2017年PETS-4级阅读备考练习题

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More than 30,000 drivers and passengers who sit in the front of the vehicles are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor building. Wearing a seat belt saves lives:it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than a half.

Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you will be fined up to —— 50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver's responsibility, to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.

However, when you're reversing your car, you do not have to wear a seat belt; or when you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember that you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove that you have been excused from wearing it.

41. How many people in the front of the vehicles are killed or seriously injured every year?

A. 30,000.

B. 60,000.

C. Approximately 30,000.

D. Above 30,000.

42. Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle_________

A. reduces road accidents to more than a half

B. saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour

C. reduces the death rate in traffic accidents

D. saves more than 15,000 lives each year

43. It is the driver's responsibility to_________

A. make the front seat passengers wear a seat belt

B. make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt

C. stop children riding in the front seat

D. wear a seat belt each time he drives

44. According to the text, which of the following people riding in the front does NOT have to

wear a seat belt?

A. Someone who is backing into a parking space.

one who is picking up the children from the local school.

C. someone who is delivering invitation letters.

D. Someone who is under 14.

45. For some people, it may be better_________

A. to wear a seat belt for health reasons

to wear a seat belt for health reasons

C. to get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt

D. to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt

　参考译文

每年都有3万多名司机或坐在前排的乘客丧命或受重伤。在时速只有30英里时也相当于从一幢3层楼的建筑物上跌下。系安全带可以挽救生命：它可使丧生或受重伤的几率减少大半。

所以大多数交通工具中的司机和超过l4岁的前排乘客必须系安全带。如果你不系，你会被处以最高50英镑的罚款。司机没有确保你系安全带的责任。但是司机有责任确保14岁以下的'儿童在车辆前排就座时系上安全带之类的东西。

但当你倒车，或者开特殊车辆时，如在当地送货或做收集工作时，或者你有无须系安全带的有效医疗证明时，你无须系安全带。在决定不系安全带前要确定这些情况适用于你。记住你可能会因不系安全带而被送上法庭，并且如果你不能证明自己有不系安全带的理由你就会被罚款。

　　答案及解析

41.D【解析】more than=above“多于”;approximately=about “大约”。

42.C【解析】在车上系安全带：reduce your chance of death or serious by more than a half系安全带可以减少50%的死亡率或重伤几率。选项A：不是公路事故而是死亡率或重伤几率。选项8：以30公-里//b时开车时能挽救人的生命。与文章不符，本文是说30公里/小时以上必须系安全带。选项D：每年挽救15，000人的生命。

43.B【解析】从第二段最后一句话可知：But it will be the driver，s re—sponsibility to make sure that children under l4 do not ride in thefront unless they are wearing a seat belt of,some kind。

44.A【解析】第三段第一句话reversing your Car=backing into a parkingspace倒车。45.B【解析】之所以人们要使用医院证明，就是因为他们健康方面的原因，不能系安全带。