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Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to sc
Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to sc
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2023-11-11
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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. " [br] (9)
选项
A、make for
B、account for
C、apply for
D、consist in
答案
B
解析
动词短语辨析题。根据前半句的含义,此处所填短语应和make up“构成,组成”为同义,选项中只有[B]account for可以表示“(在数量,比例方面)占”符合此文意要求。[A]make for“向……方向前进,促进”,[C]apply for“申请,适用”,[D]consist in“在于,存在于”,这三项均不符合文意,排除。
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