2.The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented.Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others.So the massacre (大屠殺) on the road may be regarded as a(n) (51)A problem.
In fact,the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people,just ordinary people acting (52)C,you might say.But it is a (53)B both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one's actions could bring death or damage to others.A minority of the (54)D go even beyond carelessness to total irresponsibility.
Researchers have estimated that as many as 80percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to (歸因于) the (55)A condition of the driver.Emotional upsets can affect drivers'reactions,slow their judgment,and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be(56)B.The experts warn that it is (57)D for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one's emotions under control.
Yet drivers are not the only ones to blame for the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem.Street walkers (58)C break traffic regulations,they are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even (59)D that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.
Significant legal advances have been made towards safer driving in the past few years.Safety (60)B for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections.(61)C,speed limits have been lowered.Due to these
(62)A,the accident rate has decreased.But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave.The only real and lasting (63)B,say the experts,is to convince people that driving is a skilled task.It (64)A constant care and concentration.Those who fail to do all these things present a(n) (65)C to those with whom they share the road.
51.A.social | B.practical | C.emotional | D.legal |
52.A.strangely | B.fearlessly | C.carelessly | D.selfishly |
53.A.priority | B.principle | C.process | D.system |
54.A.survivors | B.victims | C.suspects | D.killers |
55.A.psychological | B.current | C.original | D.different |
56.A.impossible | B.evident | C.a(chǎn)voidable | D.serious |
57.A.a(chǎn)bstract | B.difficult | C.unusual | D.vital |
58.A.a(chǎn)ccidentally | B.consequently | C.regularly | D.rarely |
59.A.a(chǎn)ccuse | B.object | C.a(chǎn)cknowledge | D.believe |
60.A.records | B.standards | C.proposals | D.belts |
61.A.As a result | B.No wonder | C.In addition | D.On the other hand |
62.A.measures | B.rights | C.experts | D.warnings |
63.A.effect | B.solution | C.change | D.a(chǎn)chievement |
64.A.calls for | B.a(chǎn)ims at | C.takes on | D.turns to |
65.A.result | B.a(chǎn)rgument | C.threat | D.information. |