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Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact, they are intoxicated(喝醉的) more frequently and with higher blood alcohol levels than drunken drivers who are killed in accidents, various studies have shown. Forty percent of adult pedestrians involved in fatal crashes have a blood alcohol level of at least 0.10 which by law in most states signifies intoxication compared to only 25 percent of drivers in deadly accidents, according to recent federal data.
Some types of pedestrain accidents have been declining nationally, especially those involving children, but the number of adult pedestrians who are drunk when killed in traffic has remained relatively steady at 2500 a year. The total number of pedestrians killed annually in U.S. traffic accidents is at least 7000, or one of every seven highway accidents resulting in death.
“We’re dealing here, we think, with a very severe drinking problem that leads to a severe highway safety problem,” said Richard Blomberg, president of Dunlap and Associates Inc, in Norwalk, Coon.
Blomberg, whose consulting company found a very high rate of alcohol involvement in a controlled study of pedestrian accidents in New Orleans, was among several researchers who spoke on the topic at the annual meeting of the Research council’s Transportation Research Board(TRB) in Washington in January.
Pedestrian accidents have not received enough attention in the past, according to Kay Colpitts, who chairs the board’s committee on pedestrians. Few methods exist to monitor walking habits, she said, and researchers have been mystified(迷惑不解) about how to prevent disasters.
【小题1】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
| A.Traffic Safety. | B.Drunken Drivers |
| C.Drunken Pedestrian Accidents. | D.A Severe Highway Safety Problem. |
| A.long delays in traffic signals that may make people cross streets ignoring traffic rules |
| B.alcohol |
| C.a lack of adult keeping eyes on many children involved in accidents |
| D.former drunken drivers whose licenses are not allowed to use for a time |
| A.are 15 percent less than drunken adult walkers with the same level |
| B.are 2500 a year |
| C.are at least 7000 in US traffic accidents |
| D.make up one seventh of highway accidents |
| A.A researcher. |
| B.A specialist in traffic safety. |
| C.A clerk of a consulting company. |
| D.A government official |
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2. Don’t be ______________ (紧张的). Everything will be OK.
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4. We haven’t ______________ (make up one’s mind) whether to have a picnic or not.
5. People all over the world love ______________ and want no war.
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1. To tell you the truth, Mrs. Bird, I don’t like chicken ____________(也)!
2. Don’t be ______________ (紧张的). Everything will be OK.
3. Not using plastic bags helps ______________ (keep sth. safe away from danger) the environment.
4. We haven’t ______________ (make up one’s mind) whether to have a picnic or not.
5. People all over the world love ______________ and want no war.
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