Question

While drunken driving may be on the decline, traffic safety experts remain puzzled over how to deal with another alcohol?related danger: drunken pedestrains.

Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact, they are intoxicated more frequently-and with higher blood?alcohol levels-than drunken drivers who are killed in accidents, various studies have shown. Forty percent of adult pedestrians involved in fatal crashes have a blood?alcohol level of at least 0.10-which by law in most states signifies intoxication-compared to only 25 percent of drivers in deadly accidents, according to recent federal data.

Some types of pedestrain accidents have been declining nationally, especially those involving children, but the number of adult pedestrians who are drunk when killed in traffic has remained relatively steady at 2500 a year. The total number of pedestrians killed annually in U.S. traffic accidents is at least 7000, or one of every seven highway accidents resulting in death.

“We’re dealing here, we think, with a very severe drinking problem that leads to a severe highway safety problem,” said Richard Blomberg, president of Dunlap and Associates Inc, in Norwalk, Coon.

Blomberg, whose consulting company found a very high rate of alcohol involvement in a controlled study of pedestrian accidents in New Orleans, was among several researchers who spoke on the topic at the annual meeting of the Research council’s Transportation Research Board(TRB)  in Washington in January.

Pedestrian accidents have not received enough attention in the past, according to Kay Colpitts, who chairs the board’s committee on pedestrians. Few methods exist to monitor walking habits, she said, and researchers have been mystified about how to prevent disasters.

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Traffic Safety.                   B.Drunken Drivers.

C.Drunken Pedestrian Accidents.     D.A Severe Highway Safety problem.

.Among the causes of walkers’ accidents, the most serious problem is .      

A.long delays in traffic signals that may make people cross streets without paying attention to traffic rules

B.alcohol

C.a lack of adult keeping eyes on many children involved in accidents

D.former drunken drivers whose licenses are not allowed to use for a time

According to recent federal data, drunken drivers with an over 0.10 blood?alcohol level in deadly accidents .      

A.are 15 percent less than drunken adult walkers with the same level

B.are 2500 a year

C.are at least 7000 in US traffic accidents

D.make up one?seventh of highway accidents

According to the passage, what is Blomberg?

A.A researcher.                        B.A specialist in traffic safety.

C.A clerk of a consulting company.        D.A government official

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】B

【小题3】A

【小题4】A

解析:

【小题1】 本文主题是讲解醉酒行人出交通事故的问题，所以答案为C。A为交通安全，虽然文章有所涉及，但涉及面太广；B为喝醉的司机，文章虽提到．但是并非文章讲述对象；D为严重的公路安全问题，也犯了涉及面大广的错误。

【小题2】 见文章第二段第一句:Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunken. 说明醉酒是主要原因,故答案为B。

【小题3】 第二段中第三句提到在致命车祸中成年行人喝醉的占40%，而司机酒醉的只有25%，40%-25%=15%。与A的意思一致。

【小题4】此题可从文中第五段找到答案。每年1月，调查委员会在华盛顿召开交通研究会议，Blombery是在会上发言的研究人员之一。他的咨询公司在新奥尔良地区行人事故的对比研究中发现，酒精肇事在行人交通事故中的比率非常高。所以Blomberg是一位研究人员。