Question

If you haven’t seen or heard anything about Road Rage in the last few months, you’ve probably been avoiding the media. There have been countless stories about this new and scary phenomenon, considered a type of aggressive driving. You have most likely encountered aggressive dnriving or Road Rage recently if you drive at all.

   While drunk driving remains a critical problem，the facts about aggressive driving are surely as disturbing. For instance，according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association, 41，907 people died on the highway last year．of those deaths,the agency estimates that about two-thirds were caused at least in part by aggressive driving behavior．

Why is this phenomenon occurring more than ever now and why is it something that seemed almost nonexistent a few short years ago?Experts have certain theories，and all are probably partially correct．One suggestion is over crowding．In the last decade，the number of the cars on the roads has increased by more than 11 percent，and the number of miles driven has increased by 35 percent．However,the number of new road miles has only increased by 1 percent．That means more cars in the same amount of space；and the problem is even serious in urban areas．Also，people have less time and more things to do．With people working and trying to fit extra chores and activities into the day，street levels have never been higher．Stress creates anxiety,which leads to short tempers．These factors，when combined in certain situations，Can induce Road Rage.

You may think you are the last person who would drive aggressively，but you might be surprised．For instance, have you ever yelled out loud at a slower driver,sounded the horn long and hard at another car, or sped up to keep another driver from passing?If you recognize yourself in any of these situations，watch out!

Whether you are getting angry at other drivers，or another driver is visibly upset with you，there are things you can do to avoid any major conflict.If you are easily influenced to Road Rage，the key is to discharge your emotion in a healthy way.If You are the target of another driver’s rage，do everything possible to get away from me other drive safely，including avoiding eye contact and getting out of their way． www.sdzxlm.com

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Most people are angry at media reports and want to avoid them

B．Most drivers have bad manners

C.Road Rage has received much media attention in the past few months

D.People showing no interest in the media know little about recent happenings

2.According to the passage，what are the causes of overcrowding?

A．Stress，anxiety and short tempers．

B．People working together in a big city．

C．More cars stopping in the same amount of space

D．Quickly increasing cars and slowly increasing new road miles

3.The underlined“induce”in Paragraph3 Call be replaced by“

A．relax    B．cause    C．reduce  D．destroy

4.Which of the following is“aggressive driving”?

A．Phoning while driving．

B．Driving at a low speed．

C．Shouting loud at another driver．

D．Sounding the horn when driving．

5.What does the writer want to tell US by writing the last paragraph?

A．Flow to control our anger

B．How to deal with Road Rage．

C，How to recognize aggressive drivers．

D．How to avoid eye contact with other drivers．

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的是路怒現(xiàn)象，路怒產(chǎn)生的原因及給予讀者的一些避免路怒的建議。

1.推斷題：根據(jù)第一段“If you haven’t heard or seen anything about Road Rage in the last few months, you’ve probably been avoiding the media”.可知，如果你不知道路怒，因?yàn)槟憧赡茏罱鼪](méi)有看新聞，所以路怒肯定是受到了媒體的關(guān)注了。故選C。

2.推理題： 根據(jù)第三段中“In the last decade，the number of the cars on the roads has increased by more than 11 percent，and the number of miles driven has increased by 35 percent．However,the number of new road miles has only increased by 1 percent．”在過(guò)去十年中，道路上汽車(chē)數(shù)量增加11%，行駛里程的數(shù)量已經(jīng)增加了35%。然而，新公路里程的數(shù)量只增加了1%。由此可知D項(xiàng)正確。故選D。

3.推理題：根據(jù)本句意思可知，本句意為當(dāng)這些因素結(jié)合起來(lái)的時(shí)候，會(huì)導(dǎo)致road rage 路怒。Relax放松；cause引起；reduce減少；destroy破壞。B項(xiàng)符合句意。故選B。

4.細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第四段“For instance, have you ever yelled out loud at a slower driver”例如,你曾經(jīng)以較慢的司機(jī)大聲喊道。故選C。

5.主旨題：根據(jù)該段第二行“there are things you can do to avoid any major conflict”.可知，主要是給讀者提出的建議。故選B。

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