A recent study, published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.

The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight, with passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.

Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue.” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is.”

Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使……緩解)the problem is to have states institute so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions, before graduating to full driving privileges.

Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies, About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novice(新手)driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20(without the presence of an adult over 25)for the first six months.

Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?

A． Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.

B． A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.

C． Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.

D． A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.

According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ________

A． their frequent driving at night

B． their improper way of driving?

C． their lack of driving experience

D． their driving with passengers

According to Paragraph 3. which of the following statements is TRUE?

A． Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.

B． Driving is a skill too complicated for teenagers to learn.

C． Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take driving lessons.

D．The licensing authorities are partly responsible for teenagers' driving accidents.

A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is that ________ .

A． driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule

B． they should be prohibited from taking on passengers

C． they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m.

D． the licensing system should be improved

【小題1】B

【小題2】C

【小題3】D

【小題4】D


解析:

【小題1】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 根據(jù)第二段第一句“the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight, with passengers in the car”可以知道十點后，青少年駕車待人是最危險的。

【小題2】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 第三段Robert Foss 解釋青少年駕車死亡率高的原因：have less to do with “really stupid bevavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. 這里要特別理解less  than 的意思是后者甚于前者。

【小題3】 辨別正誤題。 第三段最后一句： The basic issues …fail to recognize…“ 印證了D項正確。

【小題4】 綜合推理題。A、B、C談到的都是細(xì)枝末節(jié)，但不夠完整和概括。 D項是對三者的綜合及概括，也是解決青少年車禍發(fā)案率高這一問題的信息點。

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