The number of accidents involving pedestrians (行人) wearing headphones is on the rise , a report suggests, causing fresh warning from road safety groups in Britain .
A US-based study found a total of 116 reports of death or injury to pedestrians wearing headphones between 2004 and 2011 , jumping from 16 in 2005 to 47 in 2011 .
Most victims were men (68%) and under the age of 30 (67%) , with around one in ten of all cases (9%) under the age of 18 .Some 89% of the cases occurred in urban areas and more than half (55%) of the victims were struck by trains .
Eighty-one of the 116 accidents (70%) resulted in the person’s death--- even though a warning was sounded in around a third of the cases .
The study concluded , “ The use of headphone may be a safety risk to pedestrians , especially in environments with moving vehicles（cars） . Further research is needed to determine if and how headphone use threatens pedestrian safety .” British road safety groups warned pedestrians to be careful.
Floor Lieshout , director of Youth For Road Safety , said, “ This study shows once more the importance of using all of our senses while we are near traffic . It is important that we find an attractive way to make youth learn about the risks of wearing headphones in traffic .”
Andrew Howard , who is the head of road safety at the Automobile Association , added that some pedestrians can be “so focused in their own little world they forget the world going on around them”.That can include headphone wearers , Howard said, but also people talking on phones.
However , Howard said that more researches needed to be done.
Earlier studies have shown that people wearing headphones or talking on phones can suffer “inattentional blindness” which makes them isolated (孤立) from the world around them .
Ian Harvey , at the charity Civic Voice , said that “ to defeat isolation and to help build a civic(文明的) society , people need to interact(交往) with each other .
He said , “ A basis for any civilized society is communication--- Surfing the web , listening to MP3s , reading blogs or sending e-mail is not interacting with a person; it’s interacting with a machine.
“If people feel socially isolated , they need to have more face-to-face interactions with other human beings and in time , will begin to feel happier and more connected to the world and place they live in .”
小题1:What does the text mainly discuss ?
A．Recent research on the risks to pedestrians
B．Safety problems caused by wearing headphones.
C．The advantages and disadvantages of headphones
D．Traffic accidents in the United States小题2:We can learn from the Us-bases study that _________ .
A．most victims died in the accidents
B．most accidents were caused by cars
C．most accidents happened in the countryside
D．most victims are under eighteen小题3:Howard will probably agree that ____________ .
A．it is safe if you wear headphones in a proper way
B．people wearing headphones are more likely to go blind
C．most people wear headphones because of loneliness
D．it is dangerous to talk on phones while walking小题4:What Lan Harvey said shows the importance of ___________ .
A．beating isolation
B．communication between people
C．building a civilized society
D．new technologies
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
题目分析：通过调查发现戴耳机的行人在路上发生意外的人数在逐年增加，在被调查的人群中约68%男士，约67%是30岁以下的人，因此专家呼吁人们在交通行驶中要集中注意力，以免造成意外。此外专家还提醒人们要走出虚拟的世界，多和现实中的人们交流。
小题1:B主旨大意题。文章首段The number of accidents 。。。 causing fresh warning from road safety groups in Britain提出由于带耳机而发生的车祸逐年增加，这引起了人们对安全问题的关注。而且下文
小题2:A细节理解题。从文中Eighty-one of the 116 accidents (70%) resulted in the person’s death可知发生意外的人们当中大多数会死亡，所以A选项正确。
小题3:D推理判断题。根据文中Andrew Howard , who i。。。，added that some pedestrians can be “so focused in their own little world they forget the world going on around them”.可知Andrew Howard也认为走路时戴耳机是危险的。所以D选项正确。
小题4:B推理判断题。由文章倒数第三段Ian Harvey 的话 “ to defeat isolation and to help build a civic(文明的) society , people need to interact(交往) with each other .可知他认为人们之间的交流很重要，所以B选项正确。