2013年高考英语模拟试题及答案解析(8)
B．many societies would stop functioning without cars
C．cars should not be owned by one individual
D．it causes many deaths to human society
64. The expression closest in meaning to the phrase “in convoy” in the last paragraph is____．
A．in line B．sidelong C．side by side D．shoulder to shoulder
65．What will happen if cars are joined to each other electronically in 2020?
A．Motorists will get a clear view of the road．
B．There will be less pollution caused by car,
C．The weather condition will not have effect On motorists．
D．All trains will bum less fuel than present．
C
The unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions．
British actor Richard Grif-fiths，stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave．
Judge Robert Restaino went considerably further．He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone．
“Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,” he shouted．
Over the next two hours，the judge entered what a state commission concluded was a period of “incredible madness”．He began by ordering the doors of the court locked，and set the officers to searching for the phone．
When that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn tojail.
All 46 of them．
When a defendant protested the judge’s actions were not fair to those who didn’t possess the phone，Restaino replied：“I know it isn’t．
Judge’s actions caused chaos．Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd．and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch．“We were playing Twister in here”, one said at the time．
