53. Which of the following is true according to the text?　

A. Among 100 pedestrian deaths there were 21 people younger than 70　

B. Old people are more likely to meet with accidents happened per hour.　

C. Traffic accidents killed more old people than young people　

D. About seven traffic accidents happened per hour.　

52. In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express　　　　　 .　

A. one must be brave to be honest　

B. it’s difficult to be honest when others are not　

C. one should be honest when making a deposit　

D. honesty in one’s actions can help him in the future　

答案　 49.B　 50.A　 51.D　 52.D　

Passage 9

(09·四川D篇)

Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot, especially seniors and children who need more time to cross streets.　

　 A pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident in the USA every 110 minutes; one is injured every nine minutes, according to official data. Crosswalks can be especially dangerous for the elderly. Among people 70 and older, 36% of pedestrian deaths in 2006 occurred in crosswalks, compared　 with 21% of those younger than 70, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.　

　 The Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) advise that next year states increase by nearly 15% the amount of　 time traffic lights provide for pedestrians to cross the street after the flashing orange hand appears.　

FHWA spokesman Doug Hecox says reasons for the change include an aging population that needs more time to cross, health-conscious Americans walking more, children encouraged to walk to prevent getting overweight and high gas prices pushing people to walk instead of drive.　

Pedestrian deaths went down by 12% from 5,449 in 1996 to 4,784 in 2006, Bur among those in 2006, 471 were killed in crosswalks, down slightly from 488 ten years earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) says.　

51. What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story?　

A. Honesty the author expect to show by Jeff’s story?　

B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one.　

C. Helping others cheat can do good to nobody.　

D. One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds.　

50. Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words?　

A. Be your true self rather than follow others.　

B. Don’t copy others or you can’t be the first class.　

C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.　

D. Don’t learn from others unless they’re excellent.　

49. The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the first paragraph means “　　　 ”　　　　

A. to be honest　

B. to be unreal　

C. to become clear　

D. to come from an imagined world　

70. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Our life is governed by the law of time

B. How to organize time is not worth debating.　

C. New ways of using time change our society.　

D. Our time schedule is decided by social customs

答案　 67.D　 68.C　 69.B　 70.A　

Passage 8

(09·四川C篇)

Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not.　 I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it.　 “Always be a first-class version(版本)of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else. ”　

Then there’s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you’ve ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you can’t do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that:　

In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off.　

At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that anymore, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me.　

It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit(储蓄) into your PBA and will build strength.　

69. According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they_____.　

A. need to acquire knowledge

B. have to obey their parents

C. need to find companions

D. have to observe the law

68. The author raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people____.　

A. fail to make full use of their time

B. enjoy working overtime for extra pay

C. are unaware of the law of time

D. welcome flexible working hours

67. By saying” Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be,” the writer means that __________.　

A. work time is equal to rest time

B. many people have a day off on Monday,　

C. it is hard for people to decide when to rest

D. the line between work time and rest time is unclear

66．What does Gerner think of the ideas of green schools?

A. They are questionable.　

B. They are out of date.　

C. They are advanced.　

D. They are practical.　

答案　 63.B　 64.D　 65.C　 66.A

Passage 7

(09·湖北E篇)

Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be, Places of business that used to keep daytime “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant (不相关的). A half century ago in the United states, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time, Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.　

The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does , It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer, in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits, or whether it should become more “flexible” is often debated, How should we , as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?

These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years-but unless we meet the truant officer (学监) , we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parents’ demand rather than to the law. As adults we are familiar with “extra pay for overtime working.”but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes(构成) “overtime” is a matter of legal definition. , When we turn the clock forward to start daylight-saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves; “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law-as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work , time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.