19.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

18.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

17.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.

16.The title below which best expresses the idea of the passage is“”.

A. Making School Buses Even Safer for Children　　 B. Seat Belts Needed on School Buses

C. Alternate Safety Devices and Procedures　 　　　　D. Safety in and around School Buses

E

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

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 pedestrian 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.

15.It may be inferred from this passage that .　　　 .

A. many of the opponents(反对者) of seat belt installation are parents and officials of the Department of Transportation

B. proposals of seat belts on school buses would be seriously considered

C. an alternate safety device (raising seat backs four inches) may be taken into consideration

D. The Department of Transportation may either take the idea of seat belts or other measures when it reviews the whole situation

14.According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control of the school buses “safety”?

A. A new Research Council.　　　　　 B. The Department of Transportation.

C. The Medical Organization.　　　　 D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

13.According to the passage, the “school bus” is .　　　

A. the bus offered by the school and different from the public bus

B. the bus that has no difference from the public bus

C. the bus that is driven by the students　　　　 D. the bus that is not safe

12.The main idea of the passage is .

A. the prejudice against women in various fields

B. women in Sierra Leone, striving for their political rights

C. women in Sierra Leone, challenge for men’s status

D. women in Sierra Leone, being involved in politics

D

Every day 25 million U.S. children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; but nevertheless, about 10 children are killed each year riding on large school buses, and nearly four times that number are killed outside buses in the loading zones. By and large, however, the nation’s school children are transported to and from school safety.

Even though the number of school bus accidents is not large, the safety of children is always of intense public concern. While everyone wants to see children transported safely, people are divided about what needs to be done-particularly whether seat belts should be compulsory.

People in favour of seat belts on school buses-many of them parents and medical organizations-argue that seat belts are necessary not only to reduce fatality and injury, but also to teach children lessons about the importance of using them routinely in any moving vehicle. A side benefit, they point out, is that seat belts help keep children in their seats, away from the bus driver.

People who object to seat belt installation suggest that children are already well protected by the school buses that follow the Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) safety requirements set in 1977. They also believe that many children won’t wear seat belts anyway, and that may damage the belts or use them as weapons to hurt other children.

A new Research council report on school bus safety suggest that there are alternate safety devices and procedures that may be more effective and less expensive. For example, the study committee suggested that raising seat backs four inches may have the same safety effectiveness as seat belts.

The report sponsored by the Department of transportation at the request of Congress, re

views seat belts extensively while taking a broader look at safety in and around school buses.

11.The author concludes that the women candidates can’t win the competitive vote because .　　　

A. women is more suitable for the dancing and cooking job

B. women candidates can’t get the support of their folks

C. women prejudice still exists in today’s society

D. women are not capable enough to be a chieftain