Driving cars, trucks and motorcycles is an important part of our lives. We do it every day to get to work, to school or to friends' houses.
Traffic accidents declare millions of lives every year worldwide. In Taiwan alone, over seven people are killed in accidents every day. The annual death rate from traffic accidents in Taiwan is twice that of Japan.
To allow traffic to move smoothly and safely, everybody must follow the rules. Before you drive, learn all the traffic laws. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun!
【小题1】The underlined sentence “Traffic accidents declare millions of lives worldwide” in the passage means “_______”.

A．Traffic accidents make some people become millionaires

B．Many people die from traffic accidents

C．Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents

D．Millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents

A．you are patient	B．you obey all the traffic rules
C．you don't cut another car off	D．you wait in line at a red light

Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagers．Most of the crashes result from distracted driving not paying attention to the road．

Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a tree．He was one of the nation's more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008．Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent, involved drivers aged fifteen to twenty．Ryan's father, Thomas Didone, is a police captain in Montgomery County, Maryland．He said, "It was an inexperienced," immature driver who felt that he was invincible(不可战胜的), driving at night with a carload of kids．He was distracted, he was going too fast, and it ended up causing one death and some upsetting experiences and tragedy for the rest of the community."

Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company said "The number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phone．Talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving．If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't．

Reaching for a cell phone when it's going off, you're nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving," The insurance industry recently held a safety event  near Washington for teen drivers．

At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin．Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children．He also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the road．Then, as part of the test,he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll．

Debbie Pickford from the Allstate Insurance Company said, "Teens are especially at risk from distracted driving—and not just because they lack experience on the roads．What we know from research on teen brain development, is that teens don't really have fully developed brains until they are twenty-five years old. You put those two things together and you get a much, much higher risk.

71．We can learn from the second paragraph that _    _．

       A．drivers who resulted in nearly 4,000 deaths are teenagers

       B．over 30,000 victims have died from traffic crashes so far

       C．it was at night that Ryan Didone died from a car accident

       D．Ryan Didone's death was due to the other 's careless driving

72．According to the passage, __ is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving．

       A．reaching for a cell phone．                     B．texting on the mobile phone

       C．talking on the mobile phone                    D．bringing along a cell phone

73．A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to _    _.

       A．attract more teenagers to take part in it

       B．make more teenagers practice avoiding large barriers

       C．draw encough attention to teenagers' distracted driving

       D．encourage more teenagers to pay for insurance protection

74．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about ___．

       A．much higher risk                            B．measures to be taken

       C．experience on the roads                       D．teen brain development

75. Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?

       A. Car Crashes —the Top Killer.                        B. Drunken Driving — Dangerous Enough！

       C. Distracted Driving —Let's Avoid!                  D. Tips on Driving While Calling

Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagers．Most of the crashes result from distracted driving not paying attention to the road．

Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a tree．He was one of the nation's more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008．Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent, involved drivers aged fifteen to twenty．Ryan's father, Thomas Didone, is a police captain in Montgomery County, Maryland．He said, "It was an inexperienced," immature driver who felt that he was invincible(不可战胜的), driving at night with a carload of kids．He was distracted, he was going too fast, and it ended up causing one death and some upsetting experiences and tragedy for the rest of the community."

Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company said "The number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phone．Talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving．If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't．

Reaching for a cell phone when it's going off, you're nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving," The insurance industry recently held a safety event  near Washington for teen drivers．

At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin．Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children．He also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the road．Then, as part of the test,he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll．

Debbie Pickford from the Allstate Insurance Company said, "Teens are especially at risk from distracted driving—and not just because they lack experience on the roads．What we know from research on teen brain development, is that teens don't really have fully developed brains until they are twenty-five years old. You put those two things together and you get a much, much higher risk.

71．We can learn from the second paragraph that _    _．

       A．drivers who resulted in nearly 4,000 deaths are teenagers

       B．over 30,000 victims have died from traffic crashes so far

       C．it was at night that Ryan Didone died from a car accident

       D．Ryan Didone's death was due to the other 's careless driving

72．According to the passage, __ is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving．

       A．reaching for a cell phone．                     B．texting on the mobile phone

       C．talking on the mobile phone                    D．bringing along a cell phone

73．A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to _    _.

       A．attract more teenagers to take part in it

       B．make more teenagers practice avoiding large barriers

       C．draw encough attention to teenagers' distracted driving

       D．encourage more teenagers to pay for insurance protection

74．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about ___．

       A．much higher risk                            B．measures to be taken

       C．experience on the roads                       D．teen brain development

75. Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?

       A. Car Crashes —the Top Killer.                        B. Drunken Driving — Dangerous Enough！

       C. Distracted Driving —Let's Avoid!                   D. Tips on Driving While Calling

What causes traffic jams? Too many cars, right? No! Some Brits are now saying that traffic lights are to blame for much of the congestion（交通拥挤）. They suggest that traffic lights be removed at busy roads. They believe people are a better judge of when it’s safe to go, not a traffic light programmed by an absent regulator.

A report from the Institute of Economic Affairs, a UK think tank（智囊团）, argues that abolishing traffic signals would decrease congestion, reduce exhaust emissions（废气排放）and improve safety.

