题目内容
_________, they delivered the message as quickly as they could.
A.Arriving at |
B.On arriving |
C.When arriving |
D.Arrived |
B
【解析】略
Virginia is set to begin enforcing the toughest drunken-driving punishment, one that will require thousands of first-time offenders—whether they were highly drunk or slightly over the limit—to install in their cars blood- alcohol testing devices that can lock the ignition. The devices work like this—A driver must blow into a blood alcohol device linked to the car’s ignition. If the result is higher than the legal limit, the car will not start. The device also requires random “rolling retests” once the driver is on the road.
Virginia’s current law requires only repeated offenders or those with a blood alcohol level of 0.15 or higher to have an ignition interlock device in their cars.
The new law, which takes effect in July, will roughly increase the number of people required to use ignition interlock devices four times, and offenders will have to pay about $ 480 for a typical six-month installation.
The measure has caused a debate between groups battling drunken driving and those representing offenders. Such groups as Mother Against Drunken Driving and The Washington Regional Alcohol Program say that Virginia’s 274 alcohol-related road deaths and more than 5,500 injuries in 2010 remained unacceptably high despite years of cracking down on drunken driving. Ignition interlock devices, they say, reduce repeat offenses. But some public defenders and lawyers argue that the devices are too severe a punishment for offenders at the legal blood alcohol limit 0.08, and that the court system will be burdened by more cases going to trial and lower-income drivers will be affected by the fees.
Del. Sal R. Iaquinto, who sponsored the bill, had a simple reply for concerns about the costs of the interlock devises: “How much does a life cost?” “Blowing into a tube for six months, you will remember that,” Iaquinto said, “And you’re not likely to offend again.”
【小题1】The underlined word “ignition” in Paragraph 1probably refers to the part in a car where ___________.
A.the alarm goes off | B.the engine starts | C.the door opens | D.the car is fueled |
A.The first time drunken-driving offenders. |
B.The drivers who are not able to pay offence fees. |
C.The repeat drunken-driving offenders. |
D.Drivers whose blood alcohol level is below 0.15. |
A.fewer cases go to trial |
B.lower-income drivers will not afford to drink again |
C.interlock devices increase repeat offenses |
D.the devices are too severe a punishment for offenders |
A.prevention is better than cure | B.no law is absolutely perfect |
C.punishment is the key to all | D.justice has long arms |
A.Negative. | B.Indifferent. | C.flexible. | D.workable. |
Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多样性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock.
You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀虫) are the size of birds. Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers) away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能见度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虚构的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you’ll die of thirst. The “You Can Die”possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors — 350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park, built in 1944 — from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment.
1.The underlined word“untamed”in Paragraph 1 means“________”.
A.untouched |
B.wild |
C.unchanged |
D.fresh |
2.Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away?
A.They were put so far away. |
B.They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert. |
C.It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones. |
D.One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen. |
3.How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built?
A.350,000 years. |
B.350 years. |
C.66 years. |
D.44 years. |
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert. |
B.Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert. |
C.The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico. |
D.A special place where none who go can return. |
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert. |
B.No people live in the Big Bend region. |
C.Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region. |
D.Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous. |