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

　 72　 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 hurt or even kill you. 　 73　 The safety belt’s main purpose is to pull you back if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object, or if it rolls over. A belt can reduce the chance of deadly 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. 　 74　 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. 　 75　 Many people have realized that drunk driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties （处罚）for drinking and driving.

　 A. How to drive safely?

　 B. You are safer in a large car.

　 C. How to protect ourselves in the highway?

　 D. Air bags are not installed in all cars.

　 E. That’s why safety belts should be worn.

　 F. Drunk driving is the most serious problem.

　 G. But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1至20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。

　　Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 　(1)　.

　　I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 　(2)　 we realized we were 　(3)　. Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $ 20 bill. I was so 　(4)　 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 　(5)　 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 　(6)　 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About half way through the meal, I 　(7)　 I had not actually handed my money to the cashier. I had just 　(8)　 out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.

　　My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn't 　(9)　 over it. I just couldn't go back to the cashier and 　(10)　 for my stolen pizza.－I was so upset that I 　(11)　 to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in 　(12)　 that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don't you use the change 　(13)　 the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?” I was not so 　(14)　 of my cash now.

　　For the next two years, whenever I was 　(15)　 of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don't think about it.” I have learned two things from this 　(16)　. Maybe I was a fool for 　(17)　 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 　(18)　 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will 　(19)　 up with you.

　　This reflects the saying, “A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “　(20)　” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

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　　    British postmen and milkmen have a reputation (名声) 1 being　　 cheerful. 2 they both arrive very early in the morning, when you are　　 perhaps not feeling very good-tempered (脾气), their 3 knocking and　　 bright whistling may make you feel 4. Of course, there are some gloomy　　 (忧闷的) postmen, who make you think that every letter contains sad　　 news, but the majority are pleasant. This is quite surprising, because　　 5 the mail each morning is a job which is not very 6 paid and there　　 are a great many problems.　　

　　    The city postman 7 go on foot, not only along streets but also up　　 and down 8, as many 9 of flats still have no lifts and no downstairs　　 letter box. If he has a registered letter to send, he has to wait for　　 someone to come to the door 10 for it. That person may greet him in a　　 most unfriendly way if he has just been woken 11 a deep sleep very　　 early in the morning.　　

　　     In the country, a postman may have a 12 or a small van, so he does　　 not have to walk 13, however he has his problems, too. It is very　　 annoying to be compelled to go all the way to a 14 house simply to　　 send a post card or a printed letter, when 15 makes the journey half　　 an hour 16. In winter, weather conditions are bad, but the postmen　　 must 17 in the rain or the snow. Sometimes it is impossible 18 a van　　 or a bike 19, and he has to do his round 20, like his city workmates.　　 Most country people keep a dog. Although there may be a notice on the　　 gate, "Guard 21 THE DOG", this is 22 to the postman. He is forced to　　 go in, whether the dog is dangerous or not. So every day the country　　 postman knows that, if the dog is not safely 23, it 24 bite him on the　　 leg or 25 his trousers.