2017职称英语考试备考辅导综合类C级五

2017 职称英语考试备考辅导综合类 C 级五 Male and Female Pilots Cause Accidents Differently
Male pilots flying general aviation1 (private)aircraft in the United States are more likely to crash due to inattention or flawed decision-making,while female pilots are more likely to crash from mishandling the aircraft.These are results of a study fly researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The study identifies difference between male and female pilot in terms of circumstances or the crash and the type or pilots error involved2. “Crashes of general aviation aircraft account for 85 percent of all aviation deaths3 in the United States. The crash rate for male pilots, as for motor vehicle drivers, exceeds that4 of crashes of female pilots. ” explains Susan P. Baker, MPH, professor of health policy and management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Because pilot youth and inexperience are established5 contributors to aviation crashes6, we focused on only mature pilots,
to determine the gender differences in the reasons for the crash. ”The researchers extracted data for this study from a large research project on pilot aging and flight safety.The data were gathered from general aviation crashes of airplanes and helicopters between 1983 and 1997, involving 144 female pilots and 267 male pilots aged 40-63. Female pilots were matched with male pilots in a 1:2 ratio, by age, classes of medical and pilot certificates, state or area of crash, and year of crash. Then the circumstances of the crashes and the pilot error involved were categorized and coded without knowledge of pilot gender.
The researchers found that loss of control on landing or takeoff was the most common circumstance for both sexes, leading to 59 percent of female pilots’ crashes and 36 percent of males’. Experiencing mechanical failure, running out of fuel, and landing the plane with the landing gear up7 were among the factors more likely with males, while stalling was more likely with females.
The majority of the crashes — 95 percent for females and 88 percent for males — involved at least one type of pilot error. Mishandling aircraft kinetics was the most common error for both sexes, but was more common among females (accounting for 81 percent of the crashes) than males (accounting for 48 percent ). Males, however, appeared more likely to be guilty of8 poor decision-making, risk-taking, and inattentiveness,examples of which
include misjudging weather and visibility9or flying an aircraft with a known defect. Females, though more likely to mishandle or lose control of the aircraft,were generally more careful than their male counterparts10.
词汇: inattention /7inE5tenFEn/n.疏忽 gender /5dVendE/n.性，性别aviation /7eivi5eiFEn/n.航空 run out 施尽，用完 flawed /fla:d/adj.有
缺陷的 stall /stC:l/ v. (飞机〉失速， (发动机 )熄火 mishandle
/5mis5hAndl/v.瞎弄 kinetics /kai5netiks/n.动力学 MPH (Master of Public Health) 公共卫生硕士注释:
1. general aviation 专用航空(航班飞行以外的民航飞行 )
2. identifies the differences between male and female pilots in terms of circumstances of the crash and the type of pilots error involved：
根据坠毁情况和飞行员失误类型鉴别男女飞行员之间的差异。

in terms of：
按照，根据。

3. account for 85 percent of all aviation deaths：占所有坠机死亡人数
的 85%。

account for：占。

4. that：代词，代替前半句中的 the (crash) rate
5. established：确定的
6. contributors to aviation crashes：坠机的原因。

contribute to：对……做出贡献，对……起作用。

contributor 是 contribute 的名词，使用
同样的介词搭配。

7. with the landing gear up：不放下起落装置
8. be guilty of: he responsible for： (对……负责，在…… (方面)有责任)
9. misjudging weather and visibility：对天气和能见度判断失误
10. their male counterparts：她们的男同行。

counterpart：职务地位相当的人。

练习 :
1. What is the research at Johns Hopkins University about？ A Causes
of aircraft crash. B Gender difference in relation to types of
aircraft crashes. C Causes of mishandling aircraft.
D Gender discrimination in general aviation in the United States.
2. Which of the statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph? A Crashes of general aviation aircraft are a major source
of aviation accidents in the United States. B Male pilots, like male vehicle drivers,are a more likely to have accidents than female pilots. C It is commonly known that aircraft crashes are mostly caused by young and inexperienced pilots. D Only mature pilots are studied to determine the gender differences in the reasons for aircraft crash.
3. How did the researchers carry out their study? A They studied the findings of several previous research projects. B They conducted a questionnaire with 411 pilots. C They collected data from the database at the Johns Hopkins University.
D They analyzed the circumstances of the crashes involved.
4. What is the most common circumstance of crash with female pilots?
A Mechanical failure and running out of fuel.
B Loss of control on landing or takeoff and stalling.
C Loss of control on landing or takeoff and running out of fuel.
D Stalling and landing with the gear
up.
5. In the comparison of female and male pilots. A female pilots are found to be more courageous and risk-taking. B male pilots are found to be more professional and attentive. C female pilots are found to make more errors out of carelessness. D male pilots are found to make more errors in decision-making.
答案与题解 :
1. B 文章的题目点出了主题，即飞行员性别的不同造成不同类型的飞行事故。

2. D A 是正确的，因为 85%的飞行事故死亡人数是专用航空造成的。

B 是第二段第三句所表达的意思， C 是第二段昀后一旬的原因状语从句的意思。

D 是正确选项，因为从第二段和第三段得知信息：研究人员为确定性别和坠机原因的关系，将主要研究对象设定为 40~63 岁的熟练飞行员，而 D 项说的是所有熟练飞行员，范围扩大了，所以不确切。

3. A 答案可在第三段第一句中找到。

4. B 第四段的第二句表明，除 stalling 以外，其他情况均是男性飞行驾驶员常出现的问题。

5. D 答案可在文章昀后两句中找到，判断错误、冒险和疏忽大意 (poor decision-making，risk-taking， inattentiveness)是男性飞行员的特征，女性飞行员经常犯的飞行错误是操作失当 ( mishandle or lose control of the aircraft) ，但比男性同行来得谨慎 (careful)。