江苏省南京市金陵中学河西分校2022-2023学年高二下学期期末英语试卷

2022-2023金陵河西高二下期末 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题：每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分) A Since the car was invented, the human civilization was set in motion, for it wheeled our imagination. However, the year of 1869 saw the first fatal accident, in which a woman died. Then,several road safety measures were put in place. Despite these measures, the accident threat still makes our children an endangered species of the future. So let us teach our children the culture of road safety. The first acts The first three, The Locomotives on Highways Act 1861. The Locomotive Act 1865 and The Highways and Locomotives Act 1878 contained restrictive measures on the manning and speed of operation of road vehicles; they also put forward many important road concepts such as vehicle registration, registration number, speed limits, maximum vehicle weight over structures such as bridges, and the organization of highway authorities. The Motor Car Act 1903 The Motor Car Act 1903 required that all cars be registered and carry a number plate, and that all motorists have a driving licence. The Act increased the speed for motorcars to 14 mph from the previous 4 mph in rural areas and 2 mph in towns. The Act made it illegal to drive a motor car on a public road without displaying its car number. The pedestrian crossing The first pedestrian crossing was erected in Bridge Street, Westminster, London in December1868. It was the idea of John Peak Knight, a railway engineer, who thought that it would provide a means to safely allow pedestrians to cross this busy lock. The signal consisted of a semaphore arm(臂板信号装置),which was raised and lowered manually by a policeman who would control a handle on the side of the pole. The first box junction(黄色禁停区) The surface of the junction is typically marked with only two lines crossing each other in the box, and vehicles may not enter the area unless their exit from the junction is clear (or, if turning, to await a gap in the oncoming traffic flow). Box junction were introd