Question

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

  Accidents do not occur at random. People eighty-five years of age and older are twenty-two times likelyto die accidentally than are children five to nine years old. The risk for native Americans is four times that for Asian-Americans and twice that for white Americans or African-Americans. Males suffer accidents at more than twice the rate of females, in part because they are more prone to risky behavior. Alaskans are more than three times as likely as Rhode Islanders to die in an accident. Texans are twenty-one times more likely than New Jerseyites to die in a natural disaster. Among the one hundred most populous counties, Kern County, California (Bakersfield), has an accident fatality rate three times greater than Summit County, Ohio (Akron).

  Accidents happens more often to poor people. Those living in poverty receive inferior medical care, are more apt to reside in houses with faulty heating and electrical systems, drive older cars with fewer safety features, and are less likely to use safety belts. People in rural areas have more accidents than city or suburban dwellers because farming is much riskier than working in a factory or office and because emergency medical services are less readily available. These two factors - low income and rural residence - may explain why the south has a higher accident rate than the north.

(Source: Proficiency Reading)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Children aged five to nine face the greatest accident risk. 

B. All people face an equal risk of having an accident. 

C. One in every 22 people aged 85 and over will die in an accident. 

D. The risk of having an accident is greater among certain groups of people.

Answer 1

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Theo đoạn văn, điều nào dưới đây là đúng?

A. Trẻ em từ năm đến chín tuổi đối mặt với tỷ lệ tai nạn cao nhất.

B. Tất cả mọi người đối mặt với tỷ lệ tai nạn như nhau.

C. Cứ 1 trong số 22 người trong độ tuổi 85 sẽ chết vì tai nạn.

D. Nguy cơ gặp tai nạn cao hơn trong một số nhóm người nhất định.

Bài viết so sánh rủi ro tai nạn ở những nhóm người khác nhau, ví dụ như thông tin dưới đây:

Thông tin: People eighty-five years of age and older are twenty-two times likely to die accidentally than are children five to nine years old. The risk for native Americans is four times that for Asian-Americans and twice that for white Americans or African-Americans.

Tạm dịch: Người từ 85 tuổi trở lên có khả năng chết do tai nạn cao hơn 21 lần so với trẻ em 5-9 tuổi. Nguy cơ cho người Mĩ bản địa gấp 4 lần người Mĩ gốc Á và 2 lần người Mĩ da trắng hoặc gốc Phi.

Chọn D