The report said that removing lights should also prevent other bad behavior caused by signals, such as speeding up to catch a green light. It would also avoid the wasted time when drivers have to sit at a red light even if no one is using the green.

The idea may sound strange, but it’s not new. Seven cities and regions in Europe are experimenting with no-lights roads.

Drachten in the Netherlands has got rid of 16 of its traffic light crossings and changed the other two to roundabouts under a “shared space” scheme. At crossings, cyclists dutifully raise their arm when they want to make a turn, and drivers follow a first-arrived, first-through approach and communicate by hand signs, nods and waving.

The result? Typical journey time has been cut in half, and accidents and congestion have mostly disappeared.

There have been small collisions but no problem, said Hans Monderman, creator of the scheme. “We want small accidents, in order to prevent serious ones. It works well because it’s dangerous. The driver has to be responsible for his or her own risk.

“The many rules take away the ability to be considerate,” Monderman added. “We’re losing our responsibility for socially responsible behavior.”

So far, Drachten’s locals have called the experiment a success. “I am used to it now,” said Helena Spaanstra, 24. “You drive more slowly and carefully, but somehow you seem to get around town quicker.”

Tony Ooostward, 70, was equally enthusiastic. “I am a walker and now you are the boss at the crossroads, everyone waits for you. But at the same time walkers wait until there are a number of people wanting to cross at the same time.”

Owen Paterson, UK’s Shadow Transport Minister, visited Drachten. He said Britain should learn from the model. “The idea is to create space where there is mild anxiety among everyone so they all behave cautiously. No one drives fast along a busy street thinking that they have right of way.”

60.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Don’t Count On Traffic Lights              B. New Traffic Systems Needed

C. Turn Those Traffic Lights Off         D. Let People Have More Say In Traffic

61.According to the report from the Institute of Economic Affairs, abolishing traffic lights would NOT lead to ____.

A. more time being saved                   B. reduction of traffic jams

C. improvement of the environment    D. right of way being taken for granted

62.The underlined word “collision” in Paragraph 7 means closest to ____.

A. jam     B. accident     C. trouble     D. congestion

63.From the passage we can see that the experiment in Drachten worked well because ____.

A. walkers have become the boss of the crossroads

B. cyclists, walkers and drivers each have specially designed routes

C. everyone finds that they have to do their share in regulating traffic

D. drivers are more careful and wait for eyclists or walkers to pass first

What causes traffic jams? Too many cars, right? No! Some Brits are now saying that traffic lights are to blame for much of the congestion（交通拥挤）. They suggest that traffic lights be removed at busy roads. They believe people are a better judge of when it’s safe to go, not a traffic light programmed by an absent regulator.

A report from the Institute of Economic Affairs, a UK think tank（智囊团）, argues that abolishing traffic signals would decrease congestion, reduce exhaust emissions（废气排放）and improve safety.

The report said that removing lights should also prevent other bad behavior caused by signals, such as speeding up to catch a green light. It would also avoid the wasted time when drivers have to sit at a red light even if no one is using the green.

The idea may sound strange, but it’s not new. Seven cities and regions in Europe are experimenting with no-lights roads.

Drachten in the Netherlands has got rid of 16 of its traffic light crossings and changed the other two to roundabouts under a “shared space” scheme. At crossings, cyclists dutifully raise their arm when they want to make a turn, and drivers follow a first-arrived, first-through approach and communicate by hand signs, nods and waving.

The result? Typical journey time has been cut in half, and accidents and congestion have mostly disappeared.

There have been small collisions but no problem, said Hans Monderman, creator of the scheme. “We want small accidents, in order to prevent serious ones. It works well because it’s dangerous. The driver has to be responsible for his or her own risk.

“The many rules take away the ability to be considerate,” Monderman added. “We’re losing our responsibility for socially responsible behavior.”

So far, Drachten’s locals have called the experiment a success. “I am used to it now,” said Helena Spaanstra, 24. “You drive more slowly and carefully, but somehow you seem to get around town quicker.”

Tony Ooostward, 70, was equally enthusiastic. “I am a walker and now you are the boss at the crossroads, everyone waits for you. But at the same time walkers wait until there are a number of people wanting to cross at the same time.”

Owen Paterson, UK’s Shadow Transport Minister, visited Drachten. He said Britain should learn from the model. “The idea is to create space where there is mild anxiety among everyone so they all behave cautiously. No one drives fast along a busy street thinking that they have right of way.”

60.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Don’t Count On Traffic Lights              B. New Traffic Systems Needed

C. Turn Those Traffic Lights Off         D. Let People Have More Say In Traffic

61.According to the report from the Institute of Economic Affairs, abolishing traffic lights would NOT lead to ____.

A. more time being saved                   B. reduction of traffic jams

C. improvement of the environment    D. right of way being taken for granted

62.The underlined word “collision” in Paragraph 7 means closest to ____.

A. jam     B. accident     C. trouble     D. congestion

63.From the passage we can see that the experiment in Drachten worked well because ____.

A. walkers have become the boss of the crossroads

B. cyclists, walkers and drivers each have specially designed routes

C. everyone finds that they have to do their share in regulating traffic

D. drivers are more careful and wait for eyclists or walkers to pass first