海西英语科目四试题和答案

1. Having driven a medium passenger vehicle (carrying 27 passengers) to the southern end of Qianling Village of Sidu Town, Mr. Xu drove upslope but the vehicle slid backward and dropped from an 80-meter cliff, killing 11 people and injuring 7. Which of the following law-breaking acts did Mr. Xu commit?

A. Fatigued driving

B. Drunk driving

C. Exceeding the carrying capacity of the passenger vehicle

D. Speeding

Answer: C

2. When driving in a residential area, the driver should not exceed the speed indicated by the speed limit sign.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

3. When the windscreen of a motor vehicle on the highway is cracked by flying rocks or debris which makes visibility poor, the driver should reduce speed gradually, turn on the hazard warning lamps, drive to a place where it will not obstruct the traffic flow and stop there.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

4. When a motor vehicle catches fire, the driver should swiftly turn off the engine and open the hood to extinguish the fire.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: B

5. When temporarily parking on a raining day, what kind of lamp should the driver turn on?

A. Front and back fog lamps

B. Hazard warning lamp

C. Headlamp

D. Reversing lamp

Answer: B

6. What should be done to keep safe when a motor vehicle driver is overtaking in this condition?

A. Reducing speed and keeping a safe distance

B. Continuously sounding the horn to indicate the vehicle in front

C. Accelerating to pass while keeping a certain distance

D. Overtaking by occupying the opposite lane

Answer: A

7. What should be done by the driver who intends to overtake but the motor vehicle in front neither reduces its speed nor allows the right of way?

A. Continuously sounding the horn and accelerating to overtake

B. Accelerating and continuing to overtake

C. Refraining from overtaking

D. Following the vehicle in front closely and finding a chance to overtake

Answer: C

8. Which one of the following is the safest way when driving a motor vehicle on this road?

A. Cutting speed or stopping to yield

B. Driving along the center of the road

C. Keeping a normal speed

D. Approaching vehicles by taking the opposite lane

Answer: A

9. When encountering this situation at the gate of a school, the driver should prepare to stop.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

10. The sign on the right indicates left turn only at the intersection ahead.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

11. What should the driver do when seeing these hand signals?

A. Go straight and pass through the intersection

B. Pull over

C. Drive to the waiting area for turning left

D. Turn right at the intersection

Answer: D

12. The slanted filled-in yellow marking in the middle of the road warns that there is a stationary obstacle ahead.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

13. When a motor vehicle passes over an overflowing bridge, what should the driver do after stopping and observing closely?

A. Change to a high gear and pass rapidly

B. Constantly observe the changes of the flow

C. Prepare to stop at any time

D. Change to a low gear and pass through at a constant speed

Answer: D

14. As shown in the flash, the motor vehicle chooses a correct way to pass through the level crossing.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

15. If the road condition behind is good, motor vehicle drivers should reverse rapidly.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: B

16. Mr. Li drove a large bus with 21 passengers (capacity 35 people). He found the braking system was abnormal on the way but failed to repair it. When running on the Shuangdao Haiwan Bridge at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour (speed limit 40 km/h), the bus fell into the sea due to a braking system failure, killing 13 people and injuring 8. What is the main illegal act committed by Mr. Li?

A. Speeding

B. Fatigued driving

C. Carrying more passengers than permitted

D. Driving a motor vehicle with potential safety hazard

Answer: AD

17. How should lamps be used when a motor vehicle meets an oncoming bicycle on a narrow road or a narrow bridge at night?

A. Continuously change between low-beam and high-beam

B. Use clearance lamp

C. Use high-beam

D. Use low-beam

Answer: D

18. Mr. Shi drove a low-speed cargo vehicle (capacity 1.2 tons)with 4.05 tons of cargo. At the spot of 51 kilometers mark by 260 meters on the No. 314 County Road in Ningjin County, the cargo vehicle had a head-on collision with a normally running midsize bus( capacity 11 people and carrying12) from the opposite direction after passing the central line of the road and overtaking the front vehicle in the same direction. As a result of this accident, 10 people were killed and 2 injured. What are the illegal acts in this case?

A. The cargo vehicle carried more cargo than capacity

B. The cargo vehicle illegally overtook other vehicles

C. The bus carried more passengers than capacity

D. The driver of the bus kept driving when tired

Answer: ABC

19. What should the driver do when the motor vehicle encounters this situation in front of a school?

A. Bypass before the queue

B. Slow down and pass slowly

C. Stop promptly and yield

D. Go through in the spaces between the queues

Answer: C

20. In which of the following ways can motor vehicles avoid a tire burst?

A. Lowering tire pressure

B. Checking tires regularly

C. Removing foreign matters from the tire tread grooves timely

D. Replacing the tires that have cracks or deep cuts

Answer: BCD

21. This sign indicates that vehicles can either drive straight or turn right at the fly-over junction ahead.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: B

22. When passing an intersection, vehicle motor drivers are not allowed to overtake.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

23. When passing this mountainous road, motor vehicle drivers should drive along the center of the road.

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: B

24. When driving on an expressway in rain, the driver should slow down to avoid steering failure arising from water slide

A. Right

B. Wrong

Answer: A

25. How should lamps be used when motor vehicle drivers pass through a two-way tunnel?

A. Turn on the hazard lamps

B. Turn on the high-beam

C. Turn on the fog lamp

D. Turn on the low-beam

Answer: D