[单项选择]Mr. Simpson stopped at the pedestrian crossing because
A. the lighting was very good along the stretch.
B. he was riding with two ladies at the moment.
C. he wanted to ensure the safety of two passers-by.
D. he was a new driver who tends to be cautious.

[单项选择]Mr. Simpson stopped at the pedestrian crossing because
A. the lighting was very good along the stretch.
B. he was riding with two ladies at the moment.
C. he wanted to ensure the safety of two passers-by.
D. he was a new driver who tends to be cautious.

[单项选择]
Cell phones are a danger on the road in more ways than one. Two new studies show that talking on the phone while traveling, whether you’re driving or on foot is increasing both pedestrian deaths and those of drivers and passengers, and recommend crackdowns on cell use by both pedestrians and drivers.
The new studies, lead-authored by Rutgers University, Newark, Economics Professor Peter D Loeb, relate the impact of cell phones on accident fatalities to the number of cell phones in use, showing that the current increase in deaths resulting from cell phone use follows a period when cell phones actually helped to reduce pedestrian and traffic fatalities. However, this reduction in fatalities disappeared once the numbers of phones in use reached a "critical mass" of 100 million, the study found.
These studies looked at cell phone use and motor vehicle accidents from 1975 through 20
A. show that talking on the phone while driving or walking in the street increases deaths of drivers and pedestrians
B. show that talking on the phone while driving increases pedestrian deaths
C. recommend that strict measures be taken to restrain cell phone use
D. both A and C

[填空题]The rain stopped in the evening.
It stopped ________ in the evening.

[单项选择]Pedestrian zones reduce city center pollution.（　）
A. Traffic reductions have improved city center air quality.
B. Larger roads have reduced city center traffic jams.
C. Cycle areas have improved the flow of city center traffic.

[简答题]

These days both the motorist and pedestrian have similar stories to tell. 61. "We were just getting to the outskirts when we ran into the most terrible jam, and it must have taken us all of an hour to get as far as the Town Hall", says one." I must have waited the best part of an hour, and just as I was giving up, four of them came along," says he other.
The traditional reason for car buying is to acquire mobility. 62. But the modern motorist, moving at a snail’s pace in a jam, diverted from his desired route by one-way streets or driving round in a vain search for parking-space, is not mobile in the sense that he can go where he likes. Authority keeps him moving, but movement is not mobility, and planners have often confused the two.
The root cause of the problem is lack of space. Even with more road-building, road-widening, ingenious traffic systems and armies of traffic wardens, the increase in car ownership is going to