Question

Drunken driving—sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murder—has become a national epidemic(流行病). Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.

A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or several glasses of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were serious in most courts, but the drunken slaughter(屠宰) has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.

Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing(使翻轉) a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.

Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop “responsible attitudes” about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.

Though new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in accidents, some states are also punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who “obviously drunk” and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.

As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition(禁止) of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the “noble experiment”. They forgot that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.

1.From the first paragraph, we can know that _________.

A．most Americans like drinking

B．heavy drinking is hard to avoid

C．many Americans are killed by drunk drivers

D．Americans are not shocked by traffic accidents

2.In America, public opinion about drunken driving has changed because ________.

A．judges are no longer serious

B．new laws are introduced in some states

C．the problem has attracted public attention

D．drivers do not appreciate their manly image

3.What can be inferred from the fact of the traffic accidents in New Jersey?

A．The legal drinking age should be raised.

B．Young drivers were usually bad.

C．Most drivers hoped to raise the legal drinking age.

D．Drivers should not be allowed to drink.

4.Laws recently introduced in some states have _________.

A．reduced the number of deaths.

B．resulted in fewer serious accidents.

C．prevented bars from serving drunken customers.

D．specified the amount drivers can drink.

5.Which of the following best shows the writer’s opinion of drunken driving?

A．It may lead to organized crime.

B．It is difficult to solve this problem.

C．The new laws can stop heavy drinking.

D．There should be no bars to serve drink.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了在美國各地酒駕導致人死亡的事故越來越多，很多州都提高了駕車的年齡等具體的信息。

1.C 細節題。根據第一段Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.說明很多人都死于酒駕，故C正確。

2.C 推理題。根據第二段后3行but the drunken slaughter(屠宰) has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.說明現在的酒駕導致的死亡人數越來越多，酒駕行為已經引起了人們的關注。故C正確。

3.A 推斷題。 根據第三段After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.說明在新澤西州死于18-20歲的司機的人的數量很大，說明作者是支持提高喝酒的年齡的，故A正確。

4.B 細節題。根據第五點1,2行Though new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in accidents說明事故的數量在下降，故B正確。

5.B 推理題。根據文章最后一句As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.說明這樣的行為很難有很好的解決方法，故B正確。

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點評：本文講述了在美國各地酒駕導致人死亡的事故越來越多，很多州都提高了駕車的年齡等。本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。