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houhaibo528

During the Second World War, about 375,000 civilians died in the United States and about 408,000 members of the US armed forces died overseas. On the basis of those figures, it can be concluded that it was not much more dangerous to be overseas in the armed forces during the Second World War than it was to stay at homes as a civilian.
Which of the following would reveal the most clearly absurdity of the conclusion drawn above?

A. Counting deaths among members of the armed forces whos served in the US in addition to deaths among members of the armed forces serving overseas.
B. Expressing the differences between the numbers of deaths among civilians and members of the armed forces as a percentage of the total of deaths.
C. Separating deaths caused by accidents during service in the armed forces from deaths caused by combat injuries.
D. Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than comparing total numbers of deaths.
E. Comparing deaths caused by accidents in the US to deaths caused by combat in the armed forces.

答案是D, 有点不太懂，题目中哪里提到per thousand了？不就是total number吗？？？

sdcar2010

Common sense.

Conclusion:
it can be concluded that it was not much more dangerous to be overseas in the armed forces during the Second World War than it was to stay at homes as a civilian.

Here, the author is comparing the death rate in the military and that in the civilian world at hom.