中考人教英语重点单词回扣+阅读及答案：八上7--8.docVIP

中考人教英语重点单词回扣+阅读及答案：八上7--8

人教英语重点单词回扣+阅读及答案：八上7--8

一、阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

LastyearintheUKatleast45peoplediedand900morewereinjuredincaraccidentswheredriverswereusingtheirmobilephones.Yetmanypeoplecontinuetousethemwhiledrivingeventhoughit’sdangerous.

Researchhasshownthatitisdifficulttoconcentrateondrivingandtalkingatthesametime.Itcanevenbemoredangerousthandrivingafterdrinkingtoomuch.Arecentstudyfoundthatwhendriversweretalkingontheirmobilephones,theirstoppingtimeswere30percentslowerthanwhentheyhaddrunktoomuch----andnearly50percentslowerthanwhentheyweredrivingnormally.Italsofoundthatdriverstalkingonmobilephoneswerelessabletocontroltheircarsthandrunkdrivers.

Andtalkingisn’teventhemostseriousproblem.Textingis.Unbelievably,anotherrecentstudyreportedthat22%ofadultsadmittedtheyhadsentatextmessagewhiledrivingatleastonceinthepastmonth.Anaveragetextmessagetakes90secondstowriteandsend.Thatmeansforoneandahalfminutesadriverislookingattheirphone’sscreenandnotattheroad.ThearrivalofnewsmartphonessuchastheiPhonewillonlymakemattersworseastheywillallowuserstodomorethingsthaneverbefore.

Usingamobilephonewhiledrivingputsothers’livesatrisk.Nomatterhowwellwedrive,ifanotherdriverisnotbeingprofessionalorcareful,weareputindangerbytheiractions.Suchdriversareselfish,careless,andshouldhavetheirdrivinglicenses(驾照)cancelled.

Thereisnodoubtthatmobilephonescanbefunandareextremelyuseful,especiallywhenyou’reintrouble.Butthereisnoneedtousethemwhiledriving.Justwaituntilyoustoporyouwillprobablygetintotroubleofyourown.

1.Theunderlinedword“them”inparagraph1refersto.

A.phoneusersB.mobilephonesC.driversD.cars

2.Accordingtothepass