【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]32-35
Accidents are caused; they don't just happen. The reason may be easy to see: an overloaded tray, a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the road. But more often than not there is a chain of events leading up to the misfortune—frustration, tiredness, or just bad temper—that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself.
Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.
By definition, an accident is something you cannot predict to avoid, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of road accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness or thoughtlessness.
It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions made people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure that the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are absent from work due to accidents. These accidents are largely the result of human error or misjudgment—noise and fatigue, boredom or worry are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people, who have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work.
32. What is the main cause of the accidents?
选项和因素，条件有关。本题是细节题。从frustration，tiredness，or just bad temper... that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself．可以得知事故主要是由不好的身体或心理状况引起的。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Which of the following is not mentioned as a factor of accidents?
选项和因素有关。本题是细节题。从leading up to the misfortune—frustration, tiredness, or just bad temper—most accidents involve in a moment of carelessness or thoughtlessness．可以得知天气因素没有提到。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
What does the passage suggest?
选项和accidents有关。本题是推断题。从the law requires all factories to take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure that the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are absent from work due to accidents．可以得知即使工厂公司采取安全防范措施，依然有事故发生。