Question

Next week California will try to take cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from millionaires to workers that conversations behind the wheel must be on an earphone.

Californians interviewed by Reuters mostly supported the law requiring hands-free phones in cars and banning cell phones entirely for drivers under 18, which will take effect on Tuesday, though they were puzzled by a loophole(漏洞) that allows seemingly more dangerous text messaging. Some were doubtful about lawmakers, who they blamed for failing to build more freeways or public transportation in the face of increasingly crowded roads in the nations most populous state and said hands-free conversations were not safer.

KFI-AM radio talk-show host John Kobylt told Reuters. “It's stupid because we’ve one over about seven different studies and each one of them says it s the conversation that distracts you, not holding the phone.”

State Senator Joe Simitian, who introduced the bill, said keeping both hands on the wheel was always safer. He expected his law to save hundreds of lives. The Democratic lawmaker was considering introducing a new law to ban text messaging in the car. which he said wasn’t an issue when he began working on the first one in 2001.

Connecticut, New Jersey and New York have already banned drivers from talking on hand-held cell phones. In New Jersey, police have issued 35.000 tickets for using a hand-held phone or texting while driving since the law went into effect on March 1.

But Californians interviewed by Reuters expressed ambivalence."On the one hand I don’t want to see people crash into each other, but I'm not going to get an ear thing.” 38-year-old bank employee Jason Fischer said in Los Angeles.

1.We can infer from Paragraph 2 that______.

A. most Californians hate to use an earphone while making a call in the car

B. public transportation in California isn’t developed enough

C. in New Jersey few people use a hand-held phone

D. most of Californians are probably against the new law

2.According to John Kobylt，_________.

A. all the lawmakers are stupid

B. holding the phone is safer than using an earphone

C. it isn’t dangerous to make a phone call while drivin

D. it is the phone conversation while driving that is really dangerous

3.What will State Senator Joe Simitian probably do in the future

A. He will sup suggest a law to forbid text messaging while riving

B. He will conduct a new survey among Californians

C. He will suggest building more roads in California

D. He will suggest a law to completely ban cell phones while driving.

4.The underlined word "ambivalence" in the last paragraph probably refers to______.

A. a positive attitude    B. a negative attitude

C. a confused feeling    D. an excited feeling

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本文是一简新闻报道。加利福尼亚州提出一项新法规：开车时通话只能用耳机，对此民众反应不一。反对者认为，这项法规有漏洞，且戴耳机通话并不能从根本上避免车祸。

1.推理判断题。由第二段第二句中… failing to build more freeways or public transportation in the face of increasingly crowded roads…这一信息可推知，加利福尼亚州的公共交通还不够发达。故选B。

2.细节理解题。由第三段John Kobylt的话可知，他认为真正危险的行为是开车时与人交谈，而不是手持手机通话，故选D 项。

3.推理判断题。由第四段最后一句可以推知，他有可能会提议一项新法规：禁止开车时发短信。故选A。

4.词义猜测题。根据下文可知，一方面不希望看到交通事故的发生，另一方面又不愿意戴耳机。 由此可推断，画线词表示一种复杂的、矛盾的心情。故选C。