Whiledrunkendrivingmaybeonthedeclinetrafficsafetyexpertsremainpuzzledoverhowtodealwithanotheralcoholrelateddanger：drunkenpedestrians.Pedestriansstruckandkilledbycarsoftenareextremelydrunk.Infacttheyaredrunke

Question

  While drunken driving may be on the decline traffic safety experts remain puzzled over how to deal with another alcoholrelated danger：drunken pedestrians.

  Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact they are drunken more frequently―and with higher bloodalcohol levels―than drunken drivers who are killed in accidents various studies have shown. Forty percent of adult pedestrians involved in fatal crashes have a bloodalcohol level of at least 0. 10―which by law in most states signifies intoxication (醉酒) 一compared to only 25 percent of drivers in deadly accidents according to recent federal data.

  Some types of pedestrian accidents have been declining nationally especially those involving children but the number of adult pedestrians who are drunk when killed in traffic has remained relatively steady at 2        500 a year. The total number of pedestrians killed annually in US traffic accidents is at least 7 000 or one of every seven highway accidents resulting in death.

  "We're dealing here we think with a very severe drinking problem that leads to a severe highway safety problem”，said Richard Blomberg president of Dunlap and Associates Inc.，in Norwalk Coon.

  Blomberg whose consulting company found a very high rate of alcohol involvement in a controlled study of pedestrian accidents in New Orleans was among several researchers who spoke on the topic at the annual meeting of the Research Council's Transportation Research Board (TRE) in Washington in January.

  Pedestrian accidents have not received enough attention in the past according to Kay Colpitts who chairs the board's committee on pedestrians. Few methods exist to monitor walking habits she said and researchers have been puzzled about how to prevent disasters.

(   ) 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Traffic Safety.

   B. Drunken Drivers.

   C. Drunken Pedestrian Accidents.

   D. A Severe Highway Safety Problem.

(   ) 6. Among the causes of walkers' accidents the most serious problem is         .

   A. long delays in traffic signals causing pedestrians to lose patience

 

   B. taking too much alcohol and then hanging along the roads

   C. a lack of adult keeping eyes on many children involved in accidents

   D. former drunken drivers whose licenses are not allowed to use for a time

(   ) 7. According to recent federal data drunken drivers with an over 0. 10 bloodalcohol level in deadly accidents         .

   A. are 15 percent less than drunken adult walkers

   B. are relatively steady at 2  500 a year

   C. are at least 7  000 in US traffic accidents

   D. make up oneseventh of highway accidents

(   ) 8. From the passage we know that Blomberg is         .

   A. a researcher

   B. a specialist in traffic safety

   C. a clerk of a consulting company

   D. a government official

Answer 1

5. C本文主要讲述醉酒行人出交通事故的问题，所以答案为C。

A为交通安全，虽然文章有所涉及，但涉及面太广；B为喝醉的司机，文章虽提到，但是并非文章讲述对象;D为严重的公路安全问题，也犯了涉及面大的错误。

6. B文章第2段第1句说明醉酒是主要原因，故答案为 B.

7. A第2段中第3句提到在致命车祸中成年行人喝醉的占40% ，而司机酒醉的只有25% 40% -25% =15% ，与A的意思一致。

8. A此题可从文中第5段找到答案。每年1月，调查委员会在华盛顿召开交通研究会议，Blomberg是在会上发言的研究人员之一。他的咨询公司在新奥尔良地区行人事故的对比研究中发现，酒精肇事在行人交通事故中所占比例非常高。所以Blomberg是一位研究人员。