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4．根据短文内容，从短文后选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．选项中有两项为多余选项．
Most cars have seat belts as part of their equipment．Seat belts protect drivers and passengers in case of accidents．They also reduce the effect of a crash on the body．
（36）DWorldwide，the devices have protected up to a million people．
America first recognized the invention of an automobile seat belt in 1849．The government gave a patent to an engineer named Edward Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention of a safety device．（37）AThis early version of safety belt was said to include hooks and other attachments for securing the person to a fixed object．
Other inventors followed with different versions of the seat belt．（38）G It resulted from the work of a Swedish engineer，Nils Bohlin．His three-point，lap and shoulder seat belt first appeared on cars in Europe 50 years ago．
Nils Bohlin recognized that both the upper and lower body needed to be held securely in place．His invention contained a cloth strap（带子）that was placed across the chest and another strap across his hips（臀部）．（39）B
Volvo was the first company to offer the modern seat belt to its cars．This company also provided use of Nils Bohlin's design to other car-makers．
（40）CHe received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1995．He died in Sweden in 2002．

A．Claghorn called his invention a safety belt
B．The design joined the straps next to the hip．
C．The Swedish engineer won many honors for his seat belt．
D．Safety experts say that seat belts save thousands of lives a year in America alone．
E．There are many companies adopting Nils Bohlin's invention of the belt．
F．Claghorn was a promising young engineer with many honors all his life．
G．But more than 100 years passed before the current seat belt was developed．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述了安全带的作用及发展史．

解答 36-40．DAGBC
36题答案：D 考查细节推理，根据后面的"Worldwide，the devices have protected up to a million people"（世界范围内，这种设备保护了多达一百万人）可知本题答案为D选项"安全专家说座位安全带单单在美国一年要挽救成千上万的生命"．
37题答案：A 考查细节推理，根据前面的"The government gave a patent to an engineer named Edward Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention of a safety device"（政府给一位纽约的名叫Edward Claghorn的工程师颁发了专利，这样一来其他人就不会抄袭他‘安全设备'的发明）可知本题答案为A选项"Edward Claghorn将他的发明成为安全带"．
38题答案：G 考查细节推理，根据前面的"Other inventors followed with different versions of the seat belt"（其他的发明者也发明了不同版本的安全带）及后面的"It resulted from the work of a Swedish engineer"（这源于一名瑞典工程师的努力）可知本题答案为G选项"但是在现在安全带形成之前已经过去了100多年"．
39题答案：B 考查细节推理，根据前面的"His invention contained a cloth strap（带子）that was placed across the chest and another strap across his hips"（他的发明包含一个穿过胸口的带子以及另一个穿过臀部的带子）可知本题答案为B选项"这种设计在臀部附近将带子结合在一起"．
40题答案：C 考查细节推理，根据后面的"He received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1995"（1995年他获得了瑞典皇家工程科学院的金质奖章）可知本题答案为C选项"这位瑞典工程师因其安全带赢得了很多荣誉"．

点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读，和完形填空很类似，不同的是一个选词，一个选句子．解题时，要注意上下文语境，充分考虑信息词（选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词），选出最符合语境的句子．