[originaltext] (l)Road traffic crashes kill 1. 25 million people each year

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问题  
(l)Road traffic crashes kill 1. 25 million people each year worldwide. The report surveyed 180 countries, and it shows the number of annual deaths from traffic crashes is stabilizing. And that is good news as the number of motor vehicles grows worldwide. But the data also show that road crashes are the No. 1 cause of death among young people aged 15 to 29. Young adults around the world are the worst driving risks.
    Even in the US, drivers aged 15 to 24 account for about 30 percent of all driving-related accidents.
    The WHO report also finds a big gap in road safety and deaths between poor and rich countries.(2)Poor countries have some of the worst safety statistics in the report. "Africa has only two percent of the world’s vehicles, but has the highest death rate on the road. "
1. What is the news report mainly about?
2. What do we know about Africa from the news?

选项 A、The economic situation is improving there.
B、Young people have the highest proportion there.
C、The number of vehicles is the least there.
D、It has the highest death rate on the road.

答案 D

解析 新闻中提到,落后国家的交通安全状况不容乐观,继而列举了非洲的例子,“非洲的机动车辆虽只占全球机动车辆的2%,但因交通事故造成的死亡率却是最高的。”
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