英语周报：2009年6月英语四级听力全真模拟题(五)

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　32. What is the best title of the passage?

　　33. What is the FDA responsible for?

　　34. What principle should people keep in mind when doing food shopping?

　　35. What does the passage mainly suggest?

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written。

　　In many countries now seat belts are (36) compulsory for the driver and the front seat (37) passenger at least。

　　Most doctors believe that seat belts save people from being seriously hurt in a (38) crash, but there are some people who still think it is more dangerous to wear a seat belt than not to wear one. They say that a seat belt may (39) trap one in a car that is burning, or that has fallen into a river or the sea and is sinking, so that one is (40) burnt to death or (41) drowned。

　　But less than half of one percent of car accidents lead to fire or sinking, and in any case, a seat belt may easily save a person from being knocked (42) unconscious in an accident, so that he or she is able to (43) undo the seat belt immediately and get out of a car that is on fire or sinking。

　　(44) Some people say that it is an attack on their freedom to force them to wear a seat belt. But even in a democracy there are a lot of things a person is denied the right to do though he or she wants to do them. How does this affect seat belts? (45) In what way does it interfere with the rights of others if someone refuses to wear a seat belt? Well, common sense tells us that a driver without a seat belt has less control of a car if there is an accident. (46) In that case, he or she is more likely to be a danger to others, who after all also have the right to be protected as mush as possible from accidents。