高三联考英语试题 (8)

高三联考（英语）
考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分此试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷（共115分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
该试题分为第一、第二两节。

注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上，听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每题1．5分，满分7．5分）
听下面五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Who is the man possibly talking to?
A．A teacher．B．A doctor．C．His mother
2．What do we know about Sam?
A．He will leave New York．
B．His sister will leave for Los Angeles．
C．．His sister will leave for New York
3．What is the woman going to do?
A．Read the paper again．
B．Throw the paper away．
C．Rewrite the paper because there are too many mistakes．
4．Why does the woman thank the man?
A．He lent her some money．
B．He gave her a five-pound bill．
C．He returned her money found．
5．Where does this conversation probably take place?
A．At an airport． B．At a railway station．C．At a department store．
第二节（共15小题；每题1．5分，满分22．5分）
听下面五段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6-7题。

6．What is the woman’s brother?
A．A postman．B．A poet．C．A writer．
7．What does the man plan to do?
A．Visit the woman’s brother later．
B．Prepare a gift．
C．Meet the woman at once．
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8．What is the job mentioned in the conversation?
A．To look after children．
B．To work for a newspaper．
C．To serve in a phone company．
9．On what condition would the woman accept the job?
A ．The work is fun
B．She could be free to go shopping．
C．．The return ticket is paid and the salary is good．
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What is the relationship between the speakers?
A．Co-workers
B．Actor and actress
C．Interviewer and interviewee
11．What does the woman do well in?
A．Dancing and singing
B．Typing and shorthand
C．Playing football and basketball
12．Where does the woman really want to go?
A．A stadium B．A theatre C．A hotel
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．Where are the speakers?
A．On a plane B．On a bus C．At a railway station 14．Where does the woman want to go at last?
A．Park Avenue
B．Fifth Avenue C．Washington Square Park
15．How does the woman know she has got to the right place?
A．The man will tell her in time．
B．She can see the big gate and trees．
C．She will arrive there at the exact time．
16．What is probably the man?
A．A repairman B．A bus driver C．A taxi driver
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What is the second reason for the growing number of private cars in China?
A．Bank loans．
B．Better financial situation．
C．The desire for more comfortable means of traveling．
18．What are the main problems caused by the use of private cars in China?
A．Traffic jams and air pollution．
B．Traffic jams and fire accidents ．
C．Traffic jams and energy consumption．
19．Who will deal with the problems?
A．Local governments．
B．Individual car users．
C．Car manufacturers．
20．What’s the speakers’ attitude?
A．Family cars are convenient in everyday life．
B．Banks should stop giving loans to car buyers．
C．Measures should be taken to control the use of private cars．
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21．—It has been a wonderful evening．Thank you very much．
—__________．
A．I’m glad to heart that．B．My pleasure
C．No, thanks D．Don’t say so
22．The house, which is large and is surrounded by trees and flowers, is what she longs for ．
A．directly B．extremely C．skillfully D．exactly 23．Halloween is believed to be a day ______all the spirits come back to the world of the living, and we have the same day in China called “Guijie", the Day of Dead．
A．where B．when C．which D．that
24．_ _ is well-known to all that the Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil．
A．As B．What C．That D．It
25．, Russia won the host right of the World Cup England lost it on December 2．
A ．before
B ．or C．while D．even if
26．He said he had called me to return home, but I didn't receive _________．A．one B．it ．anyone D．anything 27．While prices are rising so fast, many people are working out ways to ______down their expenses．
A．cut B．put C．turn D．settle
28．——I’m going to Shanghai to attend an important meeting tomorrow．Do you have anything __________ to your brother?
