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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
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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
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will go wrong and we will be to blame. It is therefore sensible to work out some plans for apologizing, and
the best way to apologize is by letter. This way you can take care over every word you write-which you
can't do if you say sorry to someone in person.
We all say or do something that we wish we hadn't said or done. You may say something that accidentally
hurts someone, or you may provide a service which doesn't come up to the standards that a cheat or customer
expected.
You may feel that it was a mistake which couldn't be avoided. Rather than dwell on the mistake, you should
quickly try to remedy (补救) the problem. An effective letter of apology is an important part of that process.
For the content of the letter, just remember TABS-Timing, Action, Brevity, Sincerity.
The timing of a letter of apology is crucial-it must be sent as soon as possible. Any delay in sending the
letter will only compound the problem. In this case, "better late than never" is not the best motto! The longer
you wait before writing a letter of apology, the more it will seem that you have been forced into writing it.
Although it is important to recognize what has gone before, it is also necessary to detail the action you plan
to take to rectify whatever it was you did wrong. Research has shown that some indication that you have
thought about what future action you plan to take is always well received.
A letter of apology should be brief and the word "sorry" should appear no more than twice. Indicate that
you are aware you are using it a second time "once again, I'm so sorry for" or "as I said early, I'm so sorry
about." Finally, the tone of the letter has to be sincere. In fact, all the above factors will help in this respect.
And don't think that letters are out of date in the Email-oriented 21st century. An apology email can be
worse than no apology at all!
B. It's a good idea to sends several emails to apologize and show that you mean it.
C. Write a long letter apologizing several times to make your point.
D. Wait to see how they react to your letter before planning to do anything
B. Genuine mistakes.
C. Car accidents.
D. Causing anger or hurt.
B. write an effective letter of apology
C. avoid what happened
D. recognize what has gone before
B. to improve
C. to put aside
D. to apologize
It is impossible not to make a mistake at some point of your life．We may as well accept that something will go wrong and we will be to blame．It is therefore sensible to work out some plans for apologizing，and the best way to apologize is by letter．This way you can take care over every word you write－which you can’t do if you say sorry to someone in person．
We all say or do something that we wish we hadn’t said or done．You may say something that accidentally hurts someone，or you may provide a service which doesn’t come up to the standards that a cheat or customer expected．
You may feel that it was a mistake which couldn’t be avoided．Rather than dwell on the mistake．you should quickly try to remedy(补救)the problem．An effective letter of apology is an important part of that process．
For the content of the letter，just remember TABS---Timing，Action，Brevity，Sincerity．
The timing of a letter of apology is crucial一it must be sent as soon as possible．Any delay in sending the letter will only compound the problem．In this case．“better late than never”is not the best motto!The longer you wait before writing a letter of apology．the more it will seem that you have been forced into writing it．
Although it is important to recognize what has gone before，it is also necessary to detail the action you plan to take to rectify whatever it was you did wrong．Research has shown that some indication that you have thought about what future action you plan to take is always well received．
A letter of apology should be brief and the word “sorry” should appear no more than twice．Indicate that you are aware you are using it a second time “once again，I’m so sorry for” or “as I said early，I’m so sorry about” Finally，the tone of the letter has to be sincere．In fact，all the above factors will help in this respect．
And don’t think that letters are out of date in the Email-oriented 21st century．An apology email can be worse than no apology at all !
53．What kind of advice does the text suggest about apologizing?
A．It’s a good idea to write a letter of apology as soon as something goes wrong．
B．It’s a good idea to sends several emails to apologize and show that you mean it．
C．Write a long letter apologizing several times to make your point．
D．Wait to see how they react to your letter before planning to do anything
54．What kind of things do you NOT apologize for ?
A．Services that are not as good as they should be． B．Genuine mistakes．
C．Car accidents． D．Causing anger or hurt．
55．According to the writer，you should not after you have made a mistake．
A．waste time worrying about what happened B．write an effective letter of apology
C．avoid what happened D．recognize what has gone before
56．The underlined word “rectify” means ．
A．to put right B．to improve C．to put aside D．to apologize
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