路怒症之殇

As the number of Chinese people with cars is expected to rise as a result of their growing wealth, greater awareness of the traffic rules are needed to reduce incidents of dangerous driving and road rage. China is now the world’s largest car market, but drivers don’t seem to improve their driving skills and road manners much. More than 17 million incidents of road rage have been reported to traffic police so far this year, a traffic policeman said on Monday, a day before the Fourth National Traffic Safety Day. Driving angrily has been a key reason to road accidents and deaths. In 2013, altogether 80,200 accidents happened because of anger behind the wheel, a 4.9 percent year-on-year increase and the number rose by 2.4 percent in 2014.

    By the end of October, China had 276 million vehicles according to official numbers, 160 million of which are private cars, and the number of drivers is 322 million. The increased car use caused terrible crowding in the roads. Then more drivers choose not to obey the traffic rules. China has the largest number of road accident deaths in the world, many of which are because of drivers’ bad habits and their lack of respect for traffic rules. The rise in the number of drivers means that greater efforts have to be made to raise drivers’ traffic awareness. And drivers have to ______ traffic rules so as to reduce the number of killers on the road.

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1.People buy cars as ______ grows.

A knowledge

B wealth

C happiness

D temperature

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句As the number of Chinese people with cars is expected to rise as a result of their growing wealth...可知，故选B。

2.The drivers are _____ more than those of private cars.

A once

B twice

C three times

D four times

解析：选B。数字计算题。根据第二段第一句...160 million of which are private cars, and the number of drivers is 322 million.可计算出司机人数是私家车数量的两倍，故选B。

3._______ may not reduce road accidents.

A Driving fast

B Improving driving skills

C Be patient when driving

D Controlling the numbers of cars

解析：选A。细节理解题。通读文章可知并没有提到超速开车会减少交通事故，相反，此行为会增加交通事故，故选A。

4.The “road rage” means _____.

A the road is broken

B driving angrily

C the car loses its way

D too many cars

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据前文语境中的 dangerous driving 可知 road rage 与之意义相似，即应理解为driving angrily，故选B。

5.The right word in the blank should be _______ .

A drive

B buy

C obey

D increase

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据so as to reduce the number of killers on the road可知是为了减少马路杀手，n那么司机就得遵守交通规则，故选C。