——Thanks a lot．I’m considering how to do it．
A．to take B．to be taken C．taken D．being taken
29．A huge copy of “Zhang Zeduan’s Qingming Festival at the Riverside” in the Shanghai Expo brings a grand _________of national treasures and cultures to the Expo table．
A．chart B．feast C．impression D．influence 30．——I’m sorry, but there’s no smoking room in this section on the train．
——Oh, I ___________that, and I won’t smoke again．
A．don’t know B．won’t know
C．didn’t know D．haven’t known
31．The mascot of Shanghai Expo is “Haibao”．It’s designed to ________ the Chinese character for “human”, which goes with the theme of the Expo．
A．reserve B．rescue C．resemble D．recognize
32．The new system is better _________ it provides faster access to the Internet．A．in that B．in which C．that D．where
33．----．Let’s go to find our manager in his office．
----It’s so late at night ．He be there ．Let’s make it another day ．
A．can’t B ．needn’t
C ．mustn’t D．ought not to have been
34．——It was the drug，not the disease，that killed the boy．
——He would be still alive today if he ________ that drug．
A．not take B．shouldn’t have taken
C．didn’t take D．hadn’t taken
35．In order to reduce the increasing prices of vegetables , the toll（过路费）if a truck carrying them passes through a toll station ．
A．cancels B．is cancelled
C．was cancelled D．had been cancelled
第二节．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tips to keep a hearty conversation flowing
On holidays we typically gather with our nearest and dearest．But 36 can be made, maintained and broken through the ways we talk to our loved _37___, according to Deborah Tannen, a George-town University professor in linguistics（语言学）．She has suggestions as to how we can 38 communications at our festival dinner tables．Let’s take a look．＊A round dinning table is best for promoting a 39 conversation because everyone 40 each other．
＊Avoid _41_ grandparents at the ends of a rectangular（长方形的）table, even though it is the traditional place of __42__．Elderly people may feel lonely there if they are unable to hear or keep __43__ a conversation．
＊__44__ prefer to face each other and make eye contact when they talk．In contrast, men tend to look around at other things．“Guys may be more45 keeping gazing on the TV,” says Tannen．“They’ll still be _46__, though．”
＊Be aware that people have different ways of talking．Each person has a different __47__ of tone, rhyme, timing and how _48__ of a pause is normal in a conversation．Watch for people who seem left __49__．If you feel you are doing all the talking, hold back to give others a 50 ．If you feel you aren’t getting a chance to speak, try pushing yourself to start51 ．＊People sometimes get upset on big festivals _52 they stay too long in the apartment．Some families find that gatherings go more __53__ if they plan for some fun _54___．So why not get a breath of fresh air? Going to a park for a walk or taking a trip to the zoo may be more__55__ than just sitting around inside．
36．A．demands B．relationships C．victories D．mistakes 37．A．ones B．those C．others D．them 38．A．bother B．delay C．damage D．improve 39．A．lively B．short C．calm D．dull 40．A．scolds B．blames C．faces D．annoys 41．A．checking B．hiding C．seating D．hurting 42．A．pity B．sorrow C．intelligence D．honor
43．A．up with B．off C．away from D．out of 44．A．Grown-ups B．Men C．People D．Women 45．A．surprised B．relaxed C．encouraged D．upset 46．A．thinking B．doubting C．listening D．looking
47．A．matter B．sense C．direction D．point 48．A．often B．long C．soon D．far
49．A．out B．behind C．over D．off 50．A．reward B．gift C．hand D．chance 51．A．talking B singing C．dancing D．playing 52．A．until B．if C．though D．since 53．A．naturally B．coldly C．quickly D．smoothly 54．A．indoors B．outside C．inside D．everywhere 55．A．abstract B．bitter C．enjoyable D．cruel
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good．This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity．However, that is not always the case．Did you know that the same one color may mean something differently in different places of the world?
