tedi
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guages．I
l938shebecamethethirdAmerica
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theNobelPrizeforLiterature．Bythetimeofherdeath，Pearlhadpublished出版moretha
seve
tybooks．PearlS．Buckdiedi
March，1973，justtwomo
thsbeforeher81stbirthday．
41．Beforeshewe
ttoschooli
Sha
ghai，PearlS．Buckstudiedallbyherself．
42．PearlS．Buckwask
ow
toma
ypeopleforherbooksaboutChi
a．
43．I
l914，PearlS．Buckworkedasaliteratureteacheratau
iversityi
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ji
g．
44．PearlS．Buckwe
ttostudyliteratureataWoma
’sCollegei
America．
45．PearlS．Buckwo
theNobelPrizeforLiteraturei
l938a
dpublishedoverseve
tybooksi
her
life．
11
America
slovecars．Theygoeverywherei
them．85％ofpeoplei
theUSgotoa
dfromworkby
car。A
dmostadultshavedrivi
glice
ses．Whydoesthiscarcultureexist
Howitstarted
America’sloveofearsstartedafterthewar战争whe
soldiersretur
edhomefromWorldWarIIto
rebuildtheirlives．Theyborrowedmo
eyfromthegover
me
ttobuyhousesa
dcarswhich
becamethesymbolsofstatus地位．Themoremo
eytheyhad，thebiggertheirearswere．
Maki
gofroadsDuri
gthewar，Preside
tEise
hower
oticedwhatgoodroadsGerma
yhad．Hedecidedtobuild

ewfourla
e四车道roadsi
America．Hesaidifsomethi
ghappe
edsudde
ly，thetwola
e
roadswould
’tbeabletocarryallthecarsthatwouldsudde
lyleavethecities．Cara
doil
compa
ieslikedhisideaa
dbuildi
gstarted．
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agersarecrazyaboutcars．SomeAmerica
slovetheircarssomuchthattheypai
ttheir
carsbeautifullyIThesearecalledArtCars．EveryAprilthereisa
activityi
Housto
，Texas，where
theyshowtheircars．
Pollutio
Carshavepollutedthee
viro
me
t．America
Preside
tBushrefusedaworldwidelawthatis
agai
stpollutio
．Ma
ycou
trieswerea
gryaboutit．Bushsaidhehadtothi
koftheAmerica

eco
omy经济a
dalltheAmerica
peoplethatmakemo
eyfromcars．Factoriessaytheywa
tto
makecarsthatpolluteless．Butotherssaymaki
gcarsthatpollutelesswill
everbeasgoodas
havi
gfewercars．
46．Whe
didAmerica
sbegi
tolovecars
A．Beforethe
ewtwola
eroadswerebuilt．B．AfterWorldWarII．
C．Duri
gWorldWarII．D．BeforeWorldWarII．
47．Newfour1a
eroadswerebuilt．
A．i
Germa
yB．bycara
doilcompa
ies
C．i
AmericaD．whe
somethi
gsudde
lyhappe
ed
48．Theu
derli
edword“buildi
g”heremea
s“thebuildi
gof
”．
A．compa
iesB．soldiers’livesC．housesD．roads
49．Whatwereothercou
tries’feeli
gsaboutBush’sdecisio

fA．Theyagreedwithhim．B．Theyshoweda
gertoit．C．Theypaid
oatte
tio
toitD．Thepassagedoes
’ttellUS．50．Themea
i
gofthelastse
te
ceis：“”A．It’sbettertohavefewercars．B．Itr