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    Accidents are caused; they don’t just happen. The reason may be easy to see: an  1  tray, a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the road. But more  2  than not there is a  3  of events leading up to the misfortune—  4  , tiredness or just bad temper—that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on  5  .
   
    Road accidents, for example, happen  6  after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often  7  with themselves and the world  8  they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.
   
    9  definition, an accident is  10  you cannot predict to avoid, Most accidents  11  ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness or thoughtlessness.
   
    It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions made people more  12  to have an accident. For instance, the law  13  all factories to take safety  14  , and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are  15  , but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are  16  work due to accident. These accidents are  17  the result of human error or misjudgement—noise and fatigue,  18  or worry are possible factors which  19  this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level,  20  three times the normal risk of accidents at work.
   
    1.    A. overcharged    B. overloaded        C. overburdened    D. overborne
   
    2.    A. usual        B. seldom      C. always      D. often
   
    3.    A. chain        B. cluster      C. bunch      D. bar
   
    4.    A. destruction    B. disappointment    C. satisfaction        D. frustration
   
    5.    A. oneself        B. itself      C. himself      D. herself
   
    6.    A. often      B. always      C. frequently        D. never
   
    7.    A. at odds        B. of odds      C. in odds      D. on odds
   
    8.    A. so      B. therefore      C. that      D. as
   
    9.    A. To      B. By      C. In      D. For
   
    10.    A. anything        B. everything        C. nothing      D. something
   
    11.    A. motivate        B. involve      C. relate      D. imterfere
   
    12.    A. likely        B. necessary        C. dispensable        D. easily
   
    13.    A. enquires        B. acquires      C. requires      D. demands
   
    14.    A. methods        B. ways      C. responsibilities    D. precautions
   
    15.    A. seen      B. observed      C. obeyed      D. noticed
   
    16.    A. fired from    B. absent from        C. dismissed from    D. fined from
   
    17.    A. greatly        B. highly      C. largely      D. directly
   
    18.    A. boredom        B. excitement        C. enjoyment        D. contentment
   
    19.    A. attribute to    B. owe to      C. contribute to        D. due to
   
    20.    A. take      B. run      C. make      D. get
   
    24. BDADA  CACBD     BACDB  BCACB