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【题目】阅读短文回答问题。

When Scan Aiken bought a bike helmet （头盔）, he never thought it would help him so soon. Only a week later, it saved his life. He was hit by a car while riding home from school in Tucson, Arizona. His bike was broken into pieces in the accident, but Scan was alive. His helmet protected him from serious head injury. “I used to think helmets were unnecessary. I thought I would never get hurt,” Scan said. “But it can and will happen to you if you’re not careful.” Scan later spoke before the Tucson City Council about the need of bike-helmet laws. This led to a new Arizona law that requires people under the age of 18 to wear a bike helmet while cycling.

Fifteen-year-old Mike Jones of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, knows about safety. Two years ago, he was seriously hurt in a car accident. Mike hurt his head badly when he was thrown from a van. “I don’t know why I didn’t wear a safety belt that day. Now I always wear it,” Mike said. Today, he can still think of that experience. “I used to love sports, but I can’t do them anymore. I can’t risk getting another serious injury,” he said.

Like Mike, many people around the U.S. are becoming more safety-wise. “Parents can’t watch kids every minute. Kids must know how to be safe. It’s in their control and power, says Susan Gallagher, director of the Safety Network.

New technology is also helping to prevent （预防） injuries. More people than ever before use products （产品） such as smoke alarms in their homes and seat belts in their cars. Most cyclists know that they should use bike helmets. New laws, such as the bike-helmet law Scan Aiken helped pass, are also making more people use these products. The number of serious injuries caused by car accidents and fires has gone down over the years.

Kids are taking action to help prevent injuries. Like Scan Aiken and Mike Jones， they know that safety works.

【1】Did the helmet save Scan Aiken’s life?

【2】Why was Mike Jones seriously hurt in a car accident?

【3】How many products do people use to prevent injuries according to the 4th paragraph?

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 Yes, it did.

【2】 Because he didn’t wear / wasn’t wearing a safety belt that day.

【3】 3/Three.

【4】 People have paid more attention to safety. / Safety products help prevent injuries.

【解析】

本文主要介绍了人们应该更多关注安全，安全产品使用避免了受到人们受到更严重地伤害。列举了斯堪．艾肯买了一个自行车头盔在车祸中避免了受到重伤。这导致了新的亚利桑那州法律，要求18岁以下的人在骑车时戴上自行车头盔。又列举来自南达科他州苏福尔斯的15岁的迈克·琼斯例子。两年前，他在一场车祸中受了重伤。因为那天他没有系安全带。新技术也有助于防止伤害。如家用烟雾报警器、汽车安全带和自行车头盔等。新的法律，使更多的人使用这些产品。这些年来，由车祸和火灾造成的重伤人数减少了许多。

【1】题意：头盔救了斯堪．艾肯的命吗？考查细节理解题。根据第一段第一和二句When Scan Aiken bought a bike helmet （头盔）, he never thought it would help him so soon. Only a week later, it saved his life.（当斯堪．艾肯买了一个自行车头盔，他从来没有想过它会这么快帮助他。仅仅一周后，它救了他的命。）可知作肯定回答，答案是Yes, it did.

【2】题意：为什么迈克·琼斯在车祸中受了重伤？考查细节理解题。根据第二段中第3和4句Mike hurt his head badly when he was thrown from a van. “I don’t know why I didn’t wear a safety belt that day. Now I always wear it,” Mike said.（迈克从货车上摔下来时，头部受了重伤。“我不知道为什么那天没有系安全带。现在我总是戴着它，”迈克说。）可知因为迈克那天没有系安全带，所以在在车祸中受了重伤。故答案是Because he didn’t wear / wasn’t wearing a safety belt that day.

【3】题意：根据第4段，人们使用多少种产品来防止受伤？考查细节理解题。根据第四段第2和3句More people than ever before use products （产品） such as smoke alarms in their homes and seat belts in their cars. Most cyclists know that they should use bike helmets.（越来越多的人在家里使用烟雾报警器和汽车安全带等产品。大多数骑自行车的人都知道他们应该戴自行车头盔。）可知人们使用3种产品来防止受伤，他们是烟雾报警器（smoke alarms）、汽车安全带（seat belts）和自行车头盔（bike helmets）。故答案是3/Three。

【4】题意：这篇短文的主要意思是什么？考查主旨理解题。通读全文可知本文主要谈论人们应该更多关注安全，安全产品使用避免了受到人们受到更严重地伤害。可知答案是People have paid more attention to safety. / Safety products help prevent injuries.（答案不唯一，只要符合本文主要意思即可）。