高三英语二轮复习 专题能力训练十六 阅读理解(七)

专题能力训练十六阅读理解(七)

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(2014·郑州第一次质量预测)

In 1980 Candy Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk hit-and-run driver as she walked down a street in California.“I promised myself on the day of my daughter’s death that I would fight to make this needle ss accident count for something positive in the years ahead,”Candy Lightner later wrote.

The drunk driver received a two-year prison sentence.However,he avoided prison by serving time in a work camp.Ms.Lightner was very angry about that,so she organized Mothers Against Drunk Drivers(MADD),which later changed to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.The aim of her organization was to raise public awareness of the serious nature of drunk driving and to promote tough legislation(立法) against the crime.

Before Ms.Lightn er’s MADD,intoxication(醉酒),including drunk driving,was not taken seriously.Intoxication was often used as an excuse for otherwise unacceptable behavior:“I didn’t know what I was doing—I was drunk.”

Candy Lightner appeared on major television shows,spoke before the US

Congress,made speeches to professional and business groups,and worked tirelessly for years to change public attitudes,change judicial(审判的)behavior,and promote tough new ter,Ms.Lightner left MADD because the organization that she herself created was changing its focus.“I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol.I started it to deal with the issue of drunk driving.”

The president of the United States awarded her the President’s Volunteer Action Award and she was the subject of the movi e “Mothers Against Drunk Drivers:the Candy Lightner Story”.

【语篇导读】Candy Lightner的女儿死于酒驾引发的事故,但肇事者却得以轻判,于是她设立

了“反醉驾母亲协会”,提倡对酒驾者实施更为严厉的法律制裁。

1.One of the purposes of MADD was to .

A.make the public aware of the danger of drunk driving

B.fight against the drunk hit-and-run drivers on the road

C.make new laws against the crimes caused by drunk driving

D.warn people not to drink alcohol while driving

答案:A

解析:细节理解题。第二段的最后一句谈到她成立该机构的目的——提高公众对酒驾严重性的意识,推动对酒驾引起的犯罪行为实施更严厉的惩罚。故选A项。

2.Which way didn’t Ms.Lightner use to achieve her MADD’s goals?

A.Talking on major TV shows.

B.Giving a talk to businessmen.

C.Applying for a job with the government.

D.Giving suggestions to the US Congress.

答案:C

解析:细节理解题。第四段谈到她发展协会的具体行动,其中没有提到“申请到政府部门任职”

这一项,因此选C项。

3.We can learn from the passage that.

A.the drunk driver had not been caught

B.drunk driving wasn’t taken seriously before MADD

C.Candy Lightner played a leading role in a film

D.MADD didn’t get much support from society

答案:B

解析:细节理解题。第三段开头说,在Ms.Lightner设立MADD之前,人们对酒驾的态度是轻描淡写的,没有认真对待。