Patricia Blues, 29, has a new aim in life: to keep drivers' hands on their steer

Patricia Blues, 29, has a new aim in life:to keep drivers' hands on their steering wheels and off their cell phones. OnNovember 2, 2007, Blues lived through a horrible experience. A motorist dialinga cell phone drove through a stop sign at 45 miles per hour and run into theside of Blues' car. Blues' 2-year-old daughter was killed immediately in thecrash.

Blues has since dedicated her time topushing for laws that would prevent this type of tragedy from happening again.

Cell phones are not the only distractions (分神) that cause accidents.Eating, changing CD, reading maps, talking to passengers, and just reaching foran object on the floor can be dangerous. Therefore, the emphasis should be oneducating drivers to avoid all distractions. However, talking on cell phonesmight be easier to regulate than eating or changing music. At least 34 stateshave already passed laws to restrict cell phone use in moving cars. No statehas banned it yet, but several U. S. cities have. Worldwide, 13 nations, includingAustralia, England, Germany, Japan and China have banned drivers' use of cellphones in moving cars.

To date, no scientific evidence has beenpublished showing that talking on the phone affects driving safety. Butaccording to a test by some high school students, "driving while on thephone does affect safety and probably shouldn't be done".

64. What happened to Patricia Blues lastNovember? ________.

A. She was seriously injured in a carcrash  

B. She lost her daughter in a road accident

C. She broke the traffic rules at a busstop  

D. Her vehicle was destroyed by a motorbike

65. The tragedy was caused by ________.

A. Blues' lack of drivingexperience   

B. the motorist’s failure of seeing thestop sign

C. Blues' poor carconditions         

D. the motorist's absence of mind whiledriving

66. Patricia Blues' new goal of life is topersuade the government ________.

A. to prohibit the carrying of cell phonesin cars  

B. to educate drivers to avoid alldistractions

C. to ban talking on the phone whiledriving  

D. to study, harmful results of using cellphones

67. Which of the following is TRUEaccording to the text? ________.

A. Using cell phone while driving is easierto be controlled by law than other distractions

B. It is more important to make laws thaneducate drivers to be aware of driving safety

C. Driving while on the phone is firmlyagainst only by some students from high school

D. It is extremely urgent for the citieswith a large population to restrict using cell phones   

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