[1] Safety in the highway is not totally out of hand. Here are four ways you can protect yourselves when you travel.
[2] You are safer in a large car. People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people traveling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their products’ safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason for the safety problem.
[3] Being thrown into glass and metal parts of a car — or being thrown from the car — can really damage you. That’s why safety belts should be worn. The safety belt’s main purpose is to pull you back. If your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object or if it rolls over, a belt can reduce the chance of fatal injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.
[4] _______________________. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. Air bags provide protection in frontal crashes — the type of crash that kills the most drivers, though they are also wearing safety belts. Most people demand air bags in the cars they buy. But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.
[5] Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happen if you don’t drink. Drunk driving is the most serious problem. Many people have realized that mixing drinking and driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are measures to strengthen penalties (处罚) for drinking and driving.
小题1:What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 10 words)
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小题2:Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one? Air bags can not do much protection in side or rear crashes; although they are effective, you can’t replace safety belts with air bags.
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小题3:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with a proper sentence. (no more than 5 words)
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小题4:What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to? (no more than 2 words)
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小题5:Which of the suggestions do you think is the best for you? And why? (no more than 30 words)
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小题1:How to protect yourself when you travel.
小题2:But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.
小题3:Air bags are important.
小题4:Air bags.
小题5:The second suggestion. Because a belt can reduce the chance of fatal injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.
题目分析：文章主要讲述了如何来避免高速公路事故，讲解了四种方法来降低伤亡率。
小题1:从第一段Here are four ways you can protect yourselves when you travel.可知，文章主要讲解了当旅行是如何来保护好自己，即How to protect yourself when you travel.
小题2:从第四自然段But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.可知安全气囊提供的保护只限于一侧或是后方的撞击，并不能取代安全带。
小题3:后文讲到More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. 可知主要是将安全气囊，故此处填Air bags are important.
小题4:从But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.可知他们不能取代安全带，他们指代的是安全气囊，故填Air bags.
小题5:从文章中找寻一处，从第三自然段讲到了安全带的重要性，第四自然段讲到安全气囊不能取代安全带，所以安全带很重要，故填The second suggestion. Because a belt can reduce the chance of fatal injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.
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