Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own ____1___. Many students work after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蠟) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities.  
（ ）1. A. cars     B. computers  C. bikes    D. houses
（ ）2. A. borrow  B. buy     C. lend     D. sell
（ ）3. A. old     B. tall      C. strong    D. young
（ ）4. A. language  B. listening  C. driving   D. body
（ ）5. A. address  B. book    C.name     D.license 
（ ）6. A. sick    B. healthy   C. pleased  D. angry
（ ）7. A. his     B. her      C. your     D. their
（ ）8. A. cost     B. take      C. spend     D. pay
（ ）9. A. no      B. one      C. some    D. several
（ ）10.A . other   B. another   C. others   D. else

My 14-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the same time. The thick black wool of the coat was soft, and it was only $28. We looked at each other, saying 1, but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were 2 with boys at that time, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was even better and much 3.
John 4 the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “ 5 did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They all like it and they think it is very nice on me.” He said. I started calling him “Lord(老爺)”.
Over the next few weeks, John 6 a lot. He became more polite, more thoughtful and more pleasing. He would 7 his classmates his pens; he would bring father a cup of tea    8 he got home, he would help a blind man cross the road.
One day, in the library, my brother and I ran into a friend, “ Could this be John?” he asked. John shook 9 with him, like a gentleman!
What 10 changed John was his own attitude （態(tài)度）. If you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you can become a perfect one.
【小題1】A. something       B. anything     C. nothing
【小題2】 A. common      B. popular      C. fit
【小題3】 A. cheaper  B. heavier       C. softer
【小題4】 A. turned on     B. tried on     C. kept on
【小題5】 A. What     B. Why C. How
【小題6】 A. changed       B. moved       C. improved
【小題7】A. borrow    B. lend   C. sell
【小題8】 A. if B. because     C. when
【小題9】 A. heads     B. hands  C. feet
【小題10】 A. strongly      B. properly     C. really

Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own ____1___. Many students work after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.

Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蠟) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities.  

（ ）1. A. cars      B. computers  C. bikes    D. houses

（ ）2. A. borrow   B. buy      C. lend      D. sell

（ ）3. A. old      B. tall       C. strong     D. young

（ ）4. A. language  B. listening  C. driving    D. body

（ ）5. A. address   B. book     C. name     D. license 

（ ）6. A. sick     B. healthy    C. pleased   D. angry

（ ）7. A. his      B. her       C. your      D. their

（ ）8. A. cost     B. take      C. spend     D. pay

（ ）9. A. no      B. one       C. some     D. several

（ ）10.A . other   B. another    C. others    D. else

I         some of my free time playing basketball for my school team.

A. spend             B. cost            C. take                 D. pay