In the English-speaking world, black is the color of mourning—people wear black at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed（伤亡）．Yellow is the word for fear．If you are afraid, you are yellow．Yet none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world．In China and Korea white is the color of mourning．In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence．In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．
Even within the English-speaking area, it is not difficult to find color contradictions（矛盾）．A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station．In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman．Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps．Similarly, the British term for an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker．One does not have to cross an area to find color differences．Would you rather be red-blooded or a blue-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest．The expression “blueblood” comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly told the world that they had “blue blood”．Actually they meant that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood．But then why “blue” blood? Be cause they were fair-skinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels （血管）stood out appearing blue．
56．Yellow is concerned with anger in ________________．
A．India B．Britain C．China D．Italy
57．Both Britain and America would probably agree that ________________．A．a redcap is a porter in a station
B．black is the color of mourning
C．red stands for beauty and excellence
D．a black-coated worker is employed in an office
58．In Britain , a redcap is a
A．porter B．nobleman
C．clerk D．military policeman
59．The best title for this reading selection is ________________．
A．The Origin of Blue Blood
B．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings
C．The Meaning Concerned with Certain Colors
D．The Development of the Symbolic Use of Colors
B
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A．Effective language instruction．
B．Language rules for you to recite．
C．Learning a new language by repeating many times
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B．It will build your confidence．
C．It will help you remember things easily．
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A．report on a new language learning method
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C．notice of the opening of a new course
D．comment on a language training organization
C
As in the field of space travel, new technologies continue to appear in undersea exploration．They share a number of similarities with each other — as well as some important differences．
Manned submersibles （潜水器）, like spaceships, must maintain living conditions in an unnatural environment．While a spaceship must simply be sealed against the vacuum space, a submersible must be able to bear extreme pressure if it is not to break up in deep water．In exploring space, unmanned vehicles were employed before astronauts．In undersea exploration, on the other hand, men paved the way, and only recently have unmanned remote-operated vehicles （ROVs）been put to use．
One reason for this is that communicating with vehicles in orbit is much easier than talking to those underwater．A vacuum is an ideal medium for radio communications, but underwater communications are limited to much slower sound waves．Thus, most undersea vehicles —particularly ROVs — operate at the end of long ropes．（电缆终端）
For a similar reason, knowing where you are undersea is much more difficult than in space．A spaceship’s position can be located by following its radio signal, or by using telescopes and radar．For an undersea vehicle, however, a special network of sonar （声纳系统）devices must be laid out in advance on the ocean floor in the area of a dive to locate the vehicle’s position．Though undersea exploration is more challenging than outer space in a number of respects, it has a distinct advantage: going to the ocean depths doesn’t require the power necessary to escape Earth’s gravity．Thus, it remains far less expensive．
64．The purpose of the passage is ______．
A．to persuade you to explore the depths of the ocean
B．to stress the importance of the undersea exploration
C．to make you believe that the undersea exploration is better
D．to tell some differences between two kinds of explorations
65．By saying “men paved the way” in Paragraph 2 the author means that in undersea exploration ______．
A．unmanned vehicles were used in the beginning
B．men covered the ocean floor with stones and bricks
C．manned vehicles were employed before unmanned ones
D．men invented unmanned remote-operated vehicles in the past
66．The sonar devices must be placed ______．
A．from time to time
B．after the undersea vehicles dive
C．before the undersea vehicles dive
D．when the undersea vehicles are diving
67．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Submersibles usually break up in deep water．
B．Undersea vehicles can receive signals immediately．
C．Going to space needs power to escape the gravity．
D．Radio communications are quite difficult in a vacuum．
D
The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, som eday you’ll most certainly be right．” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
R emembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered（遇到）to help me make the big choice in life．
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer．The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months．My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die．
I lived with that diagnosis all day．I was completely in despair．Later that evening, I had another biopsy（活组织检查）and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now．
This was the closest I’ve been to facing death．To tell the truth, no one wants to die．And yet death is the destination we all share．No one has ever escaped it．It clears out the old to make room for the new．Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life．Don’t be trapped by dogma（教条）----which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice．And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart．It somehow already knows what you truly want to become．Everything else is secondary．
68．The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________．A．he had to rest at home
B．his disease was not serious at all
C．his disease couldn’t be cured
D．he had to wait for the result of the test
69．How did the author feel after the diagnosis?
A．Angry B．Excited C．Optimistic D．Hopeless
70．What does the author think of death?
