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16．Tudor Cobalas nearly crashed his car while driving and texting on his phone．It was this near-death experience that inspired him to turn the smartphone from a weapon of mass distraction into a tool for safer driving．
Mr．Cobalas developed Safe Drive，an app that rewards drivers for ignoring their phones while driving．Once a driver drives too fast，the app launches a"Release"button on the screen，effectively locking the phone．Driving without checking the phone generates scores that can be turned into shopping discounts in the Safe Drive Marketplace．
It's a simple idea that has attracted nearly 100，000 users globally and 30 commercial partners．Worldwide，about 1.25million people die each year as a result of road traffic accidents，according to the World Health Organization．"Smartphone distraction"is blamed for an increasing number of accidents．Drivers using a mobile phone are four times more likely to be involved in a crash．Many parents also want to educate their children，young drivers．That is why a growing number of technology businessmen are trying to handle the problem．
"Although smartphones are rightly blamed for an increase in distracted driving，we wanted to show that smartphones could be used to make drivers better，"says Hari Balakrishnan，chief technology officer of Cambridge Mobile Telematics，a US company that has developed an app called Drive Well．
The app measures all aspects of driving such as hard braking，abrupt acceleration，sharp cornering and speeding．But it also monitors how often drivers are distracted by their phones and generates a"safety score"at the end of each trip．The free app features competition leader boards that enable drivers to compete with their friends，family and colleagues，as well as personalized safer driving tips．Good safety scores can earn drivers discounts on car insurance，Mr．Balakrishnan says．
Last year the company started a competition to find Boston's safest driver．Nearly 5，000 people have signed up，and 98 have been awarded more than 3，400 in prizes．Data from 40，000 Drive Well app users around the world present its effectiveness，says Mr．Madden．

28．What caused Tudor Cobalas to develop the app Safe Drive？D
A．Multi-functions of this app．
B．His desire to make a fortune．
C．Many parents'worries about teenagers'driving safety．
D．His own experience about being distracted by his smartphone．
29．What do Safe Drive and Drive Well have in common？C
A．They keep a specific record of hard braking．
B．They fail to help decrease the number of traffic accidents．
C．Their users get some scores in the driving process．
D．Their users get money as a reward directly．
30．Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the underlined word"distracted"in paragraph 4？A
A．Lacking concentration．
B．Lacking confidence．
C．Speedy．
D．Dangerous．
31．What is the purpose of the passage？D
A．To present the harmful effects of smartphones in the driving process．
B．To introduce some useful apps that can guarantee our safety．
C．To compare different types of apps concerning driving safety．
D．To show us smartphones can make drivers safer in a way．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要通過(guò)介紹與駕駛相關(guān)的應(yīng)用程序顯示出智能手機(jī)也能讓駕駛員更加安全地駕駛．

解答 28．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段第二句"It was this near-death experience that inspired（啟發(fā)；使…有靈感） him to turn the smartphone from a weapon of mass distraction into a tool for safer driving"，這句強(qiáng)調(diào)句里強(qiáng)調(diào)了Tudor Cobalas 開(kāi)發(fā)Safe Drive 這個(gè)應(yīng)用程序的原因，故D選項(xiàng)"His own experience about being distracted by his smartphone"正確．A選項(xiàng)的"Multi-functions（多功能）"，B選項(xiàng)的"desire to make a fortune（發(fā)財(cái)致富的渴望）"和C選項(xiàng)的"parents'worries"在文中均未提及，故排除A，B和C，所以答案選D．
29．C 推理判斷題．題干問(wèn)的是Safe Drive和Drive Well應(yīng)用程序的共同點(diǎn)，根據(jù)第二段"Driving without checking the phone generates scores"和第五段"generates a safety score"可知C選項(xiàng)正確．根據(jù)第五段"The app measures all aspects of driving such as hard braking"可知，A選項(xiàng)的"keep a specific record of hard braking"只符合應(yīng)用程序Drive Well，故排除選項(xiàng)A；根據(jù)最后一段"present its effectiveness"可知B選項(xiàng)的"fail to help decrease（沒(méi)能幫助減少） the number"與原文不符，故排除B；根據(jù)第二段"generates scores that can be turned into shopping discounts（折扣）"和第五段"Good safety scores can earn drivers discounts on car insurance"可知D選項(xiàng)的"get money as a reward directly"與原文不符，故排除D，所以答案選C．
30．A 詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)第三段"Smartphone distraction is blamed for（因…被責(zé)備）an increasing number of accidents．Drivers using a mobile phone are four times more likely to be involved in a crash．"可知，"distraction"指的是司機(jī)在開(kāi)車時(shí)因?yàn)槭褂檬謾C(jī)受到干擾．題干里考查"smartphones are rightly blamed for an increase in distracted driving"中的"distracted"，可由distraction的意義推出A選項(xiàng)"Lacking concentration（注意力不集中）"正確．B選項(xiàng)"Lacking confidence"意為"缺乏信心"，C選項(xiàng)"Speedy"意為"迅速的"，D選項(xiàng)"Dangerous"意為"危險(xiǎn)的"，均不符合語(yǔ)境，故排除B、C和D，答案選A．
31．D 寫作目的題．由全文內(nèi)容可知，文章主要通過(guò)介紹和駕駛相關(guān)的應(yīng)用程序顯示出智能手機(jī)也能讓駕駛員更加安全地駕駛，并在第一段的"a tool for safer driving"和第四段的"show that smartphones could be used to make drivers better"有所體現(xiàn)，故選D．A選項(xiàng)的"present the harmful effects（呈現(xiàn)不良影響）"與原文不符，故排除A；B選項(xiàng)的"guarantee our safety（確保我們的安全）"在文中沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)，故排除B；C選項(xiàng)的"compare（對(duì)比）"在文中沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)，故排除C，所以答案選D．

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