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2017年二級公共英語考試短文理解練習(xí)題
閱讀下列短文,回答{TSE}題目.
Driving cars, trucks and motorcycles is an important part of our lives. We do it every day to get to work, to school or to friends' houses.
Driving can be very convenient, but can also cause many problems. Waiting in line at a red light, a driver may get impatient and decide just to drive right through it. If another car is coming from the other direction, there might be a terrible accident. Cutting another car off can make its driver angry, so that driver cuts off someone else. Pretty soon everybody is angry, and impatient.Traffic accidents decline millions of lives every year worldwide. In Taiwan alone, over seven people are killed in accidents every day. The annual death rate from traffic accidents in Taiwan is twice that of Japan.
To allow traffic to move smoothly and safely, everybody must follow the rules. Before you drive, learn all the traffic laws. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun !
{TS} The underlined word "convenient" in the passage means_______
A.handy, easy to do
B.that can be changed
C. fond of drinking and merry-making
D.carriages or other trucks
參考答案：A
參考解析： 參考譯文
開小汽車、卡車以及摩托車是我們生活的一個(gè)重要部分。我們每天都要開車去工作、上學(xué)或者拜訪朋友。
開車的確很方便，但是開車也容易引起很多問題。等紅燈等得不耐煩了，司機(jī)可能會變得沒有耐性而直接闖紅燈。如果碰巧有另一輛車從對面駛來，則可能會釀成交通事故。從其他司機(jī)面前橫穿過去會讓對方惱火導(dǎo)致對方也這樣做。結(jié)果所有人都很不耐煩地這樣做。
全世界每年死于車禍的人數(shù)以百萬計(jì)。僅臺灣，每天死于車禍的人就不少于7人。臺灣年交通事故死亡率是日本的兩倍。要讓交通平安順暢運(yùn)行.每個(gè)人都要遵守交通規(guī)則。開車之前.要學(xué)會所有的交通規(guī)則。只有遵守交通規(guī)則的駕駛才是安全、方便甚至有趣的!
答案及解析
A【解析】詞語釋義題。題干的意思是“本段中convenient是什么意思”，A選項(xiàng)意釋為“方便，很容易做”;B選項(xiàng)意為“容易改變的”;C選項(xiàng)意為“喜歡飲酒作樂”;D選項(xiàng)意為“馬車或者其他貨車”。根據(jù)意思可知，正確答案為A。
The sentence "Traffic accidents decline millions of lives" means_______
A.Traffic accidents make some people become millionaires
B.Many people die from traffic accidents
C.Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents
D.Millions of people re, main healthy after traffic accidents
參考答案：B
參考解析：B【解析】詞語釋義題。題干的意思是“原句‘Traffic accidents de—cline millions of lives’是什么意思”A選項(xiàng)意為“交通事故使一些人成為百萬富翁”，8選項(xiàng)意為“許多人死于交通事故”，C選項(xiàng)意為“數(shù)以百萬計(jì)的人說他們遭受過交通事故”，D選項(xiàng)意為“數(shù)以百萬計(jì)的人交通事故后仍然健康”。根據(jù)全文大意是講交通事故的危害，故選B。
單選修改
Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A.Traffic Safety
B.Be Careful
C.How to Drive a Car
D.A Traffic Accident
參考答案：A
參考解析：A【解析】主旨大意題。題干的意思是“本篇文章的最佳題目是?”根據(jù)全文大意，應(yīng)該選交通安全，其他均不符合文意。故選A。
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