A．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of．
B．He thinks it is not the end of life．
C．He thinks it is impossible to avoid．
D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life
71．In the author’s opinion, we should ____________．
A．follow others’ advice
B．take no notice of diseases
C．take exercise and keep healthy
D have the courage to follow our heart
E
Some 80 percent of graduate students in East China's Zhejiang province said in a survey they will give up trying to find jobs in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, first-tier cities in China that have been considered dream places for many, because of the untouchable home prices and high living costs．
The Yangtse Evening Post conducted the survey among 50 job seekers who were attending Sunday's job fair in Jiangsu for graduate students．The survey showed graduates are becoming more realistic in their job search despite the job market becoming better．
The fair attracted more than 10,000 graduate students with 7,382 positions．
"The pressure of buying a house in Beijing is unbelievable," said Wang Jian from Nanjing Normal University, who acknowledged he had thought about finding a job in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, but in the face of huge pressures, he has no choice but to be "realistic．"
People can have a very comfortable life in Nanjing with a monthly salary of between 3,000 yuan （$450）and 4,000 yuan, but in Shanghai, 5,000 yuan a month can only help you survive and buying a house will remain a dream,
A student from Nanjing University of Science and Technology said he just turned down an offer from a Shanghai company of 7,000 yuan a month because "living costs in Shanghai are too high．"
An unnamed male student from Nanjing University said he will try first-tier cities only if he can get a high salary．"I would go to Beijing only if I can earn 200,000 yuan a year," he said．"Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou once had the advantages that other cities don't have, but the high housing prices and living costs make young people barely able to breathe," said Ren Leiming from the job service center of Jiangsu's colleges and universities．
"First-tier cities have plenty of talents that make it hard for people to be outstanding, and if you go work in smaller cities you can become a dominant player at your position much more easily," said Ren．
72．the majority of graduate students will give up trying to find jobs in the first-tier citiesbecause A．it is not easy to find jobs there ．
B．home prices and living costs there are very high．
C ．they can’t make full use of their knowledge and skills there ．
D．monthly salaries there are low compared with those in other cities ．
73．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the job market now ?
A．There are more job opportunities offered now
B．The job markets are becoming more and more competitive ．
C．Many graduate students aren’t satisfied with the working conditions
D Companies and enterprises have stricter rules to take in graduate students ．
74．We can learn from the news report that ．
A．In Shanghai, 5,000 yuan a month can only help you buy a luxury house ．
B．The fair attracted more than 10,000 graduate students and laid-off workers with 7,382 positions
C．The Yangtse Evening Post conducted the survey among 50 personnel managers who were attending Sunday's job fair in Jiangsu for graduate students．
D．A student from Nanjing University of Science and Technology turned down an offer from
a Shanghai company of 7,000 yuan a month
75．The words Ren said in the last paragraph mean ．
A．people can’t achieve more in first-tier cities ．
B．people can easily be outstanding in smaller cities
C ．he would rather go to first-tier cities than smaller cities ．
D．talents are more welcome in first-tier cities than smaller ones
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分:写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填入一个单词。

About six years ago, I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table．I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation．At one point the wom an asked, “ So, how have you been?” And the boy---who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately．”
This incident（小事）stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing．As far as I can remember, my friends and I hardly found out we were “ depressed” until we were in high school．
The evidence of changes in children has increased steadily in recent years．Children don’t seem childlike anymore．Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to．
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different．Childhood as it once was no longer exists．Why?
Human development is based not only on natural biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge．Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new situation．Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in gradual stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders．In the past 30 years, however, a secret-revelation（提示）machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes．It is called television．Television passes information, and indiscriminately （不加区分地）, to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults．Unable to resist the temptation（诱惑）, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures．
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access．Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced．Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials．
Title: （76）________ in Today’s Children
Main comparisons Contexts
Different（77）________ Children in the past just did what they were（78）_______ to．Children today act as if they were （79）．
Different（80）Children in the past（81）experienced depression in the
_______ author’s view．
Sometimes sadness （82）________ to children nowadays．
Different
（83）________ to get knowledge Children in the past got knowledge in （84）________ and guided stages．
Children nowadays get some knowledge by （85）________ TV without control．
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你在英国的笔友上周来信说自己性格内向，不善与人沟通相处。

并为此苦恼不已，请你以此为话题给他写一封回信安慰他。

注意：1．词数100左右。

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3．开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
I’m glad to have received the letter you sent me last week．
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Best wishes to you !
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
参考答案
听力材料
Text 1
M: I'm not feeling so well．
W: Get some rest and take these three times a day and you should feel better．If you don't, come back and see me．
Text 2
M: I met Sam on the street today．
W: Really? Did he say something about his sister?
