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　　Americans love cars．They go everywhere in them．85％of people in the US go to and from work by car．And most adults have driving licenses．Why does this car culture exist?

　　How it started

　　America's love of ears started after the war(战争)when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives．They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status(地位)．The more money they had, the bigger their ears were．

　　Making of roads

　　During the war, President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had．He decided to build new four-lane(四车道)roads in America．He said if something happened suddenly, the two-lane roads wouldn't be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities．Car and oil companies liked his idea and building started．

　　Car lovers

　　Not just teenagers are crazy about cars．Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully I These are called Art Cars．Every April there is an activity in Houston, Texas, where they show their cars．

　　Pollution

　　Cars have polluted the environment．American President Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution．Many countries were angry about it．Bush said he had to think of the American economy(经济)and all the American people that make money from cars．Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less．But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars．

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　　My stutter(口吃)had always been much of a problem．I'd had so many specialists for my 　　1　　 over the years．As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful(痛苦的)being a kid who stutters had been．It 　　2　　 hurt．

　　“Hello! I'm Mrs．Claussen．I hear you're from Texas! "

　　“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet．I really blew that

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　　“Well, " she said with a 　　4　　 Smile．161've always liked Texas．"

　　She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who

　　told me to clap my hands while speaking．She was 　　5　　．She spent the first several weeks just talking to me-asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings．And she 　　6　　．She then began to teach me about the speech．Not just about my speech, but about everybody's．

　　I 　　7　　 in my old school and was a pretty good tenor(男高音), but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up．It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well-and I could do it

　　　　8　　 stuttering．Somehow Mrs．Claussen finally got me in the group．I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student．

　　During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better-except with her．When I was in college, things got worse．I once even wondered if I would ever be able to 　　9　　 ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone．When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs．Claussen had told me whether I could 　　10　　 my speech was all up to me．She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech．She was right about that．I finally improved my speech greatly．

　　Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much 　　11　　 0n her other students as she had on me．I like to think that she did．Her name was Mrs．Claussen．．．and she 　　12　　．I'II never forget her．

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　　Tom 　　1　　 some new colour pencils in his pencil-box．What colour are they? Let’s have 　　2　　．They are red, black, blue, white, purple, orange 　　3　　 green．Tom likes 　　4　　 very much．He draws 　　5　　 with them．Now he is drawing a house．The door is green．The walls 　　6　　 White．The windows are big．It’s very nice．There are many flowers 　　7　　 the house．There is 　　8　　 black and white sheep behind the house．It is eating grass．Are there 　　9　　 other animals in the picture? Yes, there are．

　　We all like the picture．We want to put it 　　10　　 the wall of our classroom．

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