The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed a practical and cheap public travel system. Long distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Now there is a good system of air- service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used often.

　　The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like waiting for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact timetable. A car gives them the freedom to plan their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

　　Less oil has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real answer will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much oil.

　　1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A

　　In the United States even the poor own cars.

　　B

　　In the United States all the poor have no cars.

　　C

　　When an American has a car, he will never be poor.

　　D

　　An American will feel poor unless he has a car.

　　2.We can learn from this passage that Americans ______.

　　A

　　spend a lot of money traveling by car

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