首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous d
From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous d
admin
2022-06-18
44
问题
From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. Though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, and they are ill-mannered, aggressive, willful as two-year-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustration, disappointment and jealousy seems to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than statistics to be conveniently forgotten.
It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be made much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as have been done in the US@A@All the advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as severe if it results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.
What does the "never-ending battle" in the first paragraph mean?
选项
A、A war between two countries.
B、A war between men and terrible diseases.
C、A war between men and vehicles.
D、A war between men and law.
答案
C
解析
根据never-ending battle前一句“Man versus the motor-ear!”可以推断出,这是人类与机动车之间的一场战争,选项C中的vehicles意为“机动车”,与motor-car为近义词,所以选项C为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/uvwYFFFM
本试题收录于:
CATTI三级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI三级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
WhydoestheprofessormentiontheFrenchpartnerCezanne?
Accordingtotheprofessor,whatisthemostimportantrequirementforcitizenswhowanttogetinvolvedinPB?
ReconstructingAncientEnvironmentsP1:Archaeologyisparticularlyimportantforlearningaboutprehistoricsocieties,forwhom
BirdSongP1:Birdsonghasneverlackedadmirersdrawnbyitsaestheticqualities.Buttoscientists,birdsongisalsoofinte
DinosaursandParentalCareP1:"Parentalcare"referstothelevelofinvestmentprovidedbyamotherandfathertoinsurethe
DinosaursandParentalCareP1:"Parentalcare"referstothelevelofinvestmentprovidedbyamotherandfathertoinsurethe
Afewweeksback,Iaskeda14-year-oldfriendhowshewascopingwithschool.Referringtostress,sheheavedabigsighan
ItwasjustonewordinoneE-mail,butittriggeredhugefinanciallossesforamultinationalcompany.Themessage,writtenin
Researchersallovertheworldhavebeenseekingfordetermininghowearlyinfancyconceptualthinkingispossible.
Children’sliteraturetracesitsbeginningstopreliteratetimes,whenancientstorytellerspassedtalesandlegendsfromgenera
随机试题
A.头面部B.背部C.胸部D.四肢部足阳明胃经与足太阴脾经交接于
关于周围型下肢血栓形成说法错误的为
味好厂是A市一家食品厂,其生产的辣椒酱销量非常好,本市的开心食品厂见味好厂的生意红火,干脆把厂名改为味好食品厂,并且与味好厂的业务科长刘某达成协议:在推销味好厂的产品时同时带上味好食品厂的产品,付给刘某双倍的报酬。此举致使味好厂遭受重大损失。问:开心食
模板设计中,基本荷载包括()。
关于立井普通机械化施工配套作业线的特点,说法不正确的是()。
某项经济业务使固定资产和实收资本同时增加,该项经济业务应表述为()。
下列程序段执行后的输出结果为()intx=3;inty=10;System.out.println(y%x);
设二叉树共有150个结点,其中度为1的结点有10个,则该二叉树中的叶子结点数为
IwishIcouldreportadazzlingsuccessbutfactitdoesnotquite______.
Maryremained______inherbeliefthatthepresentsituationwoulddefinitelyimprove.
最新回复
(
0
)