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In a bid to convince drivers in Aichi Prefecture to keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road，a new Japanese smartphone app offers free coffee coupons(优惠券)to drivers who don’t check their phones for at least 100 km.
For the last 13 years，Aichi Prefecture has recorded the highest rate of death in traffic accidents in Japan.Last year，there were 443,691 accidents that resulted in injuries or deaths，and 50,101 arrests involving the use of smartphones while driving.With handhelds becoming such a big part of people’s lives，there appears to be an increase in violations of this nature，and authorities have yet to come up with an effective plan to deal with the problem.
Interestingly，a Japanese company seems to think that a creative new app could in some way help drivers to keep themselves from checking their phones at the wheel and reduce the number of traffic accidents.Toyota Motor Corporation，Komeda Coffee and KDDI Corporation of Communication have teamed up to create Driving Barista，an app that uses the phone’s sensor to sense the tilt(倾斜)of the device，and the GPS to determine the distance driven.This allows it to calculate the number of kilometers a driver has traveled with the smartphone facing down.
When Driving Barista determines that the smartphone has not been checked for at least 1 00 kilometers，it will reward the driver with a coupon for a cup of blended or iced coffee at a Komeda Coffee Shop.The reward is earned after every 100 kilometers driven without checking the phone.If you try to change the number before it reaches 100 km，the app will reset back at 0 km.
Toyota claims that this is the first smartphone app that attempts to deal with traffic safety issues.“In line with contributing to the final goal of achieving zero death and zero traffic accidents，Toyota has taken automobile safety measures as one of its top priority management concerns，”said Shuichi Murakami，managing officer at Toyota.“By carrying out a new traffic safety regulations together with Komeda Coffee and KDDI，we hope to further reduce traffic accidents.”
文章大意：文章以爱知县和日本的交通状况为线索，谈到政府和一些汽车企业为降低因使用手机带来的交通事故而发明的一种新设备。
1．“The wheel”in Paragraph l actually refers to__D__.
解析：词义推断题。从文章前两段可知，这里的wheel指的是方向盘，即让司机全神贯注于驾驶。
2．What can we learn about Japan’s traffic from the passage？__A__
A．Over 50,000 Japanese drivers got arrested for phone use while driving.
B．The final goal of achieving zero traffic accidents will soon come true.
C．Aichi Prefecture no longer tops the list in Japan’s traffic death rates.
D．443,691 people died or got injured in last year’s traffic accidents.
3．What do we know about Driving Barista？__A__
A．It encourages driving without checking smartphones.
B．It is created by several Japanese motor companies.
C．It determines the distance the driver has driven.
D．It can be placed in any position by the drivers.
4．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？__B__
A．Smartphones—the No.1 killer in driving
B．An app to control smartphone use in driving
C．Drivers，do you like coffee?
D．Japan’s new traffic regulations
解析：主旨大意题。本文的核心就是介绍这个装置的发明和使用，因此选B。其余三项都不是文章核心内容。
