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四级冲刺练习阅读171

　　24. Millions of people_______.

　　A. pay more for their cars than for their houses

　　B. spend money on their cars instead of on the rent

　　C. spend almost as much as what they can make in a year to buy a car

　　D. could pay their rent on what they would save without a car

　　25. A car is well worth the price you pay if you_______.

　　A. drive it as much as possible B. drive it as slowly as possible

　　C. drive it as fast as possible D. drive it as little as possible

　　21. D 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A approaching a years net income to buy a bright metal box that may depreciate at the rate of the rent they pay and cost as much to run as it does to heat and light a home.

A car is, nevertheless, a miracle if it is used to thefull. It is an unremarked wonder that this complex machine, containing about 5000 parts, some of which work to tolerances of l/1000th of an inch or less, comes into the hands of completely untrained owners, depends on them for care and upkeep, and yet goes on working efficiently year after year. In a laboratory or workshop such a valuable device could be controlled by a skilled operator, and it is a tribute to the motor industrys designers and engineers that so little mechanical trouble is experienced by the owners of Britains nine million cars.