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  3. Every day 25 million US children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; bu

Every day 25 million US children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; bu

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问题     Every day 25 million US children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; but nevertheless, about 10 children are killed each year riding on large school buses, and nearly four times that number are killed outside buses in the loading zones. By and large, however, the nation’s school children are transported to and from school safely.
    Even though the number of school bus casualties(伤亡事故)is not large, the safety of children is always of intense public concern. While everyone wants to see children transported safely, people are divided about what needs to be done — particularly whether seat belts should be mandatory(强制性的).
    Proponents of seat belts on school buses — many of them are parents and medical organisations — argue that seat belts are necessary not only to reduce fatality and injury, but also to teach children lessons about the importance of using them routinely in any moving vehicle. A side benefit, proponents point out, is that seat belts help keep children in their seats, away from the bus driver.
    Opponents of seat belt installation suggest that children are already well protected by the school buses that adhere to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s(NHTSA)safety requirements set in 1977. They also believe that many children won’t wear seat belts anyway, and that they may damage the belts or use them as weapons to hurt other children.
    A new Research Council report on school bus safety suggests that there are alternate safety devices and procedures that may be more effective and less expensive. For example, the study committee suggested that raising seat backs four inches may have the same safety effectiveness as seat belts.
    The report sponsored by the Department of Transportation at the request of Congress, reviews seat belts extensively while taking a broader look at safety in and around school buses.
One of the reasons why some people oppose to installing seat belts on school buses is that______.
选项 A、they worry the cost of installing seat belts on school buses is too high
B、they think the seat belts are not the best choice to make children safe on school buses
C、they think children are under good protection of the NHTSA safety requirements
D、they worry the seat belts may become the tools for some children to hurt others
答案D
解析 根据题干中的oppose和installing seat belts将本题出处定位于第4段。第4段最后一句后半部分提到，反对在校车上安装安全带的人认为，许多孩子可能会破坏安全带或将其用作伤害其他孩子的武器，D)是对此的同义转述，故为答案。其他三项文中未提到。
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