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【题目】Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉)can cut highway crashes.

Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75% using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D. C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the Foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as on fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the Foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the Foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards(危险)are the greatest—curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can at first cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bar.

Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drives the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

【1】The passage mainly discusses________.

A．a new way of highway speed control

B．a new pattern for painting highways

C．a new approach to training drivers

D．a new type of optical illusion

【2】On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel________.

A．they should avoid speed-related hazards

B．they are driving in the wrong lane

C．they should slow down their speed

D．they are approaching the speed limit

【3】The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to________.

A．try out the Japanese method in certain areas

B．change the road signs across the country

C．replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons

D．repeat the Japanese road patterns

【4】What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?

A．They are falling out of use in the US.

B．They are applicable only on broad roads.

C．They cannot be applied successfully to traffic rules.

D．They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time.

【5】The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former________.

A．can keep drivers awake

B．can cut road accidents in half

C．will have a longer effect on drivers

D．will look more attractive

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】【1】主旨大意题。文章的主题句往往位于文章的开头或是结尾，本文就在第一自然段。

【2】.细节题。文章最后一段，表明chevrons给驾车人的印象比他们开的实际的要快。而且路也变窄了，所以他们会放慢速度。

【3】细节题。由文章第三段最后一句话，他们将在选择的道路上实验这种方法。

【4】细节题。文章倒数第二段最后一句话“...within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bar.”可知。

【5】细节题。根据文章最后两段可以看出chevrons的优点在于效果长久。