Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.

Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent strips, called chevrons（人字形标志）, painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

Now the American Automobile Association Foundations For Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

Excessive（过分） speed plays a major role in as much as one fifty of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards(危险) are the greatest-curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.

Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane（车道） appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction of highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

1.The passage mainly discusses________.

A．a new way of highway speed control

B．a new pattern for painting highway

C．a new way of training drivers

D．a new type of optical illusion

2.On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that________.

A．they should avoid speed-related hazards

B．they are driving in the wrong lane

C．they should slow down their speed

D．they are coming near to the speed limit

3.According to the foundation,____can cause serious traffic accident

A． the straight, horizontal bars

B．greatest curves

C．exit slops , traffic circles, bridges

D． Over-speed driving

4.The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former______.

A．can keep drivers awake

B．can cut road accidents in half

C．will look more attractive

D．will have a longer effect on drivers

5.The Americans automobile association foundation for traffic safety plans to____.

A．try out the Japanese method in certain areas

B．change the road signs across the country

C．replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons

D．repeat the Japanese road patterns

 

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　　Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes(撞毁).

　　Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 recent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons (人字形) , painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

　　Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D. C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year , the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

　　Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal (致命) traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will carry out its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (危险) are the greatest-curves(弯), exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

　　Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars(水平障碍物) painted across roads can initially (最初) cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted hares.

　　Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are, but also make a lane(车道) appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

1．The passage mainly discusses ________ .

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A．a new way of highway speed control

B．a new pattern for painting highways

C．a new way to training drivers

D．a new type of optical illusion

2．On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that ________ .

[　　]

A．they should avoid speed-related hazards

B．they are driving in the wrong lane

C．they should slow down their speed

D．they are approaching coming near the speed limit

3．The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former ________ .

[　　]

A．can keep drivers awake

B．can cut road accidents in half

C．will have a longer effect on drivers

D．will look more attractive

4．The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ________ .

[　　]

A．try out the Japanese method in certain areas

B．change the road signs across the country

C．replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons

D．repeat the Japanese road patterns

5．What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?

[　　]

A．They are falling out of use in the United States.

B．They tend to be ignored(忽视) by drivers in a short period of time.

C．They are used only on broad roads.

D．They cannot be used successfully to traffic circles.