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阅读理解基础训练 Passage 1 injure reverse deliver valid apply certificate responsibility more than up to sb’s chance of V-ing at … speed make sure More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third floor window. Wearing a seat belt saves lives and therefore reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half. Therefore 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 sure you wear you belt. But it will be the drivers responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle or you are making a local delivery or collection but using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear you seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it. 1. This text is taken from . A. a medical magazine B. a police report C. a legal document D. a government information booklet 2. Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle . A. reduces road accidents by more than half B. saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour C. reduces the death rate in traffic accidents D. saves more than 15,000 lives each year 3. Concerning wearing seat belt, drivers are required to . A. ask or remind the front seat passenger to wear a seat belt B. make the front seat children under 14 wear a