B [2015 .孝感改编]

    OnMay23Shenzhenintroducedtoughnewrulesinordertodiscouragethe“Chinesestyleofcrossingtheroad” “Chinesepeoplecrossroadswithoutthinkingabouttrafficlightssolongastheyarepartofacrowd”saidapostonSinaWeibo.

    ACCTVnewsprogramshowedthatinonlyanhourmorethan600peoplejumpedredlightswhencrossingaroadinShijiazhuangHebei.

Manypeoplesaythattheyjaywalk(乱穿马路)becausetheredlightlaststoolong.SuchanopinionissupportedbyaresearchteamatTongji University. Theteamdidresearchonpeople'swaitingtimesatdifferentroadcrossingsforthreeyears.TheyfoundthatChinesepeoplewouldwaitfor70to90seconds(秒)beforetheylosttheirpatience.“Peoplearelikelytoignore(忽视)thelightwhenthewaitingtimeislongerthantheycanbear”saidNiYingamemberoftheresearchteam.

    HoweverasurveyonSinaWeibosuggestedthatpeoplejaywalkmainlybecausetheyignorerules.“Ialwaysobeytrafficrules.Timeisimportantbutsafetyshouldcomefirst”someonewroteonhisWeibo.

    Manycountriesgiveoutpunishmentstojaywalkers.InSingaporethemaximumcanbethreemonthsinprison.SomeChinesecitieshavestartedtakingsomeactionstoo.Forexamplethefirstthreepeopleinajaywalkinggroupwillbefined50yuaninShijiazhuang.

    Butcallingonpeopletorespectrulesismoreimportant.Tocompletelysolvetheproblemeveryoneshouldrealizetheimportanceofobeyingthetrafficrules.

()26.Whichofthefollowingisthe“Chinesestyleroadcrossing”？

   A.Tocrossaroadslowly.

   B.Tofollowthebasictrafficrules.

   C.Tocrossroadswithoutlookingattrafficlights.

()27.Whatdoesthephrase“theteam”inParagraph3referto?

   A.ACCTVnewsprogram.

   B.AresearchgroupatTongjiUniversity.

   C.ApostonSinaWeibo.

()28.HowlongwillChinesepeoplewaitfortocrosstheroadbeforetheylosepatience?

   A.Aboutfiveminutes.

   B.Lessthanoneminute.

   C.Lessthanoneandahalfminutes.

()29.WhydopeoplejaywalkaccordingtothesurveyonSinaWeibo?

   A.Becausepeopledon'tpaymuchattention