题目
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A US-based study found a total of 116 reports of death or injury to pedestrians wearing headphones between 2004 and 2011 , jumping from 16 in 2005 to 47 in 2011 .
Most victims were men (68%) and under the age of 30 (67%) , with around one in ten of all cases (9%) under the age of 18 .Some 89% of the cases occurred in urban areas and more than half (55%) of the victims were struck by trains .
Eighty-one of the 116 accidents (70%) resulted in the person’s death--- even though a warning was sounded in around a third of the cases .
The study concluded , “ The use of headphone may be a safety risk to pedestrians , especially in environments with moving vehicles(cars) . Further research is needed to determine if and how headphone use threatens pedestrian safety .” British road safety groups warned pedestrians to be careful.
Floor Lieshout , director of Youth For Road Safety , said, “ This study shows once more the importance of using all of our senses while we are near traffic . It is important that we find an attractive way to make youth learn about the risks of wearing headphones in traffic .”
Andrew Howard , who is the head of road safety at the Automobile Association , added that some pedestrians can be “so focused in their own little world they forget the world going on around them”.That can include headphone wearers , Howard said, but also people talking on phones.
However , Howard said that more researches needed to be done.
Earlier studies have shown that people wearing headphones or talking on phones can suffer “inattentional blindness” which makes them isolated (孤立) from the world around them .
Ian Harvey , at the charity Civic Voice , said that “ to defeat isolation and to help build a civic(文明的) society , people need to interact(交往) with each other .
He said , “ A basis for any civilized society is communication--- Surfing the web , listening to MP3s , reading blogs or sending e-mail is not interacting with a person; it’s interacting with a machine.
“If people feel socially isolated , they need to have more face-to-face interactions with other human beings and in time , will begin to feel happier and more connected to the world and place they live in .”
小题1:What does the text mainly discuss ?
A.Recent research on the risks to pedestrians |
B.Safety problems caused by wearing headphones. |
C.The advantages and disadvantages of headphones |
D.Traffic accidents in the United States |
A.most victims died in the accidents |
B.most accidents were caused by cars |
C.most accidents happened in the countryside |
D.most victims are under eighteen |
A.it is safe if you wear headphones in a proper way |
B.people wearing headphones are more likely to go blind |
C.most people wear headphones because of loneliness |
D.it is dangerous to talk on phones while walking |
A.beating isolation | B.communication between people |
C.building a civilized society | D.new technologies |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
试题分析:通过调查发现戴耳机的行人在路上发生意外的人数在逐年增加,在被调查的人群中约68%男士,约67%是30岁以下的人,因此专家呼吁人们在交通行驶中要集中注意力,以免造成意外。此外专家还提醒人们要走出虚拟的世界,多和现实中的人们交流。
小题1:B主旨大意题。文章首段The number of accidents 。。。 causing fresh warning from road safety groups in Britain提出由于带耳机而发生的车祸逐年增加,这引起了人们对安全问题的关注。而且下文
小题2:A细节理解题。从文中Eighty-one of the 116 accidents (70%) resulted in the person’s death可知发生意外的人们当中大多数会死亡,所以A选项正确。
小题3:D推理判断题。根据文中Andrew Howard , who i。。。,added that some pedestrians can be “so focused in their own little world they forget the world going on around them”.可知Andrew Howard也认为走路时戴耳机是危险的。所以D选项正确。
小题4:B推理判断题。由文章倒数第三段Ian Harvey 的话 “ to defeat isolation and to help build a civic(文明的) society , people need to interact(交往) with each other .可知他认为人们之间的交流很重要,所以B选项正确。
核心考点
试题【The number of accidents involving pedestrians (行人) wearing headphones is on the 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
San Francisco has many museums. You can visit one and learn something new. We have art, science, history and other special museums. Some museums are open every day. Some are only open on certain days. Some museums are expensive, and others are free. But some of the expensive ones have free days. Many museums have websites. The websites usually have information about the things you can see in the museums. On a museum’s website you can get information about ticket prices and free days. You can also know where the museum is and when it is open. Sometimes you have to click on the words like Visit, Information, or About to find the information. That will be hard work for you.
小题1:San Francisco has many museums for you to visit and ______.
A.learn something new | B.play computer games |
C.watch the movies | D.click on Information |
A.on weekdays | B.on weekends |
C.on certain days | D.on holidays |
A.ticket prices | B.their websites |
C.open hours | D.free days |
"What"s the matter, Schatz?"
"I"ve got a headache."
"You better go back to bed."
"No. I"m all right."
"You go to bed. I"ll see you when I"m dressed."
But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.
"You go up to bed," I said, "You"re sick."
"I"m all right," he said.
When the doctor came he took the boy"s temperature.
"What"s is it?" I asked him.
"One hundred and two."
Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules(胶囊) with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza(流感)can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病;传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia(肺炎).
Back in the room I wrote the boy"s temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.
"Do you want me to read to you?"
"All right. If you want to, " said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached(超然的;冷漠的)from what was going on.
I read aloud from Howard Pyle"s Book of Pirates(海盗);but I could see he was not following what I was reading.
"How do you feel, Schatz?" I asked him.
