2024年英語閱讀理解與答案

Passageseven(StricterTrafficLawcanPreventAccidents)

Fromthehealthpointofviewwearelivinginamarvelousage.Weareimmunized

frombirthagainstmanyofthemostdangerousdiseases.Alargenumberofoncefatal

illnessescannowbecuredbymoderndrugsandsurgery.Itisalmostcertainthatone

dayremedieswillbefoundforthemoststubbornremainingdiseases.Theexpectation

oflifehasincreasedenormously.Butthoughthepossibilityoflivingalongandhappy

lifeisgreaterthaneverbefore,everydaywewitnesstheincredibleslaughterofmen,

womenandchildrenontheroads.Manversusthemotor-car!Itisanever-ending

battlewhichmanislosing.Thousandsofpeopletheworldoverarekilledorhorribly

killedeachyearandwearequietlysittingbackandlettingithappen.

Ithasbeenrightlysaidthatwhenamanissittingbehindasteeringwheel,hiscar

becomestheextensionofhispersonality.Thereisnodoubtthatthemotor-caroften

bringsoutamanrsveryworstqualities.Peoplewhoarenormallyquietandpleasant

maybecomeunrecognizablewhentheyarebehindasteering-wheel.Theyswear,they

areill-manneredandaggressive,willfulastwo-years-oldsandutterlyselfish.Alltheir

hiddenfrustrations,disappointmentsandjealousiesseemtobebroughttothesurface

bytheactofdriving.

Thesurprisingthingisthatsocietysmilessobenignlyonthemotoristandseemsto

condonehisbehaviour.Everythingisdoneforhisconvenience.Citiesareallowedto

becomealmostuninhabitablebecauseofheavytragic;townsaremadeuglybyhuge

carparks;thecountrysideisdesecratedbyroadnetworks;andthemassannual

slaughterbecomesnothingmorethanastatistic,tobeconvenientlyforgotten.

Itishightimeaworldcodewerecreatedtoreducethissenselesswasteofhuman

life.Withregardtodriving,thelawsofsomecountriesarenotoriouslylaxandeventhe

strictestarenotstrictenough.Acodewhichwasuniversallyacceptedcouldonlyhavea

dramaticallybeneficialeffectontheaccidentrate.Hereareafewexamplesofsomethe

thingsthatmightbedone.Thedrivingtestshouldbestandardizedandmadefarmore

difficultthanitis;allthedriversshouldbemadetotakeatesteverythreeyearsorso;

theageatwhichyoungpeopleareallowedtodriveanyvehicleshouldberaisedtoat

least21;allvehiclesshouldbeputthroughstringentannualtestsforsafety.Eventhe

smallestamountofalcoholinthebloodcanimpairaperson*sdrivingability.Present

drinkinganddrivinglaws(wheretheyexist)shouldbemadmuchstricter.Maximum

andminimumspeedlimitsshouldbeimposedonallroads.Governmentsshouldlay

downsafetyspecificationsformanufacturers,ashasbeendoneintheUSA.All

advertisingstressingpowerandperformanceshouldbebanned.Thesemeasuresmay

soundinordinatelyharsh.Butsurelynothingshouldbeconsideredastosevereiftit

resultsinreducingtheannualtollofhumanlife.Afterall,theworldisforhumanbeings,

notmotor-cars.

1.Themainideaofthispassageis

[A]Trafficaccidentsaremainlycausedbymotorists.

[B]Thousandsofpeopletheworldoverarekilledeachyear.

[C]Thelawsofsomecountriesaboutdrivingaretoolax.

[D]Onlystrictertrafficlawscanpreventaccidents.

2.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofsocietytowardmotorists?

[A]Societysmilesonthemotorists.

[B]Hugecarparksarebuiltinthecitiesandtowns.

[C]Victimsofaccidentsarenothing.

[D]Societycondonestheirrudedriving.

3.Whydoestheauthorsay:/hiscarbecomestheextensionofhispersonality?/

[A]Drivingcanshowhisrealself.

[B]Drivingcanshowtheotherpartofhispersonality.

[C]Drivingcanbringouthischaracter.

[D]Hiscarembodieshistemper.

4.WhichofthefollowingsisNOTmentionedasawayagainsttrafficaccidents?

[A]Buildmorehighways.

[B]Stricterdrivingtests.

[C]Testdriverseverythreeyears.

[D]raiseagelimitandlaydownsafetyspecifications.

5.Theattitudeoftheauthoris

[A]ironical

[B]critical

[C]appealing

[D]militant

1.D只有更嚴格的交通法規(guī)才能制止交通事故。這在最后一段的結論中體現(xiàn)的最清楚。前

面幾段只是講造成事故的種種原因。其目的就是："是制定世界交通法規(guī)以減少無謂的生命浪費

的時候了。對于開車,有些國家的法規(guī)太松弛,甚至最嚴格的國家也不夠嚴格。世界公認之法律

只可能對交通事故率起大大降低的作用（有非常好的效果。）"這里列出幾件要干的事："駕駛

測試應當標準化，比現(xiàn)在的要嚴格；所有死機每三年考核一次；年輕人駕車的允許年齡應提高到

21歲;全部機動車每年都應經過嚴格的安全測試（測定其安全性）……這些步驟可能聽起來異

常嚴厲，可是，如果其結果事減少每年死傷人數的話，就不存在什么太嚴格的事了。”

A.主要是機動車死機造成的交通事故。B.全世界每年有幾千人喪生。C.有些國家的交

通法規(guī)太松弛。這三道答案都是文中談到某一點，不能作為中心目的。

2.D社會寬容這種野蠻開車行徑。答案就在第三段：“令人驚訝的是社會對司機寬厚地笑

笑，似乎寬容他們的行為。一切都為他們的方便而干。人們允許城市由于交通擁擠而幾乎不能居

住了，大型停車場把城鎮(zhèn)’弄得”丑陋不堪，公路網玷污了鄉(xiāng)村，每年大量的殺傷僅僅成為統(tǒng)計

數字，被很容易地忘記。”

A.社會對司機笑容可闌。B.大型停車場建在市和鎮(zhèn)上。C.交通死難者等于零。這三項都

只是第三段的一個個具體事實。社會正是通過這一件件事夭寬容司機野蠻開車，而造成事故。

3.A"他的車就是他個性的外延"這句話就體現(xiàn)了"開車表現(xiàn)他真正的自我，真實的個

性"。第二段講的很清楚："這么說完全正確：當一個人坐在方向盤后，他的車就成為他個性的

外延.亳無疑問，汽車常常表現(xiàn)了人之最壞的品質.平常很安詳愉快的人一坐在方向盤后可能就

變得難以認識。他們咒罵、行為差勁、好斗、固執(zhí)、任性得就像兩歲的孩子。他們所有隱藏的失

落、失望和忌妒感，似乎都在開車中暴露出來"。

B.表現(xiàn)他個性的另一面。C.表現(xiàn)了他的性格。D.他的車體現(xiàn)了他的脾氣秉性。只是表

現(xiàn)自我中的某個事實。

4.A只有建更多高速公路。沒有提。

B.更難的測試。C.每三年