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America’s passion for the automobile developed rather quickly in the beginning of the
twentieth century. At the turn of that century, there were few automobiles, or horseless carriages,
as they were called at the time, and those that existed were considered 31 playthings of
the rich. They were rather fragile machines that sputtered and smoked and broke down often;
they were expensive toys that could not be 32 to get one where one needed to go; they
could only be afforded by the wealthy class, who could afford both the expensive 33 and
the inherent delays that resulted from the use of a machine that tended to break down time and
again. These early automobiles required repairs so frequently both because their engineering
was at a(n) 34 stage and because roads were unpaved and often in poor condition. Then,
when breakdowns occurred, there were no services such as roadside gas stations or tow trucks
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to assist drivers needing help in their 35 . Drivers of horse-drawn carriages considered the
horseless mode of transportation foolhardy, preferring instead to rely on their four-legged
“engines,” which they considered a tremendously more 36 and cost-effective means of
getting around.
Automobiles in the beginning of the twentieth century were quite unlike today’s models.
Many of them were electric cars, even though the electric models had quite a limited range and
need to be recharged frequently at electric charging stations; many others were powered by
steam, though it was often required that drivers of steam cars be 37 steam engineers due
to the dangers 38 in operating a steam-powered machine. The early automobiles also
39 much emphasis on body design; in fact, they were often little more than benches on
wheels, though by the end of the first decade of the century they had progressed to
leather-upholstered chairs or sofas on thin wheels that 40 little of the incessant pounding
associated with the movement of these machines.
(AB) dispensed with (AC) immature (AD) dependable (AE) recessive
(BC) predicament (BD) inherent (BE) frivolous (CD) absorbed
(CE) certified (DE) upkeep (ABC) counted on (ABD) lacked 【題組】40.
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