"Just the same, so far," he said.
I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.
"Why don"t you try to sleep? I"ll wake you up for the medicine."
"I"d rather stay awake."
After a while he said to me, "You don"t have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."
"It doesn"t bother me."
"No, I mean you don"t have to stay if it"s going to bother you."
I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o"clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog….I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.
At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room.
"You can"t come in," he said. "You mustn"t get what I have."
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed(发红)by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
I took his temperature.
"What is it?"
"Something like a hundred," I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.
"It was a hundred and two," he said.
"Who said so?"
"The doctor."
"Your temperature is all right," I said. "It"s nothing to worry about."
"I don"t worry," he said, "but I can"t keep from thinking."
"Don"t think," I said. "Just take it easy."
"I"m taking it easy," he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.
"Take this with water."
"Do you think it will do any good?"
"Of course it will."
I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.
"About what time do you think I"m going to die?" he asked.
"What?"
"About how long will it be before I die?"
"You aren"t going to die. What"s the matter with you? "
"Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two."
"People don"t die with a fever of one hundred and two. That"s a silly way to talk."
"I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can"t live with forty-four degrees. I"ve got a hundred and two."
He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o"clock in the morning.
"You poor Schatz," I said. "Poor old Schatz. It"s like miles and kilometers. You aren"t going to die. That"s different thermometer(温度计). On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind it"s ninety-eight."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely," I said, "It"s like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?"
"Oh," he said.
But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.
小题1:The author writes about the doctor’s visit in order to _____.
A.show the doctor’s knowledge about influenza and its treatment |
B.show the boy’s illness was quite serious |
C.create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story |
D.show the father was very much concerned about the boy’s illness |
A.the boy’s high temperature |
B.the father giving the medicine to the boy |
C.the father staying with the boy |
D.the boy’s death |
A.early in the afternoon | B.close to evening |
C.at noon | D.late in the morning |
A.he did not want to be a bother to others |
B.he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father |
C.he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself |
D.he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death |
A.he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed |
B.his father would go out hunting without him if he didn’t cry |
C.something went wrong with his brain after the fever |
D.he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy |
A.death is something beyond a child’s comprehension |
B.to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courage |
C.misunderstanding can occur even between father and son |
D.misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effect |
After this special meeting, I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month, I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London, a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.
As we were still young, we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London, we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family(寄宿家庭) was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them, too.
The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast, a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sight-seeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben, the London Bridge, and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.
The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet, time really flew fast. Three weeks later, we had to leave “home” for Hong Kong.
小题1:In the “homestay” program, a visitor can _____.
A.learn more about holidays | B.understand his culture better |
C.improve the language ability | D.take part in foreign meetings |
A.last month | B.a long time ago |
C.the special meeting | D.her stay abroad |
A.was very kind to her | B.went sight-seeing with her |
C.had two white daughters | D.was interested in her activities |
A.wished to stay a little longer |
B.had a wonderful time |
C.had classes in many interesting places |
D.helped the teacher take the students in a car |
On the day, we spinkle洒small drops of water to bless monks and elders. Their hands are spinkled with perfumed(有香味的) water. In addition, this festival is for rain because it is the hottest season.
Nowadays, during the Songkran Festival, people always wet down everybody who walks past their houses or walks down the streets with cups or buckets水桶 of water. Everyone gets wet, but it is all in a spirit of friendliness, blessing and fun. People who get wet actually do not get angry because they know that it is traditional.
People will go to the temples to bathe沐浴Buddha images佛像and give special food to the monks. People do good things such as fish or birds and other animals released释放from their cages. On this day, everywhere in Thailand, people celebrate and enjoy the festival, especiallly in the northern part of Thailand.
We can see many foreigners join in the events and enjoyed this festival with Thais. Everybody also enjoys public events such as beauty contests, parades游行, and marching bands. 游行乐队
The Water Festival gives us freshness, happiness and fun because the weather is very hot. I hope everyone will travel to Thailand and enjoy this festival.
小题1:The traditional Thai New Year ________.
A.is celebrated at the beginning of each year. |
B.comes three months before that of each countries. |
C.is celebrated in a special way with its own activities. |
D.is the same as in other parts of the world. |
A.have nothing else to do |
B.believe it will bring good luck |
C.have too much water in their country |
D.want to use water to fight with each other. |
A.traditional | B.unfriendly | C.curious | D.strange |
A.invite honorable foreign guests to join in them |
B.give freedom to some animals |
C.attend rich feasts宴会 and have fun with others |
D.bathe together to wash away bad luck |
Different cultures emphasize (强调)the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in “small talk”, usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries--like the UK or France—people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment(多元文化环境)will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
小题1:In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ________.
A.keep each other company | B.share the same Culture |
C.get to know each other | D.develop closer relations |
A.even talk and silence can be culturally different |
B.too many words are of no use |
C.people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature |
D.the English prefer to make long speeches |
A.By sharing different ways of life. |
B.By recognizing different values. |
C.By accepting different habits. |
D.By speaking each other’s languages. |
A.Multicultural Environment. | B.How to Understand Each Other. |
C.Cross-Cultural Differences. | D.How to Build Up a Relationship. |
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