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【題目】

People who have the habit of texting (發(fā)短信) while walking tend to develop a robot-like posture, lose their balance, and involve themselves in traffic accidents, according to a research from the University of Queensland. Researchers said that text-walkers are in danger of walking into traffic and train tracks among others. They suggest pedestrians（行人）stop aside, type a text and then continue walking.

For the study, the researchers tracked body movements of 26 young men and women while walking in a straight line over a distance of about 8.5 m ---once without a mobile phone, once while reading a text message and once while typing a message.

They found that participants’ body movements were greatly changed when they used their phone. The difference in their posture was more prominent while sending a text than while reading a message. They further said that when those people began texting while walking, they slowed down their pace, went off course and moved their necks less than when reading a message.

“We found that they ‘locking’ their arms, trunk and head together walked with a posture that was robot-like, all in aid of keeping their phone in their field of vision. So there is less movement between each of their body parts.” Researcher Siobhan Schabrun said, Daily Mail UK reports.

“In recent years, there have been many reports of people involved in traffic accidents because they were texting while walking. The number of pedestrian accidents is rising and texting has been blamed,” Schabrun said.

Despite such repeated accidents, only few studies have analyzed the impact of texting on body language. If more studies concentrate on walking styles adopted while texting, their findings can be used to lower whole accidents.

While a few U.S. states have introduced laws on texting while driving, Fort Lee, a New Jersey town, went further ahead and recently fined some walkers an $85 for catching them texting. It is hoped that other American states and countries will follow.

【1】How did the researchers carry out their research?

A. They called on most pedestrians.

B. They tried texting while they were walking.

C. They followed some pedestrians in the street.

D. They showed pedestrians the danger of texting.

【2】 The underlined word “prominent” in Paragraph 3 probably means _____.

A. obvious B. important C. uncertain D. puzzling

【3】 When texting, the pedestrians walk in a different way to _____.

A. avoid losing their balance

B. attract other people’s attention

C. keep their eyes steady on the phone

D. take part in the study with the researchers

【4】 From the last paragraph, we can infer that texting while walking ______.

A. is not popular with many people

B. will make each American fined $85

C. will be punished in some states of America

D. has been forbidden in most American states

【5】What is the best title of the passage?

A. Negative effects of texting.

B. Texting and traffic accidents.

C. Texting and people’s health.

D. Ways to avoid traffic accidents.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了走路時(shí)發(fā)短信會(huì)造成交通事故。研究人員建議發(fā)短信時(shí)要停下來，走到一邊再發(fā)。

【1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段開頭For the study, the researchers tracked body movements of 26 young men and women while walking in a straight line over a distance of about 8.5 m可知研究人員是在街上跟隨幾個(gè)行人來做這項(xiàng)研究的，故選C。

【2】A詞義猜測題。上文說They found that participants’ body movements were greatly changed when they used their phone.（他們發(fā)現(xiàn)參與者用手機(jī)時(shí)身體運(yùn)動(dòng)有很大的改變），根據(jù)此句中的more可知是此處是指這種變化更加明顯，A.明顯的；B.重要的；C.不確定的；D.令人迷惑的。故選A。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段開頭描述We found that they ‘locking’ their arms, trunk and head together walked with a posture that was robot-like, all in aid of keeping their phone in their field of vision.可知行人發(fā)短信時(shí)走路的姿勢不同是為了讓手機(jī)在眼睛的視野之內(nèi)。故選C。

【4】C判斷推理題。根據(jù)最后一段開頭While a few U.S. states have introduced laws on texting while driving,可知在美國的有些州走路時(shí)發(fā)短信是要受到懲罰的。故選C。

【5】B主旨大意題。通讀全文，可知文章講述了走路時(shí)發(fā)短信會(huì)造成交通事故，呼吁行人要停止這樣危險(xiǎn)的行為。B項(xiàng)“發(fā)短信與交通事故”最符合文章大意，故選B。