问题 单项选择题

统计数据表明,相对于各种交通工具,包括人力驱动的自行车,飞机的事故率最低,因而安全系数最高,即便了解这一点,很多乘客登机后仍有不同程度的恐惧感,而这种恐惧感在他们骑自行车时是不会有的。 以下哪项最合理地解释了上述现象

A.在避免空难的发生方而,乘客几乎是无能为力的。而自行车交通事故的肇事者大都是骑车人自身。

B.空难的影响比自行车交通事故大得无法比拟。

C.很多航空乘客缺乏飞行经验,并且往往没有得到足够的服务。

D.大多数航班乘客都买了人身保险。

E.有些乘客有恐高症。

答案

参考答案:A

解析:按说,既然乘飞机的事故发生率比乘其他交通工具的事故发生率要低得多,那么乘客乘飞机就不应该有恐惧感,但为什么很多乘客登机以后还是有不同程度的恐惧感呢原来是心理因素造成的。选项A正好解释了题干。

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(B)

The Hawaiian Islands are situated(位于) about two thousand miles away from North   America, right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the distance the Islands actually make up the fiftieth state of the United States. The Islands were all formed by volcano(火山) eruption and on the largest of the islands, Hawai, or the Big Island, there are still two active volcanoes, the Mauna Loa and the Kilauea, which still erupt every few years.                                                                           

On the Hawaiian islands the natives have a particularly strange way of indicating(指明) directions. They don't use the north, south, east and west system common to the rest  of the world. They use the mauka and makai system. Mauka means "mountain".The mountains in Hawaii are always at the center of the islands, as these are volcanic is lands. Makai means "the sea". The islands are small and the system is simple. Wherever you want to visit, it can always be described in terms of where it lies in relation to the mountains and the sea. A typical conversation(谈话) between a native Hawaiian and a visitor might go as follows.                                                      

VISITOR: Excuse me! Could you tell me where the Sheraton Hotel is?            HAWAIIAN; Well ... Let me see ! From here it's two blocks mauka,and then one

block makai. You can't miss it!

1. This article would be most likely to appear in which of the following?     

A. A novel                          B. A collection of stories

C. A travel book                   D. a women's magazine

2. Choose the most suitable title for the article.

A. The Big Island                    B. Giving Directions in Hawaii

C. Volcanoes                        D. The Hawaiian Islands

3. In Hawaii the mountains are in the center of the islands because_____

A. of the weather                    B. of die geological conditions

C. the islands were created by volcanic eruptions

D. of the islands' location in the pacific

4. To find your way in Hawaii, you must _______.

A. refer to geographical directions      B. refer to well - known establishments

C. refer to the location of the mountains and the sea

D. refer to the earth and the sea