18．Nowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer drivers than men．
In a survey done for insurer MetLife，51% of women said they drive more safely．The evidence is on their side：Men are 3.4 times more likely than women to get a ticket for careless driving and 3.1 times as likely to be punished for drunk driving．"Women are on average less aggressive and more law abiding （守法的） drivers，which leads to fewer accidents，"the report says．However，not all male drivers share the same opinion．Of the men surveyed by MetLife，39% claimed male drivers were safer．The findings did back them up on one point：automotive knowledge．The report showed that more men are familiar with current safety equipment such as electronic stability control，which helps prevent rollover accidents．
Auto safety unavoidably matters to Money．Insurance companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims，and for now，that mainly includes women．In general，women pay about 9% less for auto insurance than men．A study by the website Insweb also showed that auto insurance rates are lower for women in most states．Among individual states，women get the greatest advantage in Wyoming （where they pay 20% less），South Dakota and Washington，D．C．，where their insurance costs are 16% lower．
"More than 11，900 male drivers died in U．S．traffic accidents in 2009，compared with just under 4，900 women drivers，"according to the study．"Based on miles traveled，men died at a rate of 2.5 deaths per 100 million miles traveled，vs.1.7 deaths for women．"
64．According to the study，female driversC
A．a(chǎn)re more aggressive while driving         
B．a(chǎn)re more interested in auto knowledge
C．a(chǎn)re more likely to stick to driving laws 
D．a(chǎn)re more familiar with safety equipment
65．Insurance companies focus on female driver clients probably because theyDA．cause more accidents on the road
B．pay more money to the insurance companies
C．take the most part of the insurance clients
D．have the lowest amount of money on insurance claims
66．We can infer from the passage thatD
A．men are 3.1 times more likely to get tickets than women
B．a(chǎn)ll women in the USA pay the same for their auto insurance
C．more female drivers die every year than male drivers
D．women are generally safer drivers than the opposite gender
67．The writer mainly develops paragraphs byB．
A．giving examples                      
B．making comparisons
C．drawing a conclusion                  
D．presenting an argument．

分析 本文是一則報道，文章運(yùn)用對比的手法，用大量數(shù)據(jù)寫出了男女司機(jī)在駕駛安全性上的不同之處．報道也解釋了女士做司機(jī)比男士更安全的一些原因．

解答 64．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段的"Women are on average less aggressive and more law abiding  drivers，which leads to fewer accidents"可知，報告研究表明，女性一般是不太積極但卻更加守法的司機(jī)，女性司機(jī)的這種行為使事故更少的發(fā)生．因此可推測，女士駕車時更可能的去堅持和遵守駕車法律．故選C．
65．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第三段的第二句"Insurance companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims，and for now，that mainly includes women"可知，保險公司目前注重的是能以最低美金索賠的客戶，而今這樣的客服女士居多．因此保險公司更加注重女客戶．故選D．
66．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第一段"Nowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer drivers than men"可知，目前，女士開車做司機(jī)似乎比男士更加安全，而下文是對此句的更近一步的解釋．可推測，女士開車更安全．故選D．
67．B．推理預(yù)測題．通讀全文大意可知，本文講述的是女士做司機(jī)比男士更安全，開篇提出主題，下文作解釋時，運(yùn)用了大量數(shù)據(jù)對男女司機(jī)在駕駛安全性上進(jìn)行對比．因此，作者在這篇文章中主要運(yùn)用了對比的手法．故選B．

點評 本文為新聞報道類閱讀．新聞報道類在英語閱讀理解中是一種特點十分鮮明的題材．因為文章往往呈現(xiàn)出"倒金字塔"的特征，此類題的英語閱讀理解技巧是重點看導(dǎo)語．導(dǎo)語位于新聞報道的首段，高度概括新聞事實，通過它點出新聞的主題，其次尋找關(guān)鍵詞，理解題意，做出解答．

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