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  3. Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists. Researchers(1)______6. 5 million car c

Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists. Researchers(1)______6. 5 million car c

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问题     Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists.
    Researchers(1)______6. 5 million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers. They also discovered that women have a(2)______ time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads. The results are even more(3)______given that men spend more time(4)______ than women. On average, men drive 60 percent of the time, and women 40 percent.
    Michael Sivak, of the University of Michigan, said: " The results(5)______ that in certain crash situations , male-to-male crashes tend to be under-represented and(6)______crashes tend to be over-represented. "
    Dr. Sivak and his colleague Brandon Schoettle studied data from a nationally(7)______ sample of police-reported crashes in the US from 1988 to 2007. They(8)______to find that accidents involving two male drivers would make up 36. 2 percent of all crashes, while female/female accidents would(9)______15. 8 percent and male/female 48 percent. (10)______, they discovered that accidents involving two women drivers were 20. 5 percent, while male/male crashes were(11)______at 31.9 percent. Accidents involving male and female drivers(12)______at 47.6 percent, as expected.
    The scientists also found that women were more likely than men to crash at a(13)______their cars are often(14)______on the left-hand side when trying to make a (15)______turn, and vice versa. Dr. Sivak said this(16)______ be due to height difference(17)______the sexes.
    He said; "There are three(18)______ driver-related factors, including the(19)______of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, one’s own driving skills and the driving skills of(20)______ driver involved. "
(19)
选项 A、applicability
B、probability
C、opportunity
D、feasibility
答案B
解析 名词辨析题。此处提到第一个车祸原因，“在错误的时间出现在错误的地点”，这是一种可能性，因此[B]probability“可能性，或然性”为正确答案。[A]applicability“应用性，适用性”，[C]opportunity“机会，时机”，[D]feasibility“可行性”，这三项均不符合文意，故排除。
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