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...
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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.
1 Janet is more confident than Ryan.
(Janet tự tin hơn Ryan.)
Ryan is less confident than Janet.
(Ryan kém tự tin hơn Janet.)
2 Hannah and Ellie are more intelligent than Vicky.
(Hannah và Ellie thông minh hơn Vicky.)
Vicky is the least intelligent of the three girls.
(Vicky là người kém thông minh nhất trong ba cô gái.)
3 Marcus's house and Daniel's house are more spacious than Donna's.
(Nhà của Marcus và nhà của Daniel rộng rãi hơn nhà của Donna.)
Donna's house is the least spacious of the three.
(Ngôi nhà của Donna là ngôi nhà kém rộng rãi nhất trong ba ngôi nhà.)
4 Harriet's flat is more cramped than Clare's flat.
(Căn hộ của Harriet chật chội hơn căn hộ của Clare.)
Clare's flat is less cramped than Harriet's flat.
(Căn hộ của Clare ít chật chội hơn căn hộ của Harriet.)
5 Jess and Maisy live in a more lively area than Annie.
(Jess và Maisy sống ở khu sôi động hơn Annie.)
Annie lives in the least lively area.
(Annie sống ở khu vực ít sôi động nhất.)