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(D) Miscano Messelleh is a 52-year-old truck driver, not a menace to society. But for many Ethiopians, the4.5-metric-ton Isuzu truck he propels down Ethiopian roads each night, and the thousands of others just like it,incite enough fear that locals have given them a nickname to symbolize their destructive power: they call thetrucks "Al Qaedas." Messelleh himself killed someone while at the wheel recently, pointing to a spot just abovethe engine where paint is missing. About a month ago, driving to Addis Ababa down a notoriously chaotic stretchof the highway—full of trucks, pedestrians, donkey carts and livestock—he struck a man in his early 20s. Theyoung man's parents have taken him to court.       These are everyday stories in Ethiopia, which has the highest per capita rate of car fatalities in the world.Across sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS is the only killer more devastating than traffic for people aged 15 to 44. Forchildren, traffic is the No. 1 killer. According to the World Health Organization, Africa has 4 percent of theworld's cars—but accounts for more than 11 percent of the world's traffic casualties, and that is probablyconservative. The WHO figures that road casualties in Africa are underreported by as much as twelvefold.       Death by driving is an epidemic. Like any disease, its advance could be slowed with enough initiative,money and education. Yet while international funding for AIDS, malaria and TB totaled $4.7 billion over the pastseven years, only $100 million was spent on promoting road safety. Belatedly, the world is taking notice. Lastweek the United Nations called road safety a "public health crisis, on the scale of AIDS, malaria and TB," andannounced a global summit to be held in Russia next year.
67. Which of the following titles can be the best one for the passage?
(A) Education in Ethiopia
(B) AIDS in Africa
(C) The Overlooked Killer
(D) Poor Truck Drivers in Africa

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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