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

       PatriciaBlues, 29, has a new aim in life: to keep drivers' hands on their steeringwheels and off their cell phones．On November 2, 2007, Blues lived through a horrible experience．A motorist dialing a cell phonedrove through a stop sign at 45 miles per hour and run into the side of Blues'car．Blues'2-year-old daughter was killed immediately in the crash．

       Blueshas since dedicated her time to pushing for laws that would prevent this typeof tragedy from happening again．

       Cellphones are not the only distractions （分神） that cause accidents．Eating, changing CD, reading maps, talking to passengers, and justreaching for an object on the floor can be dangerous．Therefore, the emphasis shouldbe on educating drivers to avoid all distractions．However, talking on cell phones might be easier toregulate than eating or changing music．At least 34 states have already passed laws to restrict cell phoneuse in moving cars．Nostate has banned it yet, but several U．S．citieshave．Worldwide, 13nations, including Australia, England, Germany, Japan and China have banneddrivers' use of cell phones in moving cars．

       Todate, no scientific evidence has been published showing that talking on thephone affects driving safety．But according to a test by some high school students, "drivingwhile on the phone does affect safety and probably shouldn't be done"．

1.What happened toPatricia Blues last November? ____．

       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

2.The tragedy wascaused by ____．

       A．Blues' lack of driving experience

       B．the motorist’s failure of seeing the stop sign

       C．Blues' poor car conditions

       D．the motorist's absence of mind while driving

3.Patricia Blues'new goal of life is to persuade the government ____．

       A．to prohibit the carrying of cell phones in cars

       B．to educate drivers to avoid all distractions

       C．to ban talking on the phone while driving

       D．to study harmful results of using cell phones

4.Which of thefollowing is TRUE according to the text? ____．

       A．Using cell phone while driving is easier to becontrolled by law than other distractions

       B．It is more important to make laws than educatedrivers to be aware of driving safety

       C．Driving while on the phone is firmly against onlyby some students from high school

       D．It is extremely urgent for the cities with a largepopulation to restrict using cell phones

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A