题目内容
---The road______ outside the school annoys the students awfully.
---Actually, we don’t know when it will be completed.
A. being built B. to be built C. to built D. having been built
A
【解析】略
A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift.
“I can’t leave her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what she said, the hitchhiker (搭便车的人) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug.
Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker’s hands which were large and hairy.
Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said. “Would you mind clearing it for me?”
The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off.
When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp — inside the bag was a gun.
【小题1】The young woman stopped the car because ______.
| A.“the old woman” asked her to |
| B.she recognized “the old woman” |
| C.she knocked “the old woman” down |
| D.she wanted to help “the old woman” out in the bad weather |
| A.this was the way she thought of to get rid of him |
| B.she couldn’t see out of the rear screen |
| C.the hitchhiker was very helpful |
| D.the rear screen was covered with dirt |
| A.he wanted to give the young woman a warning |
| B.he had not expected that the young woman would leave him behind in the rain |
| C.it was his present for the young woman |
| D.he wanted to kill the young woman with the gun |
| A.a policeman | B.a soldier | C.a robber | D.an actor |
A federal agency on Tuesday called for a ban on all cellphone use by drivers -- the most far-reaching recommendation up to now — saying its decision was based on a decade of investigations into distraction-related (与分散注意力有关的) accidents, as well as growing concerns that powerful mobile devices are giving drivers even more reasons to look away from the road.
As part of its recommendation, the National Transportation Safety Board is urging states to ban drivers from using hands-free devices, including wireless headsets. No state now has made laws to ban such activity, but the Board said that drivers faced serious risks from talking on wireless headsets, just as they do by taking a hand off the wheel to hold a phone to their ears.
However, the concern was heightened by increasingly powerful phones that people can use to send e-mails, watch movies and play games.
“Every year, new devices are being on sale.” she said. “People are attracted to update their Facebook page, to play music with cellphone, as if sitting at a desk. But they are driving a car.”
The agency based its recommendation on evidence from its investigation of numerous crashes in which electronic distraction was a major contributing factor.
Ms. Hersman said she understood that this recommendation would be unwelcome in some circles, given the number of drivers who talk and text. But she compared distracted driving to drunken driving and even smoking, which required wholesale cultural shifts to change behavior.
“It’s going to be very unpopular with some people.” she said. “We’re not here to win a popularity contest. We’re here to do the right thing. This is a difficult recommendation, but it’s the right recommendation and it is time.”
The agency’s recommendation is not required for states to adopt such a ban. And it won’t likely be agreed upon by state lawmakers who are unwillingly to anger those who have grown accustomed to using their device behind the wheel.
The ban also deserves attention because it is the first call by a federal agency to end the practice completely, rather than the partial ban that some lawmakers have put in place by allowing hands-free talking.
【小题1】The ban on all cellphone use by drivers was put forward ______.
| A.after a long discussion and recommendation |
| B.after about ten years’ investigation in it |
| C.because of the most powerful mobile devices |
| D.for the reason of heading away from the road |
| A.electronic distraction resulted in numerous crashes |
| B.numerous crashes were caused by drunk driving |
| C.electronic distraction contributed much to the ban |
| D.the recommendation was based on electronic distraction |
| A.are just common behaviors | B.can be shifted to behaviors |
| C.are behaviors to be changed | D.are just cultural behaviors |
| A.Cellphone Ban in Cars |
| B.Valuable Ban for Cellphones |
| C.Drivers Ban Cellphones |
| D.Cellphone Ban while Driving |