17．[1]"The other day I was taking my daughter to school when a young woman suddenly walked straight off the pavement in front of my car，eyes glued to her phone as she was texting．I hit the brakes and slid to a stop，just in time not to run into her．What a near miss!"Lady，I beg you to look where you're going!"A man complained to a journalist yesterday．
[2]In fact，of more than 1，000 people crossing 20different roads in Seattle，10% were listening to music，7% were texting and 6% were having conversations on the phone，the journal Injury Prevention reports and it estimates there was a 5% rise in the number of pedestrian deaths and injuries from June 2012．
[3]The texters were four times more likely to ignore red lights or fail to look both ways before crossing．And it took almost two seconds longer to cross the road．Listening to music seems to shorten the time taken to cross the road，but when they were doing it they were less likely to look both ways before crossing．
[4]Kevin Clinton，from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents，said，"Looking properly when you are walking is as important as when you are driving，so take care not to be dangerously distracted，whether by mobile phones，listening to music or being caught up in conversations with other people．Road users need to be tuned into what's happening around them and shouldn't do the wrong thing at the wrong time．We have always told motorists to look out for pedestrians．Now we are increasingly telling pedestrians to look out for motorists．A change in attitudes，similar to efforts around drunk-driving，will be important to limit the risk of pedestrian misbehavior．"
56．Why does the writer introduce the man's experience in Paragraph 1？（within 5words）
To introduce the topic．
57．For what purpose does the author give so many figures in Paragraph 2？（within 12words）
To show that pedestrian misbehavior has caused increasing deaths and injuries．
58Why is it not safe to listen to music while crossing the road？（within 10words）
Because people are less likely to look both ways．
59．When you are walking，what is important according to the text？（within 3words）
Looking both ways/Looking properly．
60．List two kinds of pedestrian misbehavior according to the text．（within 10words）
（1）Using mobile phones
（2）Talking with other people．
分析 本文讲述了现在越来越多的行人在过马路时听音乐玩手机，导致了很多交通事故的发生，提醒行人过马路的安全问题．
解答 56．To introduce the topic/To bring in the topic．第一段开头举了作者自己的经历目的是为了引起话题，吸引读者继续看的欲望．
57．To show that pedestrian misbehavior has caused increasing deaths and injuries．第二段承接上一段，用了很多的数据来证明观点，即：越来越多的行人听音乐或者玩手机让事故日益增加．
58．Because people are less likely to look both ways．根据第三段"Listening to music seems to shorten the time taken to cross the road，but when they were doing it they were less likely to look both ways before crossing"解释了为什么行人走路听音乐会造成事故的原因，在于不可能同时看两边．
59．Looking both ways/Looking properly．在第四段中，Kevin Clinton给出了过马路正确的做法是：Looking properly．
60．（1）Using mobile phones （2）Listening to music （3）Talking with other people 作者在第二、三、四段都有提到行人过马路的几种不正当方式，如：听音乐，玩手机，交谈．
点评 阅读表达，话题贴近学生生活，难度适中．考生需注意把握全文的结构，并能将细节进行分析整合成字数要求的答案．
