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From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous d

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问题      From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. Though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motorcar I It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people in the world are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
     It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motorcar often brings out a man’s very worst qualifies. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-years-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
     The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to con done his behavior. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.
     It is high time a world code was created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest axe not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are al lowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be made much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if it results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.
The man idea of this passage is______.
选项 A、traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.
B、thousands of people in the world are killed each year.
C、the laws of some countries about driving are too lax.
D、only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.
答案D
解析 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章是围绕着交通事故展开的，前面几段只是讲造成事故的种种原因，其目的就是要说明：“是制定世界交通法规以减少无谓的生命浪费的时候了”。只有更严格的交通法规才能制止交通事故。文章最后一段将主题体现得最清楚。作者列出了一些应采取的措施，如，驾驶测试要标准化；提高驾车的允许年龄等。因此可见，选项D是正确答案。其他三个选项都是文中谈到的某一点，均不能概括全文。
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