2022年新高考全国Ⅱ卷
C
Over the last seven years, most states have banned texting by drivers, and public service campaigns have tried a wide range of methods to persuade people to put down their phones when they are behind the wheel.
Yet the problem, by just about any measure, appears to be getting worse. Americans are still texting while driving, as well as using social networks and taking photos. Road accidents, which had fallen for years, are now rising sharply.
That is partly because people are driving more, but Mark Rosekind, the chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said distracted(分心)driving was "only increasing, unfortunately."
"Big change requires big ideas." he said in a speech last month, referring broadly to the need to improve road safety. So to try to change a distinctly modern behavior, lawmakers and public health experts are reaching back to an old approach: They want to treat distracted driving like drunk driving.
An idea from lawmakers in New York is to give police officers a new device called the Textalyzer. It would work like this: An officer arriving at the scene of a crash could ask for the phones of the drivers and use the Textalyzer to check in the operating system for recent activity. The technology could determine whether a driver had just texted, emailed or done anything else that is not allowed under New York's hands-free driving laws.
"We need something on the books that can change people's behavior,” said Félix W. Ortiz, who pushed for the state's 2001 ban on hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becomes law, he said, "people are going to be more afraid to put their hands on the cell phone."
28. Which of the following best describes the ban on drivers' texting in the US?
A. Ineffective. B. Unnecessary.
C. Inconsistent. D. Unfair.
29. What can the Textalyzer help a police officer find out?
A. Where a driver came from. B. Whether a driver used their phone.
C. How fast a driver was going. D. When a driver arrived at the scene.
30 What does the underlined word "something" in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Advice. B. Data. C. Tests. D. Laws.
31. What is a suitable title for the text?
A. To Drive or Not to Drive? Think Before You Start
B. Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer
C. New York Banning Hand-Held Devices by Drivers.
D. The Next generation Cell Phone: The Textalyzer-
答案解析：
28. 文章第一段提到大多数州禁止司机发短信，但第二段指出问题似乎在恶化，道路事故在增加。这表明禁止司机发短信的措施并没有取得预期的效果，因此可以推断这个禁令是无效的。所以选A。
29. 根据第五段中的描述，Textalyzer这个设备可以检查司机的手机操作系统中的最近活动，以确定司机是否违反了纽约的免提驾驶法。因此，Textalyzer可以帮助警察发现司机是否使用了手机。所以选B。
30. 在最后一段中，"something on the books"指的是法律条文中的规定。Félix W. Ortiz提到需要有能够改变人们行为的东西，结合上下文，这里指的是法律。所以选D。
31. 文章主要讨论了美国司机在驾驶时分心使用手机的问题，以及纽约州提出的Textalyzer法案，这个法案旨在通过检查司机是否在驾驶时使用手机来减少分心驾驶。因此，"Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer"是一个合适的标题，它概括了文章的主要内容。所以选B。
