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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 panies 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 . traffic accidents in 2020, pared with just under 4,900 women drivers,” according to the study. “Based on miles traveled, men died at a rate of deaths per 100 million miles traveled, . deaths for women.” 28. According to the study, male drivers _________. A. are less aggressive while driving B. are more skilled at auto knowledge C. are more likely to stick to driving laws D. are less familiar with safety equipment 29. Insurance panies focus on female driver clients(客户 ) probably because they _________. A. cause more accidents on the road but ask for little B. cause little damage and pay more money to the insurance panies C. make up the most part of the insurance clients D. are more careful drivers and cause less damage 30. We can infer from the passage that _________. A. men are times more likely to get tickets than women B. all 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 sex 31. The writer mainly develops paragraphs by _________. A. giving examples B. making parisons C. drawing a conclusion D. presenting an argument D According to researchers, money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else. Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly bring you happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found. Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably (适度地 ) happier when they spent money on otherseven if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier. “We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia. They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual ine and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity. “Regardless of how much ine each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement. Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a pany in Boston before and after they received an annual profitsharing bonus(奖金 ) of between $3,000 and $8,000. “Employees who devoted more of their bonus to prosocial (有益社会的 ) spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science. They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it. “These findings suggest that very minor variations in spending allocations (分配 ) as little as $5may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said. 32. According to the passage, ________. A. the more money you spend on others, the happier you are B. spending money on others can bring you happiness C. Elizabeth Dunn is a psychologist from Harvest Business School D. six hundred volunteers took part in the experiment 33. The 16 employees mentioned in the passage _________. A. were given clear instructions on how to spend the bonus B. had more happiness than the size of the bonus itself C. exp。
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