Question

【題目】It's 9 a.m.,the morning rush hour in Toronto.A man has fallen down on a downtown street suddenly.Several passers-by stop to help the man.One woman reaches into her purse for her cellphone and hits 911,the emergency number.【1】

Within ten minutes,the stricken man is in the back of an ambulance and is sent to the hospital for life-saving treatment.

This scene is fairly common in Toronto and other major cities.Over the years,cities have developed systems to respond quickly to emergencies.【2】But none of this would be possible without the cooperation of car drivers who yield（讓路）to emergency vehicles on busy downtown streets.In fact,it's against the law for drivers not to yield.

To yield means to give away or,more specifically,to get out of the way.【3】As yet,China doesn't have any specific laws that require drivers to yield,whether it is for slower cars to move over to the inside lane of a highway or for all cars to give way to emergency vehicles.【4】Drivers did not yield when they heard the ambulance's siren.

In Canada,failing to yield to an ambulance vehicle can result in a fine of $400~$2,000 and reduction of three points off your license.That's for a first offense.

【5】This punishment is severe because lives are in danger.

A.It has resulted in many lives being saved.

B.A second offense results in a bigger fine,the loss of your driver's license for two years and a possible jail sentence.

C.It saves lives and,who knows,someday it may save your own.

D.Three minutes later,sirens（警報）are heard in the distance as a police car,an ambulance and a fire truck race to the area.

E.It means pulling to the side of the road to let others pass.

F.Recently,an injured Beijing cyclist died on the way to hospital because the ambulance carrying him got stuck in city traffic.

G.Safe driving depends on driver's being aware of the traffic around them and yielding when necessary.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】E

【4】F

【5】B

【解析】試題分析:本文講述了汽車主動讓路給救護車對于救人的重要性。開頭用一個故事講出在多倫多，汽車司機都會主動讓路給救護車，然而在其他國家，比如中國，沒有法律要求汽車要讓道，這耽誤了病人的最佳救治時間。

【1】D考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據前面One woman reaches into her purse for her cellphone and hits 911, the emergency number. 可知此處應該是填上警車來了，故選D。

【2】A考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據前文“Over the years, cities have developed systems to respond quickly to emergencies”可知，此處應該是表示結果，所以選擇A.

【3】E考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據前文是在解釋To yield means to give away or, more specifically, to get out of the way. 此處是在做進一步的解釋，故選E。

【4】F考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。前文提到China doesn’t have any specific laws that require drivers to yield, 所以此處是給出一個具體的例子。與下文中的描述相呼應，故選F。

【5】B考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據前文That’s for a first offense.可知此處指的是a second offense,故選B.