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【題目】 At times we all get angry when we are driving. It might be because we are stuck in a traffic jam or stuck behind a very s【1】 driver. It might be because we think another driver has done something very stupid and dangerous. Whatever the reason, it seems that getting angry in a car is something which happens more and more often and there is now a special term f【2】 it: 'road rage'(路怒癥). Some experts even think that road rage is a kind of mental illness! How can we recognize this 'illness' of road rage? There are two kinds of road rage: aggressive (攻擊性的) driving and aggressive reactions to the way other people are driving. Aggressive driving can take different f【3】 : Driving much faster than the speed limit.

Increasing your speed very quickly.

Driving very close behind the car in front and sounding the horn (喇叭) or flashing the headlights.

Changing lanes very suddenly and b【4】 another car.

Moving into a parking space where another car is trying to park.

There are also different reactions to the way other people are driving. These include:

Making rude signs at people.

Shouting at people and threatening them.

Deliberately (蓄意地) driving into another person's car.

Hitting somebody.

Using a weapon such as a baseball bat, or even a gun or a knife.

Road rage is c【5】 not a joke. There have been incidents (事件) of road rage which have led to serious injuries and even murder. Experts think that one reason for road rage is that films show a lot of examples of fast and aggressive driving such as car chases where this kind of driving seems to be positive. Experts also think that the punishments for dangerous driving are not serious e【6】. Experience shows that driving problems can be controlled, but it takes a long time. In the UK in the last 30 years, the police have been quite successful in r【7】 the number of people who drink and drive. They are now working to stop people using mobile phones when they are driving. Let's hope they can have the same success with road rage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】slow

【2】for

【3】forms

【4】blocking

【5】certainly

【6】enough

【7】reducing

【解析】

本文介紹了兩種“路怒癥”類型以及產(chǎn)生的后果。

【1】句意：這可能是因為我們遇到了交通堵塞或者被一個很慢的司機堵在了后面。

根據(jù)stuck behind可知被堵在后面，因此前面的車非常慢，修飾名詞driver用形容詞，故此處為slow。

【2】句意：不管是什么原因，在車里生氣似乎是越來越常見的事情，現(xiàn)在有一個專門的術(shù)語來形容它：“路怒癥”。

此處為了形容詞“路怒癥”的術(shù)語，用介詞for表示“為了”。

【3】句意：攻擊性駕駛可以采取不同的形式：駕駛速度遠遠超過限速。

根據(jù)There are two kinds of road rage: aggressive (攻擊性的) driving and aggressive reactions to the way other people are driving.可知，此處指的是不同的形式，有different修飾，用復(fù)數(shù)名詞，故此處為forms。

【4】句意：突然變道，擋住了另一輛車。

根據(jù)Changing lanes very suddenly可知，變道就擋住另一輛車，連詞and前后并列，and前用動名詞，因此and后用動名詞，故此處為blocking。

【5】句意：“路怒癥”當(dāng)然不是一個玩笑。

根據(jù)There have been incidents (事件) of road rage which have led to serious injuries and even murder.可知，有一些路怒事件導(dǎo)致了嚴重的傷害甚至謀殺。因此這不是一個玩笑，修飾動詞is用副詞，故此處為certainly。

【6】句意：專家們還認為對危險駕駛的懲罰還不夠嚴重。

修飾形容詞serious，位于形容詞后面，用副詞enough。

【7】句意：在過去的30年里，英國警方成功地減少了酒后駕車的人數(shù)。

根據(jù)Experience shows that driving problems can be controlled,可知，駕駛問題是可以控制的，因此酒后駕車的人數(shù)減少了，作為介詞in的賓語，用動名詞，故此處為reducing。