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A recent study, which was published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers has three times the possibility of a serious accident, compared with a teenager driving alone.
The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue is that adults who are responsible for giving out licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled driving is.” he says.
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解) the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a process with several stages. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence(在场)of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions (限制) before graduating to full driving rights.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies.
60．Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?
A. Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.
B. Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.
C. A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.
D. A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.
61．According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _______.
A. their frequent driving at night B. their lack of driving experience
C. their wrong way of driving D. their driving with passengers
62．According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.
B. Driving is a skill too complex for teenagers to learn.
C. Restrictions should be forced on teenagers demanding to take driving licenses.
D. The licensing department is partly responsible for teenagers’ driving accidents.
63．A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers’ driving accidents is that ______.
A. driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule
B. they should be forbidden to take on passengers
C. they should not be allowed to drive after 10 pm
D. the licensing system should be improved
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Saving Sea Turtles
Time(minutes)：________
Words：397
Speed(per minute)：________
Rate(％)：________
Choose the most suitable heading from this list for each paragraph of the passage．Note that there is one extra heading．
A．Illegal hunting has caused a decrease in the number of sea turtles．
B．Most turtles are eaten by Mexicans and Mexican Americans．
C．A campaign to protect sea turtles．
D．Many sea turtles are killed because people eat turtle meat during a religious observance．
E．Government should prevent sea turtle hunting to increase the number of the species．
F．A letter was written to Pope to save endangered sea turtles．
(1)
Environmental groups in the United States are leading a campaign to save thousands of endangered sea turtles．They have asked Pope John Paul the Second to ban turtle meat during the Christian religious observance known as Lent．Christians observe Lent in preparation for the holiday of Easter．
(2)
Environmental groups say illegal turtle hunting is one of the major threats to endangered sea turtles in southern California and Mexico．It has been illegal to harvest and eat sea turtle meat in Mexico for more than ten years．However, demand for sea turtle meat is widespread in both Southern California and Mexico．Biologists believe that illegal hunting is one of the main reasons for the sharp drop in sea turtle populations during the past thirty years．
(3)
The week before Easter Sunday is an especially deadly time for the turtles．As many as 5000 turtles are killed during this time each year．Many Mexicans and Mexican Americans eat turtle meat during the days before Easter．Many people do not eat meat during this holy time in order to obey the rules of Lent．Because sea turtles swim, many people consider them to be fish．Fish is permitted during Lent．
(4)
The Sea Turtle Conservation Network is a union of fishermen, environmental activists and researchers．They sent a letter to Pope John Paul, urging the Roman Catholic Church leader to officially declare that sea turtle flesh is meat, not fish or seafood．They say thousands of these endangered animals would be saved if people did not eat them during this religious period．The letter also asked members of the Catholic Church to obey laws banning the capture of turtles in Mexico and the United States．
(5)
About 35 000 endangered sea turtles are killed near the coasts of Baja, California each year．Studies have shown a sharp drop in the numbers of females．They travel from as far away as Japan to lay their eggs on local beaches．Environmental activists say hunting sea turtles for their meat is the main barrier to the recovery of the species．They have urged the governments of the United States and Mexico to improve enforcement of the ban on sea turtle harvesting．
A recent study, published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.
The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight, with passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue.” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is.”
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使……缓解)the problem is to have states institute so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions, before graduating to full driving privileges.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies, About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novice (新手)driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20(without the presence of an adult over 25)for the first six months.
Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?
A．Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.
B．A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.
C．Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.
D．A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.
According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ________.
A．their frequent driving at night
B．their lack of driving experience
C．their improper way of driving
D．their driving with passengers
According to Paragraph 3．which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．The licensing authorities are partly responsible for teenagers' driving accidents.
B．Driving is a skill too complicated for teenagers to learn.
C．Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take driving lessons.
D．Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.
The most suitable measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is that ________ .
A．driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule
B．they should be prohibited from taking on passengers
C．the licensing system should be improved
D．they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m.
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