Section B
Passage One
[26]In America, driver's education is part of the regular high school curriculum. Every student in his or her second year of high school is required to take a class in driver's education. However, unlike other courses, it is not given during the regular school year. Instead it is a summer course.
[27]The course is divided up into two parts: class time for learning laws and regulations and driving time to practise driving. Class time is not unlike any other class. The students have a text from which they study the basic laws they must know. Driving time is a chance for the students to practise starting steering, backing up, parking, switching lanes, turning corners, and all the other maneuvers required. Each student is required to drive a total of six hours. The students are divided up into groups of four. The students and the instructor go out driving for two hours. Thus, each student gets half an hour driving time per outing. The instructor and the "driver" sit in the front seats and the other three students sit in the back.
[28]Driver's education cars are unlike other cars in which they have two sets of brakes, one on the driver's side and one on the other side where the instructor sits. Thus, if the student driver should run into difficulties the instructor can take over. The car also has another special feature. [28]On the top of the car is a sign that reads: STUDENT DRIVER. That lets nearby drivers know that they should use extra caution because the student driver is not very experienced and prone to driving slowly.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is special about the driver's course in America?
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。短文开篇就告诉我们：“在美国，学驾驶是常规中学课程的一部分”，A项中的secondary education是原文high school curriculum的同义替换，故A为答案。
27. What can students learn during class time?
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。文中介绍driving course分两部分：class time后面听到的关键实义词是laws and regulations；driving time后面是practise driving。
28. How is the driver's education car designed in order to prevent accident?
正确答案：B
解析：细节题。为了防止驾驶时发生意外事故，短文列举了两个防范措施：车内有两个刹车制动装置，一个学生用，另一个供教练在紧急情况下用；此外车顶篷上还有“实习司机”的标记以提醒过往车辆的司机。
