On a November morning in New York, Alan Pakula climbed into his Volvo and began the l00-mile drive from Manhattan to his Long Island house. The well-known movie director (Sophie's Choice, All the President’s Men) had made the mp countless tunes without incident.

       As the 70-year-old Pakula neared Exit 49 on the Long Island Expressway just before noon, a vehicle ahead of him drove over a seven-foot steel bar on the road, kicking it into the air. Within seconds, the bar shot through Pakula's car, smashing into his-forehead and killing him almost instantly. Authorities never determined where the bar came from.

       News reports called it a "freak" accident, which puts it in the same kind as other tragedies to make headlines in recent years, a 22-year-old New Jersey woman was left with broken bones after mining sharply to avoid a deer; a 24-year-old Washington woman needed major reconstructive surgery after a wall unit fell off a truck and smashed into her face; a young couple were killed by a falling tree that crushed their SUV on a suburban New York parkway.

       Though the details of each are unique, these accidents share a common, unsettling theme: the way bidden dangers on, in, and around our roads claim innocent lives.

       It is estimated that there are at least 1.6 million car accidents a year involving trees, animals and vehicle debris (碎片). A Reader's Digest analysis of government data found that in 2007, such crashes caused over 800 deaths. Even scarier: These accidents are increasing. From 2002 to 2007, deaths tied to vehicle debris jumped 43 percent, from 298 a year to 427．Animal-car deaths rose 38 percent, from 152 to 210.

       That's just part of the story. With unexpected crashes just a part of the 6.3 million accidents, 2.9 million injuries and 42, 600 road deaths, they get limited notice compared to drunk driving. That means the root causes go ignored on the documents of the government.

1．Alan Pakula was killed due to _________.

      A．his old age                                     B．a metal debris           

       C．his broken Volvo                             D．careless driving

2．A "freak" accident usually refers to _________.

      A．the headline of a tragedy                B．the action to avoid wild animals

      C．a reconstructive surgery                 D．an unusual and unexpected event

3．We can infer from the text that drunk driving ________.

      A．leads to at least 1.6 million car accidents a year

      B．is the leading concern over road accidents

      C．gets limited notice by the state government

      D．is a worldwide problem never to be solved

4．The purpose of the author is __________.

       A．to explain the Cause to Alan Pakula's death

      B．to identify what the freak road accidents are

      C．to inform the public of some dangerous roads

      D．to call the government's attention to freak accidents

I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from  36_  and danger of a big city, and where teenagers like me _37_ leaving to find something bigger and better.

All that  38 _ one summer night. My friend Lisa, Kim and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. As they kept  _39_ alcohol to me, I was pretty drunk. I asked Tyler to take me home. With some 40 _ , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. Kim, my friend   41__ we were five years old, was killed in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Kim, who was _42__ more drunk than me, got into her car and  43_  towards the highway to go home, She was driving on the wrong side of the road and never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see her  _44_ to avoid the car. They hit head on. Kim died immediately, and the driver was thrown  45_ the truck windshield(挡风玻璃)and died a week later.

Whenever I  46_ back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my  47 to drink so much that night, otherwise things would be different. I know Kim  48_ the choice to drink and drive that night , but a part of me will always feel  49 _for what happened.

I may not change the  50_ with my story, but I do hope that I can make people 51 the responsibility that they have to themselves and others by  52 it. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours  __53 .Every choice is like a stone dropped into  54  water-each ripple(波纹)represents someone who your choice  55 . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?

1.                A．death          B．fashion         C．crime    D．challenge

 

2.                A．succeeded in    B．dreamed of      C．applied for    D．approved of

 

3.                A．happened       B．continued       C．changed  D．remained

 

4.                A．sending        B．delivering       C．taking    D．handing

 

5.                A．pleasure        B．difficulty        C．hope D．method

 

6.                A．before         B．until           C．when D．since

 

7.                A．constantly       B．frequently       C．clearly   D．equally

 

8.                A．headed         B．walked         C．pushed   D．fled

 

9.                A．in trouble       B．in time         C．in danger D．in place

 

10.               A．above          B．below          C．into  D．through

 

11.               A．turn           B．hold           C．right  D．get

 

12.               A．desire         B．fault           C．right  D．chance

 

13.               A．faced          B．avoided        C．regretted  D．made

 

14.               A．responsible     B．disappointed    C．embarrassed   D．sensitive

 

15.               A．town          B．party          C．world D．environment

 

16.               A．explain         B．escape         C．limit  D．realize

 

17.               A．remembering    B．sharing         C．declaring  D．stopping

 

18.               A．alone          B．finally          C．apart D．perhaps

 

19.A clean          B. deep            C. still           D. fresh

20.               A．affects         B．inspires        C．attracts    D．benefits