Question

If you haven’t heard or seen anything about Road Rage in the last few months, you’ve probably been avoiding the media. There have been countless stories about this new and scary phenomenon, considered a type of aggressive driving. You have most likely encountered aggressive driving or Road Rage recently if you drive at all.

While drunk driving remains a critical problem, the facts about aggressive driving are surely as disturbing. For instance, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association, 41,907 people died on the highway last year. Of those deaths, the agency estimates that about two-thirds were caused at least in part by aggressive driving behavior.

Why is this phenomenon occurring more than ever now, and why is it something that seemed almost nonexistent a few short years ago? Experts have several theories, and all are probably partially correct. One suggestion is extreme overcrowding. In the last decade, the number of cars on the roads has increased by more than 11 percent, and the number of miles driven has increased by 35 percent. However, the number of new road miles has only increased by 1 percent. That means more cars in the same amount of space; and the problem is severe in urban areas. Also, people have less time and more things to do. With people working and trying to fit extra chores and activities into the day, stress levels have never been higher. Stress creates anxiety, which leads to short tempers. These factors, when combined in certain situations, can spell Road Rage.

 You may think you are the last person who would drive aggressively , but you might be surprised .For instance , have you ever yelled out loud at a slower driver ,sounded the horn long and hard an another car , or sped up to keep another driver from passing ?If you recognize yourself in any of these situations , watch out !.

Whether you are getting angry at other drivers, or another driver is visibly upset with you, there are things you can do to avoid any major conflict. If you are easily influenced by Road Rage, the key is to release your emotion in a healthy way. If you are the target of another driver’s rage, do everything possible to get away from the other driver safely, including avoiding eye contact and getting out of their way.

1. The first sentence in Para. 1 implies that ______. 

A. Road Rage has received much media coverage in the last few months

B. the media created the term “Road Rage” only a few months ago

C. one may be angered by media reports and wants to avoid them

D. people not interested in the media know little about recent happenings

2.The underlined word “spell” in Para. 3 means ________.

A. relieve              B. cause             C. spread              D. prevent

3.Which of the following characterizes aggressive driving?

A. Talking while driving.               B. Driving at high speed.

C. Shouting at another driver.           D. Sounding the horn when passing

4.The last paragraph is intended to _________.

A. tell people how to deal with Road Rage

B. inform people how aggressive drivers could be

C. show people how to control themselves when angry

D. warn people against eye contact with another driver

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：隨著交通擁堵問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重，人們壓力的增大，“路怒癥”越來(lái)越普遍了，幾乎成了和酒駕一樣讓人惱火的問(wèn)題。那么為什么有這種暴怒行為的發(fā)生呢？你有沒(méi)有這樣的傾向呢？遇到這樣的情況怎么去應(yīng)對(duì)呢？作者在文中就此現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行了詳細(xì)的論述。

1.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)下文的講述可知，路怒癥的行為變得司空見慣。所以由語(yǔ)境推測(cè)此句話表達(dá)的意思應(yīng)該是媒體對(duì)這種行為報(bào)道的非常多，所以A選項(xiàng)正確。

2.B詞意猜測(cè)題。文章第三段開頭提出問(wèn)題：為什么會(huì)有這種道路暴怒情況的發(fā)生，然后分析幾種情況，最后做出總結(jié)，與本段首句相呼應(yīng)，由此判斷spell是“造成，引起”的意思，所以答案選B。

3.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段內(nèi)容可知沖著開車慢的司機(jī)大嚷大叫、在車后使勁按喇叭等等都是路怒癥的表現(xiàn)，所以C為正確選項(xiàng)。

4.A推理判斷題。在文章末段開頭作者提出there are things you can do to avoid any major conflict，.然后介紹了幾種具體做法，由此判斷作者想在本段告訴我們的是人們?nèi)绾螒?yīng)對(duì)路怒癥。故答案選A。

考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。