You can’t walk down the street without passing so-called “smart-phone zombies (僵尸).” They are too 【小题1】 (bury) in their screen to watch where they are going. Almost four in ten people admit having a technology-related small accident 【小题2】 they pay more attention to their electronic devices than to the pavement.

Recently the city of Honolulu, Hawaii, 【小题3】 (state) officially it’s time to take action and make it unlawful to cross the road while 【小题4】 (use) a smart phone. Those caught using phones or other electronic devices at crossing points could face a fine up 【小题5】 $100.

Honolulu is the first major U. S. city to ban (禁止) what is called “distracted walking”. It comes after a study found there had been more than 11,000 【小题6】 (injury) in the United States resulting from phone-related distraction while walking in the past few years. To explain the decision, mayor Kirk Caldwell said, “【小题7】 (unfortunate), we hold the honor of being a major city 【小题8】 more pedestrians (行人) are hit in crosswalks than almost any other city in the country.”

However, the law does permit 【小题9】 exception (例外). Pedestrians can use such devices to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters. If you still want to text while walking, you could not 【小题10】 (fine) by using a voice-controlled digital assistant. Or you could just wait until you are again, safely, off the street.

A young lady looking at her smartphone while walking across a railway【小题1】 (have) a close knock on Dec 12. She was so 【小题2】 (absorb) in her phone that she didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past her, 【小题3】 (throw) her to the ground. This accident reached to a point 【小题4】 people must be warned to be aware of their surroundings when crossing roads. 【小题5】 (luck), the lady survived, but the incident forced the driver 【小题6】(stop)the train. An 10-minute delay followed the incident, 【小题7】 led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

It’s obvious that it will be harmful to society. What’s even 【小题8】 (bad), some smartphone addicts blame the smartphone 【小题9】the sad stories. In fact, seldom 【小题10】 they realize that the accidents are linked to their weakening self-control and self-discipline.

The most important rule of the road concerns which side to drive on. A large number of accidents happen for this reason, with more and more people 【小题1】(choose) to hire a car as the way to drive in a foreign country. Famous actor Matthew Broderick 【小题2】(catch) up in a bad collision when he rented 【小题3】 car in Ireland because he forgot that he should drive on the opposite side of the road.

Most of the former British colonies in the world, Australia, India and South Africa 【小题4】 (include), still drive on the left-hand side of the road. Most European countries drive on the right-hand side apart 【小题5】 Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the UK. About two thirds of the countries in the world 【小题6】(general) drive on the right, such as the USA, China and Russia. Canada used to drive on the left 【小题7】changed to the right to make border crossings with the USA more 【小题8】(manage).

The 【小题9】(reason) for driving on different sides are historical. British horse riders used to ride on the left-hand side, thus keeping their right arm free to offer greetings to passers-by. But in the USA, teamsters (卡车司机) determined 【小题10】(start) driving on the right so that they could see the passing wheels of other trucks.