2016年贵州省统招专升本统一英语试卷(七)

　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:

　　While drunken driving may be decreasing, traffic safety experts remain troubled

　　how to cope with another alcohol-related problem; drunken pedestrian(行人). Studies .

　　have shown that pedestrians injured and killed by are often extremely drunk.

　　Some types of pedestrian accidents have been decreasing in the U.S., especially

　　those involving children, but the number of drunken adult pedestrians killed in traffic

　　has remained relatively constant at 2,500 a year. The total number of pedestrians

　　killed annually in traffic accidents is at least 7,000 or one of every seven highway

　　deaths.

　　Studies bave revealed some of the causes, including a lack of adult supervision

　　(监督) for children, long delays in traffic signals that encourage jaywalking (无视

　　交通规则任意行走)，less attention paid to pedestrian accidents in the past, and few

　　methods to regulate walking habits. However, the most challenging problem,

　　according to some experts, is alcohol-related, Although pulled, researchers are

　　making great efforts to find ways against the drunken pedestrian accidents.

　　51. Which often following would be the best title for the passage?_

　　A. Causes for Trafic Accidents.

　　B. Drunken Pedestrian Accidents ;

　　C. Severe Highway Safety Problems

　　D. consequences of Drunken Driving

　　52. The annual number of highway deaths is about

　　A.49,000

　　B.7,000

　　C.2,000

　　D.1,000

　　53. Among the causes for walker 's accidents, the most challenging is .

　　A. Long delays in traffic signals.

　　B. drunken Pedestrians

　　C. Lack of adult supervision for children

　　D. few methods to regulate walking habits

　　54. What can be infered from the passage?

　　A. Drunken driving is getting more serious.

　　B. Pedestrian accidents involving children are on the rise.

　　C. Effective measures have been taken to regulate walking habits.

　　D. Long delays in traffic signals may encourage walkers to break taffil

　　regulations