M: Yes．She ought to be leaving New York very soon, because her husband has taken a job in Los Angeles．
Text 3
M: Are you sure you've corrected all the mistakes in the paper?
W: Perhaps I'd better read it through again．
Text 4
M: Does this bill belong to you?
W: Oh, thanks．I've just lost five pounds．
M: I'm glad that I've found the owner, otherwise I would have to go to the Lost and Found．
Text 5
M: We'd better hurry．I think that's our flight．
W: Have I got time to get a newspaper?
M: Well, I don't think we have time．Look…．
W: All right, well, you take that bag, and I'll take this one．
Text 6
W: My brother and his family will be coming into town next week．
M: Is he the one who writes articles for the Washington Post?
W: Right．Why don’t you come over next Sunday to meet him?
M: I’d love to, but I can’t．Can I pay a visit to him later than that ?
W: Sure, they’ll be here for a week．So just let me know when you can come．
M: OK! I’ll be very pleased to see him．
（Text 7）
M: Helen, what do you think of this advertisement in today's newspaper?
W: Didn't I tell you? It was also in last week's newspaper．I saw it there and so I inquired by letter．I had a phone call today from the company and I've got an interview tomorrow．
M: That's exciting．Do you think you've got the job?
W: Well, they seemed very eager on the phone．I do think that they'll probably offer me the job．M: So, are you going to California?
W: I didn't say that．I may be offered the job, but I won't take the job unless they agree to pay for my return ticket．It would be hard work looking after two boys and three girls, so I want a proper salary, too．Even though living in California would probably be great fun．
（Text 8）
M: Susan, I’ve got a few questions．Let’s see．Can you type?
W: No, I can’t type．
M: What about shorthand?
W: I d on’t know．I’ve never tried．
M: So you can’t take shorthand and you can’t type．What can you do, may I ask?
W: Well, I can play the piano and violin．
M: Play the piano and violin?
W: Yes, and I can sing and dace．
M: Miss Susan, what are you doing here?
W: I want a job．I want to work here．
M: But you can’t take shorthand and you can’t even type．
W: No, of course I can’t．I’m an actress．
M: But I want a secretary．
W: Is this the Grand Theatre
M: No, of course not．It’s the Grand Hotel．The Grand Theatre is in the opposite street．
（Text 9）
M: Stand back from the door, please! Let the passengers off．You can’t get on until the others get off．
W: How much is the fare, please?
M: One dollar．Drop it in the box．Move to the back of the bus．There are a lot of seats at the back of the bus．
W: Wait ! I want to ask you if this bus goes down Fifth Avenue as far as Greenwich Village．
M: That’s right．Move along, please．There are more people waiting to get on．Move to the back．．W: I thought this bus went down Park Avenue．
M: No, th at’s No．1．It goes down Park Avenue．This is No．2
W: But I thought this was the right bus to go to Washington Square Park．．
M: It is．Get in, please．You’re holding everyone up．You can’t miss Washington Square Park．．W: Would you tell me when we get there?
M: It would be better if you watch out for yourself．I might forget．
W: Well, how can I recognize it?
M: Just watch for the big gate and all the trees．Get off the bus when we get there．
（Text 10）
More and more private cars are being bought by Chinese families．Family cars are intended to be convenient, but will they really bring convenience to everyday life in a country with such a large population? Moreover, driving cars will probably make people sit all the time without any exercise．It will do harm to their health．Riding bicycles is much better．It is not practical for China to popularize family cars in the near future, especially in our big cities．
There are a number of reasons why private cars are becoming popular in China．To start with, many people have become wealthy．They can afford to buy their own cars．Besides, with their improved living conditions, many people think that they should have more comfortable means of traveling．They are no longer satisfied with bicycles or motorcycles．Finally, new bank systems allow people to buy cars with loans．Thus, more and more people have cars．
However, private cars have caused some problems in China．One problem is traffic jams．With so many cars being used, the streets have become very crowded．The number of accidents has increased．Another problem is air pollution．People are starting to complain of the waste gas given off by cars．Fortunately, local governments have become aware of these problems and are trying their best to solve them．。