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14.lt's 9a.m,the moming rush hourin Toronto.A man has fallen down on a downtown street suddenly.Several passers-by stop to help the man.One woman reaches into her purse for her cell phone and hits 911,the emergency number.Threre minutes later,sirens(警报) are heard  in the distance as a  police car,an ambulance and  a fire truck  race to the area.Within ten  minutes,the stricken man  is  in the  back of an  ambulance and sent to the  hospital for life-saving treatment.
This scene is fairly common in Toronto and other major cities.Over the years,cities have developed systems  to respond quickly to emergencies.it has resulted in many lives being saved.But none of this would be possible without the cooperation of car drivers who yield (让 路) to emergency vehicles on busy downtown streets.In fact,it's against the law for drivers not to yield.
To yield means to give away or,more specifically,to get out of the way.It means pulling to the side of the road to let others pass.As yet China does not have any specific laws that require drivers to yield,whether it is for slower cars to move over to the inside lane of a highway or for all cars to give way to emergehcy vehicles.Recently,an injured Beijing cyclist died on the way to hospital  because the ambulance carrying him got stuck in city traffic.Drivers did not yield when they heard the ambulance's siren.
In Canada,failing to yield to an emergency vehicle can result in a fine of 400-2,000and redciction of three points off your license.That's for a first offence.A second offence results in a  bigger fine,the  loss of your driver's  license for two years and a  possible jail  sentence,The punishment is severe because lives are in danger.
Safe driving depends on drivers being aware of the traffic around  them and yieldirig when necessary.And yielding to  emergency vehicles only makes sense.It saves lives and,who knows,someday it may save your own,

56.Whats the main idea of the text?( No more than 10words)Yieldingtoemergencyvehiclescan savelives.
57.What is themeaning of the underlined words"as yet"in Paragraph 3?( No more than 3words)so far
58.What's Paragraph 4mainly about?(No more than 15words).Failing to yield to an emergencyvehicle can result in punishment.
59.In which situation,drivers may  be put into prison in Canada?(No more than 15words)When they fail to yield to an emergencyvehicle for a second time.
60.What should China do to prevent repetition of the Beijing case?(No more than 10words)China should establish laws about yielding to emergency vehicles..

分析 本文主要讲述在加拿大,当出现紧急情况时,其它的车辆必须给急救车辆,像救护车,消防车等让路,否则,轻则受到经济惩罚,重则吊销驾照和受到法律的审判.

解答 56.答案:Yielding to  emergency vehicles can save lives.此题是主旨大意题,即本文主要讲的是什么.通过一句话来总结本文的主要意思.通过在加拿大的实例及和中国的对比,来强调给急救车辆让路来说明挽救生命的重要性.
57.答案:so far 此题是词义题,对于一些少见的词语用常见的词语来代替,以达到明白词义的目的.
58.答案:Failing to yield to an emergency vehicle can result in punishment.此题是主旨大意题,即本段主要讲的是什么.本段说第一次不让路是罚款,第二次则加重处罚,即吊销驾照和受到法律的审判.
59.答案:When they fail to yield to an emergency vehicle for a second time.此题是细节题解题.从第四段"A second offence results in a  bigger fine,the  loss of your driver's  license for two years and a  possible jail  sentence",第二次不让路,则要坐牢.
60.答案:China should establish laws about yielding to emergency vehicles.本题是要求中国也应当像加拿大一样制定一些法律制度来约束车辆驾驶员在紧急情况下给急救车辆让路以挽救生命.

点评 本文是社会问题类阅读,让学生了解不同的国家在一些社会问题上的不同处理方式,扩大学生的视野.同时,训练学生的对主旨大意题及细节题的答题能力.

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