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As we know, the number of the traffic accidents has been growing rapidly |
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in recent years. We can have a clear i about the damage of traffic accidents | 76.____ |
from the ______(最新) statistics. Traffic accidents happen frequently and people suffer | 77.____ |
a great loss from it. It c______ many injuries and deaths every day. The main | 78.____ |
reasons lie in the following aspects: First, the number of ______(车辆)is increasing | 79.____ |
______ fast that the roads are becoming more and more crowded; Second, there are | 80.____ |
still many people who don' t obey the traffic rules while t______ on the road. | 81.____ |
Besides, such actions ______ drunk-driving, over-loading and speeding can also | 82.____ |
______ (促成) to serious accidents. In my opinion, in order to solve the traffic | 83.____ |
problems, the ______(政府) should take measures to improve the traffic conditions. | 84.____ |
At the same time, all of us ought to obey the traffic rules ______ we are. | 85.____ |
76. idea 77. latest 78. causes 79. vehicles 80. so
81. traveling 82. as 83. contribute 84. government 85. wherever
Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now,one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it,say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids(流星)that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.
Buy $ 50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $ 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one,the scientists say,we'll have a way
to change its course.
Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapo
ns. But the cost wouldn't be cheap. I
s it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare-but if one did fall,it would be the end of the world. “If we don't take care of these big asteroids,they'll take care of us,” says one scientist. “It's that simple.”
The cure,though,might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less to fear from doomsday(毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them,” said a New York Times article.
【小题1】What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?
| A.They are heavenly bodies different in composition. |
| B.They are heavenly bodies similar in nature. |
| C.There are more asteroids th |
| D.Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids. |
| A.It is very unlikely but the danger exists. |
| B.Such a collision might occur once every 25 years. |
| C.Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected. |
| D.It's still too early to say whether such a collision might occur. |
| A.It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem. |
| B.It may create more problems than it might solve. |
| C.It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely. |
| D.Further research should be done before it is proved applicable. |
| A.while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world |
| B.asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future |
| C.the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime |
| D.workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth. |
| A.Optimistic. | B.Critical. | C.Objective. | D.Subjective. |