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  3. Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new seatbelt-use rule: all the drivers and front seat passenger

Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new seatbelt-use rule: all the drivers and front seat passenger

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问题     Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new seatbelt-use rule: all the drivers and front seat passengers will be fined if they don’ t wear seat belts after April 1989.
    The【S1】______wouldn’t have been necessary but for one simple fact. Even though seat belts could【S2】______nearly half of the deaths in fatal car accidents, 85 percent of the population simply won’t wear them.
    More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or【S3】______injured each year. a【S4】______of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor window. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it【S5】______your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.
【S6】______, drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to  50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sum you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not【S7】______in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
【S8】______, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make【S9】______these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt.
    Remember you may be taken to【S10】______for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.

A)however                                                I)speed
B)sure                                                   J)only
C)ride                                                   K)seriously
D)court                                                  L)decide
E)therefore                                              M)prevent
F)environment                                            N)dangerously
G)reduce                                                 O)rule
H)complex
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答案M
解析 根据句法结构，该空应该是一个谓语动词；该句的意义为“即使在严重的交通事故中，系安全带可以使近 50%的人避免死亡，……”。所谓“避免死亡”即为“防止死亡发生”。为此，应该选用[M]prevent为该题答案。
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