D．The main means of transport in the Netherlands.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，Anna Holligan的主要目标是找到自行车在荷兰如此受欢迎的原因。

　　2．Bikes were used by the smallest number of people in the Netherlands ________.

　　A．before World War Ⅱ　　　 B．in the 1960s

　　C．in the 1970s D．in the 1980s

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。综合分析第二至第四段可知，二战前荷兰人的交通工具以自行车为主，二十世纪五六十年代，小汽车数量的激增导致骑自行车出行的人数骤减，但随之发生的大量车祸和石油危机使人们又开始选择骑自行车，故选B项。

　　3．What resulted in the Dutch government's changing road­building policies?

　　A．More bikes and road accidents.

　　B．More cars and higher oil prices.

　　C．Road accidents and oil shortage.

　　D．A social movement and high oil prices.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第三至第五段可知，交通事故和石油短缺这两个原因使得荷兰政府改变了公路建设的政策。

　　4．What do we learn about the Dutch children?

　　A．They must get a license to ride a bike.

　　B．They are not allowed to drive before 19.

　　C．They must have cycling lessons at school.

　　D．They don't use bikes when they are very young.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知，自行车课程在荷兰的学校属于必修课，故C项正确。

　　B

　　 An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when they're speeding. When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead­footed_drivers avoid tickets and also save lives. The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets (车队)．

The product, called Speed Alert, links real­time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a driver's PDA or programmable mobile phone. The setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a car's speedometer (