【正文】 wonderful street I knew as a child.　　32. The writer finds it hard to accept the fact that _____________.　　A. many of his good neighbors are growing old　　B. the lady next door who used to yell at him and his brother is now a widow　　C. the life of his neighbors has bee very boring　　D. the man in his black suit even wanted to end his own life　　33. The biggest change on the writer39。 behavior. Because drivers of large vehicles sit up higher and can see better, they feel they can make better judgments when they drive. They are better protected in accidents, so they act more dangerously. This makes driving more hazardousto other drivers.　　The Peltzman Effect isn’t just limited to driving. In l972，the American Food and Drug Administration(FDA)passed a law requiring child safety caps on most medicine bottles. The safety caps were designed to prevent children from accidentally taking the medicine，especially painkillers such as aspirin. Requiring safety caps sounded like a great idea, but there was an unexpected side effect. Because the safety caps are so hard to take off, some people leave them off altogether. Worse, some parents leave the bottles where kids can reach them because they feel that it is safe because of the cap. A study on the Peltzman Effect showed that more than 3,500 children have been harmed by aspirin because of the safety caps.　　The Peltzman Effect describes how we’re likely to take more risks and act more dangerously when we feel safest. What’s more, the effects of these behaviors can be quite different from what we expect.　　28. What is the Peltzman Effect?　　A. People behave less safely when they feel safe.　　B. People feel safest when they are under protection.　　C. Something that seems dangerous turns out to be safe.　　D. People who act dangerously are likely to be together.　　29. What does the underlined word “hazardous”in Paragraph 2 mean?　　A. Interesting. B. Expensive. C. Dangerous. D. Important.　　30. Why do some people leave the safety caps of medicine bottles open?　　A. The caps don’t work at all.　　B. The caps can’t be opened easily.　　C. The bottles are out of the reach of children.　　D. The bottles without caps are less attractive to kids.　　31. What would be the best title for the text?　　A. Unsafe Safety Measures B. Types of Decision Making　　C. People’s Fear of Taking Risks D. Different Behaviors of People in Danger　　D　　About this time every year, I get very nostalgic(懷舊的). Walking through my neighborhood on a fall afternoon reminds me of a time not too long ago when sounds of children filled the air, children playing games on a hill, and throwing leaves around in the street below. I was one of those children, carefree and happy. I live on a street that is only one block long. I have lived on the same street for sixteen years. I love my street. One side has six houses on it, and the other has only two houses, with a small hill in the middle and a huge cottonwood tree on one end. When I think of home, I think of my street. Only I see it as it was before. Unfortunately things change. One day, not long ago, I looked around and saw how different everything has bee. Life on my street will never be the same because neighbors are quickly grown old, friends are growing up and leaving, and the city is planning to destroy my precious hill and sell the property to contractors.　　It is hard for me to accept that many of my wonderful neighbors are growing old and won’t be around much longer. I have fond memories of the couple across the street, who sat together on their porch swing almost every evening, the widow next door who yelled at my brother and me for being too loud, and the crazy old man in a black suit who drove an old car. In contrast to those people, the people I see today are very old neighbors who have seen better days. The man in the black suit says he wants to die, and another neighbor just sold his house and moved into a nursing home. The lady who used to yell at us is too tired to bother any more, and the couple across the street rarely go out to their front porch these days. It is difficult to watch these precious people as they near the end of their lives because at once I thought they would live forever.　　The “ings and goings” of the younger generation of my street are now mostly “goings” as friends and peers move on. Once upon a time, my life and the lives of my peers revolved around home. The boundary of our world was the gutter at the end of the street. We got pleasure from playing night games or from a breathtaking ride on a tricycle. Things are different now, as my friends bee adults and move on. Children who rode tricycles now drive cars. The kids who once played with me now have new interests and values as they go their separate ways. Some have gone away to college like me, a few got married,