单选题

A、 The story of a woman who died of a heart attack.
B、 The story of a car going through the highway-dividing fence.
C、 The story of a collision in which five people died.
D、 Large cars cause more highway accidents than small cars.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]29-31 There is increasing scientific evidence that large cars cause more highway accidents than small cars. In the news recently was the story of a woman who died of a heart attack while driving her station wagon. The car was moving so fast that it went through the highway-dividing fence, resulting in a collision in which five people died. Those unnecessary deaths are attributable in part to the woman's choice of a large automobile. A lighter and smaller car probably wouldn't have gone through the fence, because the heavier the ear, the greater the force it will have in a collision. Furthermore, even if the lighter car had broken through the fence, its remaining energy would have been much less, and this would have reduced the chances of serious injury or death. Because of its small size, it might have missed the other car completely. The present design of the oversized automobile is largely responsible ant only for the increasing death toll on the highway but also for the rapid depletion of our resources of petroleum, for the pollution of our environment, for urban sprawl, and for the congestion and inconvenience of our cities. 29. What did the author want to tell us? [试题分析] 本题考查综合概括能力，需要听清题意作出判断。 [试题详解] 问题问的是作者想告诉我们什么，根据文章结构，体现文章大意的是主题句，主题句多半位于句首。短文一开头就可听到：Large cars cause more highway accidents than small can．A、B、C三项均为说明该主题的细节，因此不能作为概括文章大意的句子，都要排除，故选D。

A、 Driving larger cars.
B、 Driving larger and lighter cars.
C、 Driving lighter and smaller cars.
D、 Driving oversized cars.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] In the author's opinion, what's the best way to reduce the chances of serious injury or death in highway accidents? [试题分析] 本题考查辨听细节的能力。 [试题详解] 如果听到：“A lighter and smaller car probably wouldn't have gone through the fence…”据此我们就会联想到，作者通过前面具体事故的分析得出的一种结论，因为“the heavier the car，the greater force it will have in a collision”(车体越重，撞击的力量越大)可见大型车辆不是解决的方法。接着还会听到：“if the lighter car had broken through the fence， its remaining energy would have been much less，and this would have reduced the chances of serious injury or death．”“It may miss the other car completely．”这里讲到小型轻型车的优势，故应选C。

A、 It increases death toll on the highway.
B、 It results in the rapid depletion of our resources of petroleum.
C、 It brings pollution to our environment.
D、 It carries more things.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] Accenting to the passage, which of the following is not the disadvantage of the oversized automobile? [试题分析] 本题考查辨听明示信息的能力。 [试题详解] 不难听出短文最后罗列大型汽车一大堆的缺点，以上的关键同均体现于A、B、C三项中。唯独没提It gives us convenience.故应选D。