Driving Offence Points System

What is Driving Offence Points System?

After the introduction of this system, certain traffic offences will earn the driver points besides other punishment. If a driver makes any of these offences, the points will be recorded. When the driver gets a certain number of points, he will be forbidden to drive for a certain amount of time.   

What are the purposes of this system?

This is a system designed to make road much safer. It can improve standards of driving and reduce the accident rates.

Which traffic offences will result in Driving Offence points?

Of course, not all traffic offences are covered by this system. Only those that have direct effect on road safety are included. There are altogether fourteen items.

What will happen if you have got up to 10 points?

If you have got 10 points or above, but still less 15 points, you will receive a warning letter from the Transport Department. This letter will tell your record of Driving Offence Points and remind you of the result of getting more points. It is hoped that this warning will change your driving behavior for the better.

What will happen if you have got 15 points?

If you have got 15 points or more within two years, a court will take away your driving license. The first time you are found guilty you will not be able to drive for three months, but if you are caught a second time you will not be able to drive for six months.

The underlined word “Offence”（paragraph 1）refers to ________.

       A. a driving habit              B. an official of road safety

       C. bad behavior in the office D. an action against the traffic law

The Driving Offence Points __________.

       A. is a system that helps to improve the driving standards

       B. are points earned because of dangerous driving

       C. shows traffic offences of different kinds

       D. is a guide dealing with traffic offences

What will happen to you if you have got 13 points?

       A. You will be punished for the points.

       B. Your driving license will be taken away.

       C. Your record will be sent to the Transport Department.

       D. You will get a warning letter from the Transport Department.

What will happen to you if you are caught driving dangerously and two months later you are caught driving after drinking?

       A. Your license will be taken away.

       B. You will be taken to the police station.

C. You will not be able to drive for 3 months.

       D. You will not be able to drive for 6 months.　

　1　You can find it on buildings，sidewalks，street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris，from Moscow to Cape Town.Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries are collecting the works of street artists.

Street art started out very secretly because it was illegal to paint on public and private property without permission.　 2　Some think it is a crime and others think it is a very beautiful new form of culture.

Art experts claim that the street art movement began in New York in the 1960s.Young adults painted words and other images on the walls and trains.This colorful style of writing became known as graffiti，whose art showed that young people wanted to rebel against society.

Street artists do their work for different reasons.　 3　They choose street art because it is closer to the people.Some artists try to express their political opinions in their work.Others like to do things that are forbidden and hope they won’t be caught.Advertising companies also use street art in their ads because it gives people the impressions of youth and energy.

　4　Artists can show their pictures to an audience all over the world.Many city residents，however，say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it alive.

　5　There，it will continue to change and grow.

A. Street art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world.

B．Today，the Internet has a big influence on street art.

C．With the development of science and technology，different art styles come into the Internet.

D．The street art movement lives with the energy and life of a big cityE．People often have different opinions about street art.

F．Street art used to be illegal，but now has become popular.

G．Some of them do not like artists who make so much money in galleries and museums.

Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do，while others don't.
　　The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the "White House” ever since.
【小题1】White House is a house for ___________.
A. the American people.
B. the soldiers of U.S.A.
C. the presidents of U.S.A.
D. the patients of U.S.A.
【小题2】England fought with America in ____________.

　　　,Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.

A.However late is he　　　　　　　　　B.However he is late

C.However is he late　　　　　　　　　D.However late he is

Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.?

Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child's hurriedly-made table as “perfect”!Even though it couldn't stand on uneven (not same in height) legs. Another way is to shift blame. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.?

The trouble with failure—prevention methods is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time—and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a birthday party, who doesn't make the honor roll or the baseball team feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick comfort prize or say “It doesn't matter”,because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.

Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children exactly alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did I fail?”. Control the natural impulse(冲动) to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about asking them.?

This passage mainly tells us about _______.?

A. the reasons why people fail

B. how to fail?

C. the ways to prevent failures

D. the importance of facing failures?

When the writer says “every person has the right to fail”, he means to say _______.

A. the world is full of failures 　　　　　　 

B. no one is perfect?

C. failures are quite common in our lives　　　　　

D. no one can grow up mentally without failures?

By “protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed”, the writer means that most parents try their best _______.?

A. to let their children know that they won't fail?

B. not to teach their children about knowledge of failure?

C. to provide their children for the knowledge against failure?

D. to keep their children from realizing that they failed?

According to the writer, _______.

A. parents should tell their children to think nothing of not being chosen into a football team?

B. children should be encouraged to get rid of disappointment all by themselves

C. parents should judge what their children have done as it is?

D. children should learn to enjoy a game that they won't win??