五、任务型阅读。
More and more Chinese would like to travel to the USA and prefer to drive by themselves. They need to know something about driving in America, which will be helpful to them and bring a happy holiday to them.
Keep right
The traffic follows the “keep right rule”. While driving, drive on the right side of the road, which is completely different from that in Britain. On one-way, multiple lanes(车道) road, the right-most lane would be slowest and left-most lane is fastest.
Hand signals
Though indicators(指示灯) are used for the purpose of showing which direction you are going, knowing some hand signals is very important and they are always asked in a driving test. When you want to turn right, you can put your left hand out of the window and point upward. When you want to make a left turn, you can reach your left arm out of the window and point to the left. If you want to slow down or stop, you can just point downward.
School buses
Yellow school buses have flashing red lights and stop signs that reach out from the driver’s side. The drivers use these warning signals when letting pupils on and off. No matter which side of the road you are travelling on, if you come upon(偶遇) a school bus with its lights flashing and a stop sign used, you must stop. It’s the law. Remain stopped until the lights stop flashing or the stop sign is removed.
Using the horn
Using horns is not common in America. Actually they are very rarely used. You may use your horn to warn walkers or other drivers of possible trouble or to avoid accidents. Do not use your horn to express anger or complain about other drivers’ mistakes or to try to get a slow driver to move faster.
| Title | Traffic rules in (1) |
| --- | --- |
| The (2) for learning about the rules | ▲ Many people (3) to drive by themselves better during travelling.
▲ Knowing something about driving will (4) people to have a wonderful holiday. |
| Keep right | ▲ While driving on the road, you should drive on the (5) side of the road.
▲ The traffic rule is not the (6) as that in the UK.
▲ The drivers can drive (7) on the left-most lane than on the right-most lane. |
| Hand signals | ▲ Knowing some hand als is of great (8) though indicators are used for the purpose of showing which direction you are going to. |
| School buses | ▲ The drivers of the school buses use warning signals when letting pupils get on or off the bus.
▲ It’s (9) the law if the drivers don’t stop their cars when they come upon a school bus with its lights flashing and a stop sign used. |
| Using the horn | ▲ Using horns is not common in America. In fact, they are very rarely used.
▲ Use your horn to warn walkers or other drivers of possible trouble or to avoid accidents (10) of expressing anger or complaining about other drivers’ mistakes. |

1. America 2. reason(s) 3. like 4. help 5. right 6. same 7. faster 8. importance 9. against 10. instead

【分析】
本题为任务型阅读题，需根据原文内容填写表格空缺。解题思路：1. 通读原文，明确各段落核心信息；2. 对应表格栏目，定位每个空缺处的原文依据；3. 结合语法规则（如词性、固定搭配、同义词转换）确定答案，确保答案与原文一致且符合语境。
【解析】
1. 标题对应原文“More and more Chinese would like to travel to the USA”，故填America；
2. 表格栏目为学习交通规则的原因，对应原文“need to know something about driving in America”的缘由，故填reason(s)；
3. 原文“prefer to drive by themselves”，prefer与like同义，故填like；
4. 原文“which will be helpful to them”，be helpful to对应动词help，故填help；
5. 原文“drive on the right side of the road”，直接提取信息，故填right；
6. 原文“completely different from that in Britain”，not the same对应different，故填same；
7. 原文“left-most lane is fastest”，fast的比较级为faster，故填faster；
8. 原文“knowing some hand signals is very important”，be of great importance对应形容词important，故填importance；
9. 原文“It’s the law”，不停车则违反法律，固定搭配against the law，故填against；
10. 原文“Do not use your horn to... instead of expressing anger...”，固定搭配instead of，故填instead。
【答案】
1. America 2. reason(s) 3. like 4. help 5. right 6. same 7. faster 8. importance 9. against 10. instead
【知识点】
任务型阅读、固定搭配、同义词转换
【点评】
本题为任务型阅读基础题型，主要考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，需注意词性转换及固定搭配的运用，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.4