18．A professional skateboarder is probably facing jail time after uploading a video that shows he was skating at a shocking 68mph through the middle of traffic．
South African skater Decio Lourenco faces the charges after Cape Town city officials say his high-speed sating actually attracted a speed camera．The speed limit for skating in the town of Lourenco is 37mph．"The boy's behavior was very dangerous．He might cause one of the motorists to panic and crash into other vehicles，which can lead to a large number of deaths．We have already had such cases on that road before，"safety spokesman Jean-Pierre Smith，told the New York Daily News．"If we don't take action against him，every other skateboarder will stry it and one of them will come to a sticky end．"
It's hard to deny that what the boy did was dangerous，particularly with oncoming traffic in the opposite lane．But Lourenco is a professional and Kloof Nek，the road he speeds down，has been used for professional skateboarding events in the past．Besides，at the end of his YouTube video of the dangerous behavior he really tries to discourage others from attempting to recreate his feat （技艺表演），which has already been viewed more than 600，000since it was posted on January 26．
However，as a journalist pointed out，the past skateboarding events hosted on Kloof Nek have always taken place when all other traffic was closed off the street．He also said that local traffic laws don't permit skateboarders to skate on public roads．For his part，Lourenco，24，says he doesn't understand where all the negative attention is coming from．"I've been skating down hills from a young age…often going much faster than that，"he said in an interview with IOL News．"This is the first time I've got any attention for it．"But anyway，what he did is dangerous，and others shouldn't follow his example．
29．Decio Lourenco faces the charges mainly because heC．
A．caused motorists to panic on the street
B．broke the speed limit when he was driving
C．skated too fast through the middle of traffickeeping a building in service outweigh（比…更有价值） even the most efficient means of
D．uploaded a misleading video on the Internet
30．What does the underlined word"sticky"in paragraph 2 mean？A
A．Unpleasant．
B．Funny．
C．Well-known．
D．Satisfying．
31．According to paragraph 4，what is the journalist's attitude toward Decio Lourenco'sC
A．Supportive．
B．Indifferent．
C．Disapproving．
D．Admiring．
32．Which of the following is true according to the passage？B
A．There was no oncoming traffic when Decio Lourenco was skating．
B．The past skateboarding events hosted on Kloof Nek have always taken place with other traffic being closed off．
C．Decio Lourenco has caused a motorist to crash into other vehicles．
D．Decio Lourenco hoped to show others how to recreate his skills of skating．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了职业滑板运动员Decio Lourenco在路上以每小时68英里的速度行进，引起了一场控诉的事，并表明了不同人对此事的不同观点．
解答 29．C．细节理解题，根据句子South African skater Decio Lourenco faces the charges after Cape Town city officials say his high-speed sating actually attracted a speed camera可知，Decio Lourenco面临控诉是因为在路上滑板速度太快，故答案为C．
30．A．词义猜测题，根据前一句If we don't take action against him，every other skateboarder will stry it，如果不采取行动制裁，每一个滑板运动员都会想这么做，那么总有一个会发生不好的结果，可见该词的意思应是一个表示负面意义的词，故答案为A．
31．C．细节理解题，根据句子He also said that local traffic laws don't permit skateboarders to skate on public roads可知，记者认为当地法律不允许滑板运动员在公共路上滑板，可见他是反对的，故答案为C．
32．B．细节理解题，根据句子the past skateboarding events hosted on Kloof Nek have always taken place when all other traffic was closed off the street．可知，以往举行滑板运动比赛时交通都会被封锁，故答案为B．
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