单选题     The first automobile was invented more than two hundred years ago. It used steam for power and had wooden wheels. The first automobile may have been simple and primitive, but it was an extremely important invention. The automobile today is the primary means of land transportation. It has produced more changes in our daily life than any other machines.
    Almost all gasoline engines work in the same way—with four movements, or strokes, of a piston in a cylinder. The first stroke pulls the fuel mixture (gasoline and air) into the cylinder. The second stroke compresses the fuel mixture. A spark plug produces a spark that ignites the fuel mixture and causes the third stroke. The final stroke removes any waste gases which might remain in the cylinder.
    The preceding paragraph explains what happens inside the cylinder to make the piston move. When the piston is pushed down by the explosion in the third stroke, it pushes the connecting rod. This rod rotates the crankshaft. The crankshaft is connected to other parts which turn the wheels. Most cars today have four, six, or eight cylinders.
单选题     Good title for this selection is ______.
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 本题属主旨判断题。文章第一段主要讲:第一辆汽车的重要性,第二、三段主要讲:汽车是怎样发动起来的。
单选题     The author suggests that the invention of the car was ______.
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 本题属细节题。本文第一段第三句中的“an extremely(非常) important”已提示答案。
单选题     Fuel enters the cylinder in the ______.
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 本题属细节题。文章第二段第二句中的“the first stroke pulls the fuel”已提示答案。
单选题     Spark plugs cause the fuel mixture to ______.
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 本题属推理分析题。文章第二段中的倒数第二句中的:a spark plug ... that ignites the...已提示:它是个打火活塞。