Henry Ford was the man who first started ( 38 ) cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to ( 39 ) American culture. The car made the United States a nation on ( 40 ). And it ( 41 ) to make the United States what it is today.
There are three main reasons that the car has become so( 42 ) in the United Stales.( 43 ). the country is a huge one and Americans like to ( 44 ) around in it .The car ( 45 ) the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go any place ( 46 )spending a lot of money. The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public ( 47 ). Long distance trains have never been as ( 48 ) in the United States as they are in other parts of the world ( 49 ). But it is too expensive to be used ( 50 )The third reason is the most ( 51) one. The Americans spirit of ( 52 )is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train ( 53 )a plane. They don’t like to have to ( 54 )an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want ( 55 )to have
36. A. healthy B. rich C. pretty D. poor
37. A. really B. truly C. actually D. exactly
38. A. doing B. making C. designing D. owing
39. A. affect B. afford C. effort D. effect
40. A. foot B. horse backs C. chairs D. wheels
41. A. tried B. helped C. hoped D. got
42. A. well-known B. lovely C. popular D. famous
43. A. In all B. After all C. First of all D. Above all
44. A. move B. transport C. walk D .go