Question

Every day 25 million U.S. children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; but nevertheless, about 10 children are killed each year riding on large school buses, and nearly four times that number are killed outside buses in the loading zones. By and large, however, the nation’s school children are transported to and from school safety.

Even though the number of school bus accidents is not large, the safety of children is always of intense public concern. While everyone wants to see children transported safely, people are divided about what needs to be done-particularly whether seat belts should be compulsory.

People in favour of seat belts on school buses-many of them parents and medical organizations-argue that seat belts are necessary not only to reduce fatality and injury, but also to teach children lessons about the importance of using them routinely in any moving vehicle. A side benefit, they point out, is that seat belts help keep children in their seats, away from the bus driver.

People who object to seat belt installation suggest that children are already well protected by the school buses that follow the Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) safety requirements set in 1977. They also believe that many children won’t wear seat belts anyway, and that may damage the belts or use them as weapons to hurt other children.

A new Research council report on school bus safety suggest that there are alternate safety devices and procedures that may be more effective and less expensive. For example, the study committee suggested that raising seat backs four inches may have the same safety effectiveness as seat belts.

  The report sponsored by the Department of transportation at the request of Congress, re

views seat belts extensively while taking a broader look at safety in and around school buses.

According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control of the school buses “safety”?

A.A new Research Council.           B.The Department of Transportation.

C.The Medical Organization.         D.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

It may be inferred from this passage that .       .

A.many of the opponents(反對者) of seat belt installation are parents and officials of the Department of Transportation

B.proposals of seat belts on school buses would be seriously considered

C.an alternate safety device (raising seat backs four inches) may be taken into consideration

D.The Department of Transportation may either take the idea of seat belts or other measures when it reviews the whole situation

The title below which best expresses the idea of the passage is“”.

A.Making School Buses Even Safer for Children     B.Seat Belts Needed on School Buses

C.Alternate Safety Devices and Procedures         D.Safety in and around School Buses

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】B

【小題3】A

解析:

【小題1】 此題是問誰最有權(quán)控制學(xué)校班車的安全。文章第四段講道:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration在1977年制定的安全措施很好地保護(hù)了校車中孩子們的安全。據(jù)此可以推知，該機(jī)構(gòu)有權(quán)就校車安全問題制定相關(guān)規(guī)定，它是最有權(quán)威的，所以答案應(yīng)該是D。A屬非官方，B指交通部，但文中只指出它能“review”，并未指出或暗示它能“控制”；C不屬于交通方面，故不對。

【小題2】 文章最后一段講到，在國會的要求下，交通部發(fā)起的這份調(diào)查報告要求詳盡地考察座位安全帶問題，同時要廣泛調(diào)查校車：內(nèi)部以及周圍的安全環(huán)境。因此選擇B。但是文章并未說明交通部要采取什么措施，所以D不確切。第三段說，家長是使用安全帶的支持者，所以A不對。第五段只指出有一種替代方法，但并未指出它會被考慮執(zhí)行。所以C不對。

【小題3】 通篇文章講的是學(xué)生乘坐校車的安全問題。許多人贊成并要求采取更安全的措施。所以答案應(yīng)該選A。C較具干擾性，它雖然也涉及到bus safety，但不是作者所要表達(dá)的最直接的愿望，而且文章也并未就具體的措施做出定奪。B太片面，因為文章不只討論了安全帶問題。D的說法太泛太空，不具體。