Stricter Traffic Law Can Prevent Accidents
From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous（不平凡的）age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car ! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-years-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy tragic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.
It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as to severe if tit results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.
小題1:The main idea of this passage is
A Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.
B Thousands of people the world over are killed each year.
C The laws of some countries about driving are too lax.
D Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.
小題2:What does the author think of society toward motorists?
A Society smiles on the motorists.   B Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns.
C Victims of accidents are nothing.  D Society condones their rude driving.
小題3:Why does the author say:’ his car becomes the extension of his personality?’
A Driving can show his real self.      B Driving can show the other part of his personality.
C Driving can bring out his character.  D His car embodies his temper.
小題4:Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?
A Build more highways.       B Stricter driving tests.
C Test drivers every three years. D raise age limit and lay down safety specifications.
小題5:The attitude of the author is
A ironical        B critical        C appealing     D militant

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:B

文章論述“交通事故”，采用因果、對比手法。從人的平均壽命增加和交通事故率成正比談起，觸及事故率上升的原因，要求制定更嚴(yán)格的法規(guī)予以制止種種造成事故的不良行為。
答案詳解
小題1:只有更嚴(yán)格的交通法規(guī)才能制止交通事故。這在最后一段的結(jié)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(fèi)的時候了。對于開車，有些國家的法規(guī)太松弛，甚至最嚴(yán)格的國家也不夠嚴(yán)格。世界公認(rèn)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(yīng)當(dāng)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化，比現(xiàn)在的要嚴(yán)格；所有死機(jī)每三年考核一次；年輕人駕車的允許年齡應(yīng)提高到21歲；全部機(jī)動車每年都應(yīng)經(jīng)過嚴(yán)格的安全測試（測定其安全性）……這些步驟可能聽起來異常嚴(yán)厲，可是，如果其結(jié)果事減少每年死傷人數(shù)的話，就不存在什么太嚴(yán)格的事了�！�
A. 主要是機(jī)動車死機(jī)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(diǎn)，不能作為中心目的。
小題2: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(jī)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(wǎng)玷污了鄉(xiāng)村，每年大量的殺傷僅僅成為統(tǒng)計數(shù)字，被很容易地忘記�！�
A. 社會對司機(jī)笑容可掬。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(xiàng)都只是第三段的一個個具體事實(shí)。社會正是通過這一件件事來寬容司機(jī)野蠻開車，而造成事故。
小題3:“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(shí)的個性”。第二段講的很清楚：“這么說完全正確：當(dāng)一個人坐在方向盤后，他的車就成為他個性的外延。毫無疑問，汽車常常表現(xiàn)了人之最壞的品質(zhì)。平常很安詳愉快的人一坐在方向盤后可能就變得難以認(rèn)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(shí)。
小題4:只有建更多高速公路。沒有提。
B. 更難的測試。C. 每三年對司機(jī)進(jìn)行一次考察。 D. 提高年齡段和制定安全條例。都提到。見第一題譯注。
小題5:批評的態(tài)度。文章第一、二、三段指出了造成交通事故的原因，呼吁各國制定嚴(yán)格的交通法規(guī)，批評現(xiàn)有的交通法規(guī)松弛不嚴(yán)格，最后指出世界是人類的，不是摩托車的等等，都說明作者對上述種種都具批評的態(tài)度。
A. 諷刺的。 C. 哀求的、呼吁的。 D. 富有戰(zhàn)斗性的。
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All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally' female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required.
This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of
women, ir o_nler of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.
The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.
51. The word "liability" most probably means       
A. disadvantage     B. advantage         C. misfortune        D. trouble
52. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness       
A. makes women look more honest and capable
B. strengthens the feminine qualifies required
C. is of no importance to women
D. often enables women to succeed quickly
53. Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to polities, attractiveness        
A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men
B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women
C. affects men and women alike
D. has as little effect on men as on women
54. It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often      
A. practical     B. supportive      C. old-fashioned    D. one-sided
55. The author writes this passage to
A. give advice to job-seekers who are attractive
B. discuss the disadvantages of being attractive
C. demand equal rights for women
D. state the importance of appearance

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