Safety in the highway is not totally out of our hands. Here are four ways we can protect ourselves when we travel.

　 You are safer in a large car. People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people traveling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their products’ safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason of the problem.

Being thrown into glass and metal car parts—or being thrown from the car—can really do damage to you. That’s why safety belts should be worn. The safety belt’s main purpose is __________ if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object—or if it rolls over. A belt can reduce the chance of fatal injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.

　 Air bags are important. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. Air bags provide protection in frontal crashes—the type of crash that kills the most drivers—when they are also wearing safety belts. Most people are demanding air bags in the cars they buy. But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.

Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happen if you don’t drink. Drunk driving is the most serious problem. Many people have realized that mixing drinking and driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties(处罚) for drinking and driving.

1. What is the main idea of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words. )

2. Which of the sentences in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Air bags can not do much protection in side or rear crashes; although they are effective, you can’t replace them with safety belts.

3. Please fill in the blank with proper words to make the sentence completed. (Please answer within 6 words. )

4. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

5. Which of the suggestions do you think is the best for you? And why? (Please answer within 30 words. )

I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost when I was a child. These fears were very real and often caused me some uncomfortable moments.

Perhaps it was the strange _36_ things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that _37_ me so much. There was never complete _38_, but a streetlight or passing car lights _39_ clothes hung over a chair take on the _40_ of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my _41_, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no _42_. A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My _43_ would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would _44_ very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, _45_ on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no 46_. After school, _47_, when all the buses were _48_ up along the street, I was afraid that I’d get in the wrong one and be taken to some _49_ neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t _50_ the leaders out of my sight.

Perhaps one of the worst fears _51_ all I had as a child was that of not being liked or _52_ by others. Being popular was so important to me _53_, and the fear of not being liked was a _54_ one.

One of the processes(过程)of growing up is being able to _55_ and overcome our

fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children help us achieve greater success later in life.

36.　 A.　 time　　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 way　　　　　　　 C.　　 place　　　　　　　　 D.　 reason

37.　 A.　 wounded B.　　 frightened　　　 C.　　 surprised D.　 destroyed

38.　 A.　 darkness B.　　 loneliness　　　　 C.　　 emptiness D.　 quietness

39.　 A.　 made　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 forced　　　　　　 C.　　 got　　　　　　　　　　 D.　 caused

40.　 A.　 height　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 spirit　　　　　　　 C.　　 shape　　　　　　　　 D.　 body

41.　 A.　 eye　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 window　　　　　 C.　　 mouth　　　　　　　 D.　 door

42.　 A.　 breath　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 rest　　　　　　　　 C.　　 air　　　　　　　　　　 D.　 wind

43.　 A.　 belief B.　　 emotion　　　　　 C.　　 doubt D.　 imagination

44.　 A.　 lie　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 hide　　　　　　　 C.　　 laid　　　　　　　　　　 D.　 lay

45.　 A.　 directly　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 specially　　　　 C.　　 probably　　　　　　 D.　 especially

46.　 A.　 wonder　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 question　　　　 C.　　 problem　　　　　　 D.　 matter

47.　 A.　 though　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 yet　　　　　　　　 C.　　 although　　　　　　 D.　 still

48.　 A.　 named　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 lined　　　　　　　 C.　　 backed　　　　　　　 D.　 packed

49.　 A.　 unfamiliar　　　　　　　 B.　　 crowded　　　　 C.　　 poor　　　　　　　　　 D.　 rich

50.　 A.　 leaves　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 let　　　　　　　　　 C.　　 left　　　　　　　　　　 D.　 send

51.　 A.　 above　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　 of　　　　　　　　　 C.　　 in　　　　　　　　　　　 D.　 at

52.　 A.　 protected B.　　 guided　　　　　　 C.　　 reminded D.　 accepted

53.　 A.　 thus B.　　 then　　　　　　　 C.　　 there D.　 therefore

54.　 A.　 thankful　　　　　　　　 B.　　 powerful　　　　 C.　　 colorful　　　　　　 D.　 careful

55.　 A.　 recognize　　　　　　　 B.　　 remember　　　 C.　　 realize　　　　　　　　 D.　 recover