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1、高考英语考前分类强化（二）—科普类科普类文章也是高考选材的一个热点。高考题在科普知识的选材上非常注重当今世界人们在科技领域的新发现，事物本身具有新颖性因此而倍受高考命题者的青睐。命题趋势：此类文章主要考察考生对语篇的整体领悟和处理信息的能力。其取材密切联系当前经济和科技等方面的变化，有关数据的来源真实可靠，是必考材料之一。本节在命题方面既注重特定细节的准确理解，又注重推理判断题的考查。这一节选了八篇文章，进行专题训练，促进相关背景知识的学习，增强本题材文章的阅读语感，为将来考试的实战进行知识上的、素质上的和心
2、理上的准备。（答案见节最后）Passage1Arecentstudy,publishedinlastweek’sJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation,offersapictureofhowriskyitistogetaliftfromateenagedriver.Indeed,a16-year-olddriverwiththreeormorepassengersisthreetimesaslikelytohaveafatalaccidentasateenagerdriv
3、ingalone.Bycontrast,theriskofdeathfordriversbetween30and59decreaseswitheachadditionalpassenger.Theauthorsalsofoundthatthedeathratesforteenagedriversincreaseddramaticallyafter10p.m.,andespeciallyaftermidnight.Withpassengersinthecar,thedriverwasevenmorelikely
4、todieinalate-nightaccident.RobertFoss,ascientistattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaHighwaySafetyResearchCenter,saysthehigherdeathratesforteenagedrivershavelesstodowith“reallystupidbehavior”thanwithjustalackofdrivingexperience.“Thebasicissue,”hesays,“isthatadults
5、whoareresponsibleforissuinglicensesfailtorecognizehowcomplexandskilledataskdrivingis.”Bothheandtheauthorofthestudybelievethatthewaytomitigate(使……缓解)theproblemistohavestatesinstituteso-calledgraduatedlicensingsystems,inwhichgettingalicenseisamultistageproces
6、s.Agraduatedlicenserequiresthatateenagerfirstprovehimselfcapableofdrivinginthepresenceofanadult,followedbyaperiodofdrivingwithnightorpassengerrestrictions,beforegraduatingtofulldrivingprivileges.Graduatedlicensingsystemshavereducedteenagedrivercrashes,accor
7、dingtorecentstudies.Abouthalfofthestatesnowhavesomesortofgraduatedlicensingsysteminplace,butonly10ofthosestateshaverestrictionsonpassengers.Californiaisthestrictest,withanovice(新手)driverprohibitedfromcarryinganypassengerunderwithoutthepresenceofanadultover2
8、5)forthefirstsixmonths.1.Whichofthefollowingsituationsismostdangerousaccordingtothepassage?A)Adultsgivingalifttoteenagersonthehighwayafter10p.m.B)Ateenagerdrivingaftermidnightwithpassengersinthecar.C)A
