【单选题】
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on yourANSWER SHEET.
A、drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol {{U}} (33) {{/U}} or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or {{U}} (34) {{/U}} of whisky drank within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be a (n) {{U}} (35) {{/U}} part of theAmerican macho image and judges were, lenient in most courts, but the drunken {{U}} (36) {{/U}} has recently caused so many tragedies, especially involving children, {{U}} (37) {{/U}} public opinion is no longer tolerant.
Twenty states have raised the {{U}} (38) {{/U}} drinking age to 21, rather than 18.After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-to-20-year old drivers more than {{U}} (39) {{/U}} , so the state recently upped it back to 21.
Reformers, however, fear {{U}} (40) {{/U}} the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational {{U}} (41) {{/U}} to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" and teach them to resist {{U}} (42) {{/U}} pressure to drink.
Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in some areas, to a marked {{U}} (43) {{/U}} in fatalities. Some are also penalizing bars for {{U}} (44) {{/U}} customers too many drinks.A、tavern in Massachusetts was {{U}} (45) {{/U}} for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was " {{U}} (46) {{/U}} intoxicated" and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.
{{U}} (47) {{/U}} the fatalities continue to occur daily, someAmericans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national {{U}} (48) {{/U}} of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the "noble {{U}} (49) {{/U}} ". They forget that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged corruption and crime.As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy {{U}} (50) {{/U}} .
B．prohibition
C．licentiousness
D．indulgence
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
名词语义题。根据该段倒数第二句话中出现的They forget that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking...“他们忘了法律禁止并不能使人停止饮酒”，可见该句话是对上面内容的进一步说明，因此选[B]prohibition。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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