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【题目】Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safety, by looking both ways for cars.【1】 The city of Honolulu, Hawaii wants everyone to learn that lesson.

【2】Beginning on October 24, you will be fined from ＄ 15 to ＄ 99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. Honolulu is the first major U.S. city to ban what is called “distracted walking”. It recently passed a law in a seven to two vote. The law says, “No pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viwing a mobile electronic device.’ 【3】

The law includes all electronic devices with screens: cellphone, tablets, gaming devices, digital cameras and laptop computers.【4】 Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers.

Pedestrian deaths have been increasing as the use of cellphones rises. The Governors Highway Safety Association, or GHSA, says pedestrian deaths in the United States increased 25 percent 2010 and 2015. That trend continued in 2016 with the number of pedestrian deaths rising to almost 6000, 11% higher than in 2015.

【5】The state of Washington was the first to outlaw distracted driving back in 2007. Now, 46 other states as well as D. C. , Puerto Rico, Guam and the U. S. Virgin Islands, have laws against texting while driving.

If you etill want to text while walking, you could avoid being fined in Honolulu by using a voice-controlled digital assistant such as Siri or Google Assistant. Or you could just wait until you are again, safely, off the street.

A. The law does permit an exception.

B. Other U. S. cities may follow Honolulu

C. But do they also teach them to put away their cellphones?

D. Texting while crossing the street will soon be banned in the city.

E. Do you like Honolulu’s new law that bans texting while walking?

F. In other words, do not look at a screen when you cross the street or you could be fined.

G. The law’s creator hope it will lower the number of people hit and killed by cars in the city.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】F

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】本文主要讲述了在夏威夷的檀香山立法来限制人们在步行时分心。

【1】C根据前边Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safety, by looking both ways for cars父母通常会通过两种找寻汽车的方法，教会他们的孩子如何安全穿越马路。后边是转折，C项但他们是否也教他们放下手机呢？符合文意，故选C。

【2】D根据后边Beginning on October 24, you will be fined from ＄ 15 to ＄ 99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone.10月24日开始，如果你在街上看手机会被罚款，D项过马路时发短信很快就会在城市里被禁止符合文意，故选D。

【3】F根据前面It recently passed a law in a seven to two vote.最近，它以7比2的票数通过了一项法律，F项你喜欢在走路时发短信罚款的新法律吗？符合文意，故选F。

【4】A根据后边Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers.行人可以在街道上使用这样的设备来呼叫急救服务和救援人员，比如消防员和警察，可知这是有例外的，A项符合文意，故选A。

【5】B根据后边The state of Washington was the first to outlaw distracted driving back in 2007.2007年华盛顿州是第一个禁止分心驾驶的州，可知美国其他的城市可能会追随檀香山，B项描述符合文意，故选B。