Morethan30000driversandfrontseatpassengersarekilledorseriouslyinjuredeachyear.Atthespeedofonly30milesperhouritisthesameasfallingfromathird-floorwindow.Wearingaseatbelt(安全带)saveslives;itreducesyourchanceofdeathorseriousinjurybymorethanhalfintrafficaccidents.
Sodriversorfrontseatpassengersover14yearsoldinmostvehicles(车辆)mustwearaseatbelt.Ifyoudonotyoucouldbefined(罚金)upto£50.Itwillnotbeuptothedriverstomakesureyouwearyourbelt.Butitwillbethedriver’sdutytomakesurethatchildrenunder14donotrideinthefrontunlesstheyarewearingaseatbeltofsomekind.
Howeveryoudonothavetowearaseatbeltifyouarereversingyourvehicle(倒车);orifyouareapostmanusingaspecialvehicle;orifyouhaveavalidmedicalcertificatewhichallowsyounottowearit.Makesureaboutalltheabovebeforeyoudecidenottowearyourseatbelt.Rememberyoumaybetakentothepolicestationfornotdoingso.
1.Thistextismostprobablytakenfrom________.
A.amedicalmagazine B.apolicereport
C.adiary D.astorybook
2.Wearingaseatbeltinavehicle________.
A.reducesroadaccidentsbymorethanhalf
B.savesliveswhiledrivingataspeedupto30milesperhour
C.reducesthechanceofdeathintrafficaccidents
D.savesmorethan15000liveseachyear
3.Itisthedriver’sdutyto________.
A.makethefrontseatpassengerwearaseatbelt
B.makethefrontseatchildrenunder14wearaseatbelt
C.stopchildrenridinginthefrontseat
D.wearaseatbelteachtimehedrives
4.Accordingtothetextwhichofthefollowingpeopleridinginthefrontdonothavetowearaseatbelt?
A.Someonewhoisreversingyourvehicle
B.Someonewhoispickingupthechildrenfromtheschool.
C.Someonewhoisdriving.
D.Someonewhoisunder14.