题目内容
The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.
In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.
It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.
In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts… and the less able they were to do it! So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all/
Alcohol is a cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test(呼吸测酒检测) have a blood alcohol concentration of more than twice the legal limit.
It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure.
1.The amount of alcohol a person can drink before reaching the legal limit ___________.
A.is 80mg of pure alcohol B.is about three standard drinks
C.is different for different people D.mainly depends on his body weight
2.When might you be taken to court by the police for drinking and driving?
A.When you have driven a vehicle after drinking any alcohol at all.
B.When you have drunk at least three drinks before driving.
C.When the police think you have been drinking from the way you are driving.
D.Only when tests show that you have 80 mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
3.Alcohol is a major cause of road accidents in that ____________.
A.most drivers who die in these accidents have been drinking
B.more young men die in the drink-related accidents than in any other way
C.drinking affects people’s blood alcohol concentration
D.one in three drivers drink heavily
4.What does this article urge you to remember particularly about driving after drinking?
A.You may be taken to court by the police. B.You put many other people at risk.
C.You are putting yourself in danger D.You may kill or hurt another road-user
CCBB

Virginia is set to begin enforcing the toughest drunken-driving punishment, one that will require thousands of first-time offenders—whether they were highly drunk or slightly over the limit—to install in their cars blood- alcohol testing devices that can lock the ignition. The devices work like this—A driver must blow into a blood alcohol device linked to the car’s ignition. If the result is higher than the legal limit, the car will not start. The device also requires random “rolling retests” once the driver is on the road.
Virginia’s current law requires only repeated offenders or those with a blood alcohol level of 0.15 or higher to have an ignition interlock device in their cars.
The new law, which takes effect in July, will roughly increase the number of people required to use ignition interlock devices four times, and offenders will have to pay about $ 480 for a typical six-month installation.
The measure has caused a debate between groups battling drunken driving and those representing offenders. Such groups as Mother Against Drunken Driving and The Washington Regional Alcohol Program say that Virginia’s 274 alcohol-related road deaths and more than 5,500 injuries in 2010 remained unacceptably high despite years of cracking down on drunken driving. Ignition interlock devices, they say, reduce repeat offenses. But some public defenders and lawyers argue that the devices are too severe a punishment for offenders at the legal blood alcohol limit 0.08, and that the court system will be burdened by more cases going to trial and lower-income drivers will be affected by the fees.
Del. Sal R. Iaquinto, who sponsored the bill, had a simple reply for concerns about the costs of the interlock devises: “How much does a life cost?” “Blowing into a tube for six months, you will remember that,” Iaquinto said, “And you’re not likely to offend again.”
【小题1】The underlined word “ignition” in Paragraph 1probably refers to the part in a car where ___________.
A.the alarm goes off | B.the engine starts | C.the door opens | D.the car is fueled |
A.The first time drunken-driving offenders. |
B.The drivers who are not able to pay offence fees. |
C.The repeat drunken-driving offenders. |
D.Drivers whose blood alcohol level is below 0.15. |
A.fewer cases go to trial |
B.lower-income drivers will not afford to drink again |
C.interlock devices increase repeat offenses |
D.the devices are too severe a punishment for offenders |
A.prevention is better than cure | B.no law is absolutely perfect |
C.punishment is the key to all | D.justice has long arms |
A.Negative. | B.Indifferent. | C.flexible. | D.workable. |