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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. |
1. 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. |
2. What is FHWA's suggestion to states? |
A. Fixing more traffic lights B. Providing more crosswalks C. Giving pedestrians more time to cross streets D. Drivers don't give way |
3. What’s the cause of the crosswalk safety problem according to the text? |
A. There’re many cars and buses on the road. B. Pedestrians are careless. C. Crosswalks are more crowded than before. D. Drivers don’t give way. |
4. The report from NHTSA suggests that _____. |
A. fewer people were injured in crosswalks B. crosswalk safety has been greatly improved C. much has been done to reduce traffic accidents D. pedestrian deaths in crosswalks remain a serious problem |
A、deprived
B、survived
C、derived
D、revived
A、Stocks
B、Market indexes
C、Commodities
D、Currencies
E、Interest rates
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Accompanying India's industrial transformation has been another revolution of profound significance. A property-owning middle class is not only fuelling a surge of consumption but also developing a keen desire to protect its property. Many want better governance and a legal system that protects them. And all but the very richest complain bitterly about a government that, despite strong and growing revenues, has presided over the collapse of affordable health care and education.
Farmers want change too. The past few years have seen an upsurge of peasant protests, many of them about the rapid encroachment(侵蚀) of cities into rural land. Many millions of farmers have been pushed off their fields with little, if any, compensation, and anger is growing. India needs another ownership revolution, this time in the countryside.
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has set his sights high. Abroad, he wants to convince the world that India's rise poses no threat to other countries. At home, he hopes to create a harmonious society. The Congress meeting late next year will be an important opportunity for him to indicate how the government can give the public a greater say in ad dressing these growing social problems. And it will be a chance to show the world that against the background of India's remarkable economic change the government is changing too.
Political reform. matters. Without it, it is hard to imagine how India could make a stable transition to democracy and an unstable India is more likely to pose a threat to the outside world.
The Bush administration is trying to persuade India that a rising India and a strong America could not only co exist but thrive together. Reassuringly, at least in its relations with America, India for now seems to be guided more by pragmatism(实用主义) than by competition. And just as reassuringly, America is encouraging it in this.
Barring a sharp slowdown in the global economy or some huge crisis at home, India is likely to maintain strong growth for the remainder of this decade. This gives its leaders more leeway(回旋余地) to sort out its banking system, deal with the land-ownership problem, fix health care and education (which will involve big changes in the country's financial system) and set up a credible social-security safety net. If it fails to do so in the next few years, it will store up potential crises for the decade beyond, when India's working-age population will begin to decline and a rapidly aging society will loom closer.
With the reform. in industry, Indian government is ______.
A.demanded by many people to improve the legal system
B.praised by many people for bringing steady growth to the national income
C.criticized by all the people for building an unsuccessful health care system
D.complained by all the people of not providing enough money for the education
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