Patricia Blues, 29, has a new aim in life: to keep drivers' hands on their steering wheels and off their cell phones. On November 2, 2007, Blues lived through a horrible experience. A motorist dialing a cell phone drove through a stop sign at 45 miles per hour and run into the side of Blues' car. Blues' 2-year-old daughter was killed immediately in the crash.
Blues has since dedicated her time to pushing for laws that would prevent this type of tragedy from happening again.
Cell phones are not the only distractions (分神) that cause accidents. Eating, changing CD, reading maps, talking to passengers, and just reaching for an object on the floor can be dangerous. Therefore, the emphasis should be on educating drivers to avoid all distractions. However, talking on cell phones might be easier to regulate than eating or changing music. At least 34 states have already passed laws to restrict cell phone use in moving cars. No state has banned it yet, but several U. S. cities have. Worldwide, 13 nations, including Australia, England, Germany, Japan and China have banned drivers' use of cell phones in moving cars.
To date, no scientific evidence has been published showing that talking on the phone affects driving safety. But according to a test by some high school students, "driving while on the phone does affect safety and probably shouldn't be done".
64. What happened to Patricia Blues last November? ________.
A. She was seriously injured in a car crash  
B. She lost her daughter in a road accident
C. She broke the traffic rules at a bus stop  
D. Her vehicle was destroyed by a motorbike
65. The tragedy was caused by ________.
A. Blues' lack of driving experience   
B. the motorist’s failure of seeing the stop sign
C. Blues' poor car conditions         
D. the motorist's absence of mind while driving
66. Patricia Blues' new goal of life is to persuade the government ________.
A. to prohibit the carrying of cell phones in cars  
B. to educate drivers to avoid all distractions
C. to ban talking on the phone while driving  
D. to study, harmful results of using cell phones
67. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? ________.
A. Using cell phone while driving is easier to be controlled by law than other distractions
B. It is more important to make laws than educate drivers to be aware of driving safety
C. Driving while on the phone is firmly against only by some students from high school
D. It is extremely urgent for the cities with a large population to restrict using cell phones   
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Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Billions of people across the world use cell phones. Though cell phones can be wonderful, liberating tools of   50  , freeing us from the confines (界限) of an office and providing more leisure time, they often do the exact   51  . Cell phone use has   52   the line between work and non-work time, increasing stress and tension within families and between friends. As Eric Slate, author of Technoslave commented in his essay: "It seems the more '  53  ' we are, the more detached (不相連的) we become."
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Instead of   63   me from the world, getting rid of my cell phone has helped me become more in touch with my community. I am no longer a   64   of my cell phone.
50. A. information                B. communication         C. learning                   D. exchange
51. A. opposite                     B. same                        C. wrong                      D. right
52. A. misused                            B. limited                     C. troubled                  D. confused
53. A. affected                            B. separated                  C. connected                 D. satisfied
54. A. exhausted                  B. disappointed             C. lost                          D. attracted
55. A. inaccessible             B. unexpected               C. familiar                    D. similar
56. A. attention                   B. destination                C. direction                  D. action
57. A. eager                         B. likely                       C. willing                     D. interested
58. A. made use of               B. hung up                   C. got rid of                 D. got hold of
59. A. Therefore                   B. However                  C. Besides                    D. Instead
60. A. once                          B. often                        C. never                       D. ever
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Peter Smith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack. He screamed. The tiger lifted its head and roared(吼叫) at him. Peter ran.
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A One person.       B. Two persons.       C. Three persons.      D. Four persons.
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A．a(chǎn)nother world record was broken by a Frenchman
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D．Alain Robert was praised for his great success
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C．stayed somewhere for a short rest
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請閱讀以下學(xué)生的信息，然后匹配學(xué)生和他\她要參加的講座。
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