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In Britain, the old Road Traffic Act restricted speeds to 2 m. p. h.(miles p

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问题     In Britain, the old Road Traffic Act restricted speeds to 2 m. p. h.(miles per hour)in towns and 4 m. p. h. in the country. Later Parliament increased the speed limit to 14 m. p. h. But by 1903 the development of the car industry had made it necessary to raise the limit to 20 m. p. h. By 1930, however, the law was so widely ignored that speeding restrictions were done away with altogether. For five years motorists were free to drive at whatever speeds they liked. Then in 1935 the Road Traffic Act imposed a 30 m. p. h. speed limit in built-up areas, along with the introduction of driving tests and pedestrian crossing.
    Speeding is now the most common motoring offence in Britain. Offences for speeding fall into three classes: exceeding the limit on a restricted road, exceeding on any road the limit for the vehicle you are driving, and exceeding the 70 m. p. h. limit on any road. A restricted road is one where the street lamps are 200 yards apart, or more.
    The main controversy surrounding speeding laws is the extent of their safety value. The Ministry of Transport maintains that speed limits reduce accidents. It claims that when the 30 m. p. h. limit was introduced in 1935 there was a fall of 15 percent in fatal accidents. Likewise, when the 40 m. p. h. speed limit was imposed on a number of roads in London in the late fifties, there was a 28 percent reduction in serious accidents. There were also fewer casualties in the year after the 70 m. p. h. motorway limit was imposed in 1966.
    In America, however, it is thought that the reduced accident figures are due rather to the increase in traffic density. This is why it has even been suggested that the present speed limits should be done away with completely, or that a guide should be given to inexperienced drivers and the speed limits made advisory, as is done in parts of the U. S.
Questions: [br] During which period could British motorists drive without speed limits?
选项 A、During 1903 to 1908.
B、During 1930 to 1935.
C、During 1935 to 1940.
D、During 1935 to 1966.
答案 B
解析 第1题题干中出现关键词汇British motorists，without speed limits，利用查阅式阅读法，我们发现在第一段第四句至第六句中作者指出：然而，到1930年，人们根本无视法律，以至于时速限制的规定完全被解除了。有五年的时间，司机们可以随心所欲，愿意开多快就开多快。后来，在1935年，公路交通法案强制实行在建筑物多的地区车辆时速不得超过30英里，同时又引进了驾驶考试和人行横道等一些规定和设施。因此，我们可以找出第1题的正确答案为B。
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