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C） are faced with too many powerful advertisements D） are influenced by American culture Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

Use of Mobile Phones While Driving

The Hong Kong Medical Association （HKMA） Council discussed in its March 1997 meeting the issue of using mobile phones while driving．The following points were noted:

1．there are now objective scientific data, most recently from Toronto, showing that the risk of bringing about traffic accidents rises fourfold if a mobile phone is used while driving;

B） the spread of culture from one country to another D） the resistance to globalization worldwide B） the consequences of globalization D） the influence of America in the wor1d B）the impact of Americanization on the world D）selling American products worldwide

22．The Americanization phenomenon is more likely to be the result of

23．The author of the passage was particularly impressed by

25．Young people today can't really choose what they should buy because they

大学英语四级模拟测试试卷

2．hands-off models of mobile phones are no safer than hands-on models; 3．Switzerland, Israel, Brazil and some states in Australia now have laws

banning the use of telephones while driving motor vehic1es．

The Council also noted that mobile phones serve a special socio-economic function in Hong Kong, such as

operation of goods vans and taxis, and banning their use by law immediately may disrupt（扰乱） important aspects of our socio-economic life．We doubt whether the low figure of 1-3 traffic accidents per year locally occurring while a motorist was using a mobile phone, as quoted by the Secretary for Economic Services Mr．Stetpen Pritt, was systematically collected．

The HKMA Council strongly advised that

1．drivers of all motor vehicles in Hong Kong should stop their vehicles in safe places when they wish to use their mobile phones;

2．the Government should seriously consider imposing an additional charge of driving without due care and heavier penalties on drivers involved in traffic accidents while using mobile phones;

3．statistics on mobile-phone-induced（引起） traffic accidents should be collected systematically without delay．If necessary, the police may be empowered to cross-check with phone companies whether the driver's phone was in use at the time of a traffic accident．

26．What is the main topic of the passage?

A） The importance of objective scientific data． B） Using mobile phones while driving． C） A special socio-economic function． A） result in a serious socio-economic problem C） cause disorder in socio- economic life

D） Banning the use of mobile phones． B） lead to an urgent economic crisis D） serve a special socio- economic function

27．Banning the use of mobile phones in Hong Kong may

28．The low figure of traffic accidents caused by using mobile phones in Hong Kong suggests that

A） few people there used mobile phones while driving B） the drivers there stopped their vehicles to use mobile phones C） the drivers there were afraid of the heavy penalty D） the people concerned did not col1ect the data regularly 29．It is recommended that the Hong Kong government should

A） ban the use of mobile phones while driving

B） take due care to '1op drivers from using mobile phones while driving C） punish more severely drivers involved in accidents due to using phones D） tackle the issue of using mobile phones while driving immediately 30．The word "cross-check" in the 1ast paragraph most probably means

A） questioning somebody carefully C） providing more cross-references Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

Challenges of Being an "Only"

To be sure, only children experience some things differently from those with siblings（兄弟姐妹）．Many feel more pressure to succeed．In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models．

In India, 19-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children．Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter the myth that they're irresponsible．"People think we're pampered（娇养） and spoiled," says Sankpal, a computer-engineering student．"But I'd like to remind them how

B） consulting a different source

D） joining an accident insurance company

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lonely it can get．"

Most only children, however, say they wish for siblings only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents．Britain's David Emerson, coauthor of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone．Emerson knows from experience：After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable（易受攻击的） to house breakers, to a new one with more security．" The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it," he says．"Ultimately, I am left with that responsibility"

In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices．With working mothers increasingly the norm（正常现象）， many families are finding they simply don't have the time, money or energy to have more than one child．As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the accusation made against them is unjust．

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A） critical C） hostile

A） found a support group for their only children B） do volunteer work to help their only children C） let their only children make all the decisions alone D） set good examples for their only children

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