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【題目】閱讀短文回答問題。

When Scan Aiken bought a bike helmet （頭盔）, he never thought it would help him so soon. Only a week later, it saved his life. He was hit by a car while riding home from school in Tucson, Arizona. His bike was broken into pieces in the accident, but Scan was alive. His helmet protected him from serious head injury. “I used to think helmets were unnecessary. I thought I would never get hurt,” Scan said. “But it can and will happen to you if you’re not careful.” Scan later spoke before the Tucson City Council about the need of bike-helmet laws. This led to a new Arizona law that requires people under the age of 18 to wear a bike helmet while cycling.

Fifteen-year-old Mike Jones of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, knows about safety. Two years ago, he was seriously hurt in a car accident. Mike hurt his head badly when he was thrown from a van. “I don’t know why I didn’t wear a safety belt that day. Now I always wear it,” Mike said. Today, he can still think of that experience. “I used to love sports, but I can’t do them anymore. I can’t risk getting another serious injury,” he said.

Like Mike, many people around the U.S. are becoming more safety-wise. “Parents can’t watch kids every minute. Kids must know how to be safe. It’s in their control and power, says Susan Gallagher, director of the Safety Network.

New technology is also helping to prevent （預防） injuries. More people than ever before use products （產(chǎn)品） such as smoke alarms in their homes and seat belts in their cars. Most cyclists know that they should use bike helmets. New laws, such as the bike-helmet law Scan Aiken helped pass, are also making more people use these products. The number of serious injuries caused by car accidents and fires has gone down over the years.

Kids are taking action to help prevent injuries. Like Scan Aiken and Mike Jones， they know that safety works.

【1】Did the helmet save Scan Aiken’s life?

【2】Why was Mike Jones seriously hurt in a car accident?

【3】How many products do people use to prevent injuries according to the 4th paragraph?

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 Yes, it did.

【2】 Because he didn’t wear / wasn’t wearing a safety belt that day.

【3】 3/Three.

【4】 People have paid more attention to safety. / Safety products help prevent injuries.

【解析】

本文主要介紹了人們應該更多關注安全，安全產(chǎn)品使用避免了受到人們受到更嚴重地傷害。列舉了斯堪．艾肯買了一個自行車頭盔在車禍中避免了受到重傷。這導致了新的亞利桑那州法律，要求18歲以下的人在騎車時戴上自行車頭盔。又列舉來自南達科他州蘇福爾斯的15歲的邁克·瓊斯例子。兩年前，他在一場車禍中受了重傷。因為那天他沒有系安全帶。新技術也有助于防止傷害。如家用煙霧報警器、汽車安全帶和自行車頭盔等。新的法律，使更多的人使用這些產(chǎn)品。這些年來，由車禍和火災造成的重傷人數(shù)減少了許多。

【1】題意：頭盔救了斯堪．艾肯的命嗎？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一和二句When Scan Aiken bought a bike helmet （頭盔）, he never thought it would help him so soon. Only a week later, it saved his life.（當斯堪．艾肯買了一個自行車頭盔，他從來沒有想過它會這么快幫助他。僅僅一周后，它救了他的命。）可知作肯定回答，答案是Yes, it did.

【2】題意：為什么邁克·瓊斯在車禍中受了重傷？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中第3和4句Mike hurt his head badly when he was thrown from a van. “I don’t know why I didn’t wear a safety belt that day. Now I always wear it,” Mike said.（邁克從貨車上摔下來時，頭部受了重傷�！拔也恢�道為什么那天沒有系安全帶�，F(xiàn)在我總是戴著它，”邁克說。）可知因為邁克那天沒有系安全帶，所以在在車禍中受了重傷。故答案是Because he didn’t wear / wasn’t wearing a safety belt that day.

【3】題意：根據(jù)第4段，人們使用多少種產(chǎn)品來防止受傷？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第2和3句More people than ever before use products （產(chǎn)品） such as smoke alarms in their homes and seat belts in their cars. Most cyclists know that they should use bike helmets.（越來越多的人在家里使用煙霧報警器和汽車安全帶等產(chǎn)品。大多數(shù)騎自行車的人都知道他們應該戴自行車頭盔。）可知人們使用3種產(chǎn)品來防止受傷，他們是煙霧報警器（smoke alarms）、汽車安全帶（seat belts）和自行車頭盔（bike helmets）。故答案是3/Three。

【4】題意：這篇短文的主要意思是什么？考查主旨理解題。通讀全文可知本文主要談論人們應該更多關注安全，安全產(chǎn)品使用避免了受到人們受到更嚴重地傷害。可知答案是People have paid more attention to safety. / Safety products help prevent injuries.（答案不唯一，只要符合本文主要意思即可）。