Question

“Why does the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!”

  That’s an old joke in the west, but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the intersection of Shanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.

  When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to change. Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side of the road. Soon others followed him at the crossing and more people did the same. Just like chickens, they didn’t mind the honking horns(喇叭聲) and kept crossing the road in a mess.

  Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai. And at least one third of them were jaywalking(亂穿馬路). Jaywalking is very common in Shanghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the danger to themselves.

  Traffic laws are to keep people safe. So we should obey them, and have good road-crossing habits. When someone starts to jaywalk, we should stop him, and never follow him. That way we can avoid the traffic accidents.

1.The underlined word “intersection” here probably means “        ”.

A. road       B. bridge              C. crossing      D. traffic

2.The writer saw people      in Shanghai that day.

A. crossing the road in a mess           B. waiting for the green light patiently

C. crossing the road with chickens       D. hurting each other in the street

3.How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day?

A. He thinks it’s OK.                 B. He thinks it’s wrong.

C. He has no idea of it.                D. He doesn’t mention it

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】短文大意：這篇短文中作者主要記述了自己在傷害看到的一幕人們過馬路的場景，一次來提醒我們要注意遵守交通規則。

1.聯系下文of Shanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.描述，可知此處指的是兩條路的交叉路口。故選C。

2.根據第三段Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side of the road.…… kept crossing the road in a mess.，描述，可知人們亂糟糟的過馬路。故選A。

3.根據短文最后一段描述，可知作者認為那種過馬路的方式是不對的。故選B。