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2007 年阅读理解真题

In your car you may have a cell phone, a telephone also known as a

mobile phone that you can carry around and use anywhere. On your way, you

may feel coordinated and enjoy your hands-free phone talking while driving.

But recent studies suggest that it isn't the dialing or the arm waving that

makes driving while talking on a cell phone dangerous. It is the yakking

itself---or more precisely, the continuous conversation with someone who isn't

present---that makes. David Strayer, a Utah psychologist says, "Your driving

performance while talking on a cell phone is weakened at levels comparable

to, or worse than, driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08," which is the legal

limit in most states of America.

Using a driving-training simulator, Strayer and his colleagues compared

the attention levels and response time of 110 drivers in various situations. In

dense traffic, cell phone users were about 20 percent slower to respond to

sudden hazards than other drivers, and they were about twice as likely to

drive into the back of a braking car in front of them. "Cell phone drivers are

obtaining less than 50 percent of the visual information that non-cell drivers

are getting," says Strayer. "Looking and seeing are not one and the same."

By contrast, the researchers found that listening to the radio or conversing

with passengers is not as hazardous."When a dangerous situation arises, the

driver and passengers put their conversation on pause," Strayer says.

Whether talking with a passenger or someone on a cell phone, however,

people are less able to recall the details of a conversation carried on while

driving. "So it might not be good for your economic health to discuss

investment strategies with your agent while either of you is driving.' Strayer

adds lastly.

16. According to the recent studies, which of the following makes driving

dangerous?

[A] A cell phone dialing by the driver.

[BI The driver's endless arm waving.

[C] The driver's continuous cell phone talking.

[D] The absence of another phone speaker.

17. Which of the following does Strayer want to stress most?

IA] The driving performance may be weakened by a Cell phone talking.

[BI The driving performance may be affected by a high blood alcohol level.

[C] Drivers are not to drive over the cell phone or after drinking.

[D] A cell phone talking is no less hazardous than alcohol in driving.

18. The experiment shows all the following EXCEPT that

[A] the cell phone drivers get less than half of the visual information

[BI the cell phone drivers are twice as likely to hit the front cars

[C] the cell phone drivers' response to sudden dangers is slower

[D] the 110 drivers were reluctant to take part in the experiments

19. Strayer discourages drivers from talking about business on cell phones

while driving because

[Al they tend to forget the details of a conversation

[B] both the driver and his agent happen to be driving

IC] it might not be good for the driver's memory

[D the other passengers would overhear the conversation

20. It can be inferred that the author's attitude toward cell phone yakking is

IAI approving lB] disapproving IC] encouraging ID] indifferent

It's no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his

day-to-day in- volvement with Microsoft, and use his full attention to oversee

how the Bill Gates Foundation spends its $ 16 billion on philanthropy, or

charity. But Gates is not the first one to follow the path. Ever since the

industrial revolution, wealthy self-made businessmen and businesswomen

have felt a calling to create a legacy that goes beyond a profit and loss sheet.

The saying "He who dies rich, dies disgraced.' runs deeply through the

business community.

But out of all the great philanthropists, Mr. Gate's career path appears to

be closest to the oil millionaire John Rockefeller. Both were self-made men

and both became the richest men on the planet. Rockefeller was in his late

fifties when he turned his attention full time to philanthropy--creating vast

charitable foundations to promote health and education. Now Gates says he

will do the same in his early fifties. "With great wealth comes great

responsibility.' He adds.

Like Gates, many philanthropists do not want to pass on too much wealth

to their children. They want them to be comfortable, with a nice house and

some money in trust for their grandchildren. But they don't want to leave them

millions because they know how important it is for them to make their own

way. In Britain, for instance, the newspaper rich ilsts are increasingly

dominated by self-made millionaires, rather than inherited wealth. New money

is less likely to be tied up in assets, making it ripe for philanthropy.

The appearance of the welfare state also had a great impact on attitudes

to philanthropy.The state was saying it would take over much of the role of

what was once regarded as the responsibility of private philanthropists.

21. Bill Gates has done all the following EXCEPT

[Al abandoning his career with Microsoft's daily business

[B] devoting the rest of his life to philanthropic causes

[C] leaving his children enough money for a comfortable life

ID] defying John Rockefeller in creating charitable foundations

22. The saying "He who dies rich, dies disgraced." properly means that

IA] the wealthy people should give away their fortunes after death

lB] the wealthy people should feel ashamed for-their assets

[C] the wealthy people should abandon their careers for charities

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