Question

A recent study offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal（致命的）accident as a teenager driving alone. However, the possibility of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional (added) passenger.

　　It was also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late night accident.

　　Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to help solve the problem is to have states setting up so-called graduated licensing systems（等级执照制）. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove that he/she is able to drive in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with a limited number of passengers, before graduating to full driving on his own. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place. The systems have reduced teenage driver crashes（相撞）, according to recent studies.

1.Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?

A．Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.

B．A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.

C．Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.

D．A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.

2.According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly because __.

A．their preference for driving at night

B．their lack of driving experience

C．their careless way of driving

D．their driving with passengers

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲的年轻的司机发生事故死亡的概率要高一些，以及导致事故发生的原因，并且为了避免这些事故所采取的措施。

1.细节题。由第二段It was also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight.研究发现青年司机的死亡率在晚上10点之后大大的增加了，尤其是在午夜之后。可知答案选B。

2. 细节题。由第三段the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience。青年司机由于愚蠢的驾驶习惯导致的高死亡率比由于缺乏驾驶经验导致的死亡率要少。可知，死亡率主要是由于缺乏驾驶经验引起的。故选B

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