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Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words.)
In Britain, the old Road Traffic Act restricted speeds to 2 m.p.h. (miles per hour) in towns and 4 m.p.h. in the country. Later Parliament increased the speed limit to 14 m.p.h. But by 1903 the development of the car industry had made it necessary to raise the limit to 20 m.p.h. By 1930, however, the law was so widely ignored that speeding restrictions were done away with altogether. For five years motorists were free to drive at whatever speeds they likes. Then in 1935 the Road Traffic Act imposed a 30 m.p.h. speed limit in built-up areas, along with the introduction of driving tests and pedestrian crossing.
Speeding is now the most common motoring offence in Britain. Offences for speeding fall into three classes: exceeding the limit on a restricted road, exceeding on any road the limit for the vehicle you are driving, and exceeding the 70 m.p.h. limit on any road. A restricted road is one where the street lamps are 200 yards apart, or more.
The main controversy (爭論) surrounding speeding laws is the extent of their safety value. The Ministry of Transport maintains that speed limits reduce accidents. It claims that when the 30 m.p.h. limit was introduced in 1935 there was a fall of 15 percent in fatal accidents. Likewise, when the 40 m.p.h. speed limit was imposed on a number of roads in London in the late fifties, there was a 28 percent reduction in serious accidents. There were also fewer casualties (傷亡) in the year after the 70 m.p.h. motorway limit was imposed in 1966.
In America, however, it is thought that the reduced accident figures are due rather to the increase in traffic density. This is why it has even been suggested that the present speed limits should be done away with completely, or that a guide should be given to inexperienced drivers and the speed limits made advisory, as is done in parts of the USA.
Questions: (注意：答題盡量簡短，超過10個詞要扣分。每條橫線限寫一個英語單詞，標點符號不占格。)
71. During which period could British motorists drive without speed limits?
72. What measures were adopted in 1935 in addition to the speeding restrictions?
73. Speeding is a motoring offence a driver commits when he ________.
74. What is the opinion of British authorities concerning speeding laws?
75. What reason do Americans give for the reduction in traffic accidents?
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| considerable | [kən'sidərəbl] |
想一想再看 |
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| communicate | [kə'mju:nikeit] |
想一想再看 v. 交流，傳達，溝通 |
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| encourage | [in'kʌridʒ] |
想一想再看 vt. 鼓勵，促進，支持 |
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| obvious | ['ɔbviəs] |
想一想再看 adj. 明顯的，顯然的 |
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| imitation | [.imi'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 模仿，效法 |
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| genuine | ['dʒenjuin] |
想一想再看 adj. 真正的，真實的，真誠的 |
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| marvelous | ['mɑ:viləs] |
想一想再看 adj. 令人驚異的，了不起的，不平常的 |
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| identification | [ai.dentifi'keiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 身份的證明，視為同一，證明同一，確認 |
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| pedestrian | [pi'destriən] |
想一想再看 adj. 徒步的，缺乏想像的 |
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| property | ['prɔpəti] |
想一想再看 n. 財產，所有物，性質，地產，道具 |
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