New York State has passed the USA’s first state law banning(禁止)motorists talking on cell phones . The ban will begin on November 1 , although drivers caught using cell phones will be given only warnings during the first month .

First-time violators(违法者)will face a $100 fine . A second time call for a $200 fine and every violation after that will cost $500 .

At least a dozen localities have established(制定)bans , starting in 1999 ; and 40 states have had bans proposed but not passed . At least 23 countries , including the Great Britain , Italy , Israel and Japan , ban drivers from using cell phones .

There are about 115 million cell phones in use in the United States and more than 6 million in New York State .

“ To think that I’m not going to use cell phone when at the same time I can still use my laptop(手提电脑), I still can read a paper , I can still change my pants while driving at 65 mph . I think there’s just something wrong , ” an official said .

Other critics(批评)noted other things like eating , drinking coffee and doing make-up while driving . They suggested that the ban include a broader range of things .

1. What does the underlined word “warning” mean ?

A. The word that tells you not to do it again .

B. A textbook that talks about the law .

C. A lesson .

D. A $100 fine .

2. How much fine will a cell phone user receive if he has been caught using it four times while driving after November ?

A. $500 .     B. $1000 .     C. $1200 .     D. $1300 .

3. We can infer from this passage that       .

A. some developed countries forbid drivers using cell phones

B. the ban has been put into effect in most states in the U.S.

C. more people in the U.S. are against the ban than for it

D. over fifty localities or states ban drivers from using cell phones


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阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

When I was seventeen, I found a watch while walking down the hallway of my high school. As I picked it up , greed( 贪心) suddenly came over me and I decided to      1  it.

When I got home from school, I found my mother cooking dinner in the  2  . I proudly held out my prize for her to see. Mom was  3 that I had kept the watch instead of turning it in. Mom then  4 me to drive straight back to the school and take the watch to someone at the office. I started to argue, but after taking a good look at the expression on Mom’s face, I realized that it would get me 5 .

As time passed,I forgot all about the watch until four years later.

While I was attending college, I had managed to get a  6 at a Walmart pushing carts off the parking lot. One morning, I found a checkbook that had been left in a shopping cart. __, I gave it to the employee there so that the customer(顾客) who had lost it could pick it up.

Later, as I was outside pushing carts, a man came up to me and told me that his wife had left their checkbook in a shopping cart the night before. When he told me his name, I realized that he was the owner of the checkbook I had found. I  8 to him that he could go inside and claim it at the service desk. The look on the man’s face was full of thankfulness. He pulled out his wallet and  9  me some cash(现金), but I refused. I was proud of myself, prouder than I had been in a long time, and I wasn’t about to let something like  10 ruin(毁灭)that.

Suddenly, the lesson my mom had taught me that day came into focus. Mom wanted to make sure that her son would always be 11  . Because of her, I did the  12  thing when I found that checkbook. Because of her, I had been rewarded with a feeling of self-worth that no amount of money could buy.

1. A. sell                         B. use                      C. keep         D. wear

2. A. study                     B. bedroom             C. bathroom            D. kitchen

3. A. sad                         B. angry                   C. worried               D. upset    

4. A. ordered                 B. advised                C. allowed               D. helped

5. A. somewhere             B. anywhere             C. nowhere             D. everywhere

6. A. prize                       B. job                      C. position               D. choice     

7. A. Happily                  B. Luckily                C. Immediately         D. Proudly

8. A. explained               B. expressed            C. promised             D. proved  

9. A. threw                      B. offered               C. showed               D. lent   

10. A. money                  B. regret                  C. praise                  D. pride    

11. A. excellent               B. confident             C. kind                    D. honest

12. A. terrible                  B. important             C. right                    D. wrong

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