transportation (5)______ most americans for going shopping and going on holidays. americans used to like big cars, because gasoline(汽油) used not to be so (6)______. recently, however, the (7)______ of gasoline has increased. (8)______ cars have become more popular. also (9)______ cars have become popular. americans have bought large numbers of japanese and german cars. they have bought cars from several (10)______ countries, too. 1. a. special  b. common  c. traditional d. bad 2. a. kept  b. made  c. taken  d. changed 3. a. moved  b. stayed  c. flown  d. gone 4. a. cost  b. pay  c. spend  d. take 5. a. for  b. to  c. at  d. on 6. a. cheap  b. expensive c. high  d. low 7. a. colour  b. station  c. number d. cost 8. a. big  b. expensive  c. cheap  d. small   9. a. american  b. foreign  c. new d. old 10. a. the other  b. another  c. other  d. others (2)what do you usually use mobile phones for? sending text messages for fun? playing games? well mobile phones can do (1) _______ more than that. (2) _______ this year’s asian tsunami(海嘯), mobile phones saved many (3) _______. more than 10,000 international phones were (4) _______ when the tsunami hit. police sent text messages to them and found more than 2,000. but how? people (5) _______ the signal and found out (6) _______ the tourists were. so, how can (7)  ______   so small be so smart? well here’s how! when you turn the phone on, it tries to find a signal. this signal comes from the telephone network.  if you have a signal you can see it on the phone’s screen. sometimes, if the signal is weak, (8) _______ can be difficult to make a phone call. when the phone is finding a signal, it also sends a (9) _______ to the telephone network. this message tells the station where the phone is. when you start to make a phone call, the telephone network tells telecommunications offices where you are. the office will find out who you’re calling then put you (10) _______ to your friend! 1. a. very        b. so        c. far           d. little 2. a. while      b. during     c. at           d. when 3. a. lives       b. animals    c. houses        d. troubles 4. a. doing      b. working    c. mending      d. using 5. a. heard      b. listened     c. followed      d. examined 6. a. how        b. where      c. what          d. why 7. a. something   b. nothing     c. everything     d. nothing 8. a. he          b. it          c. they          d. you 9. a. information  b. word       c. message      d. note 10. a. off         b. up         c. on           d. through (3)