Question

The challenge to drink to the limits of one’s endurance has become a celebrated part of college life. In one of the most extensive reports on college drinking thus far, a 1997 Harvard School of Public Health study found that 43 percent of college students admitted binge drinking in the preceding two weeks (Defined as four drinks in a sitting for a woman and five of a man, a drinking binge is when one drinks enough to risk health and well being )

Experts estimate that excessive drinking is involved in thousands of student deaths a year. And the Harvard researchers found that there has been a dramatic change in why students drink. 39 percent drank “to get drunk” in 1993, but 52 percent had the same objective in 1997.

“What has changed is the across the board acceptability of intoxication (喝醉),” says Felix Savino at UW Madison. Many college students today see not just drinking but being drunk as their primary way of socializing.

The reasons for the shift are complex and not fully understood. But researchers guess that it may have something to do with today’s instant satisfaction life style―and young people tend to take into the extreme.

While binge drinking isn’t always deadly, it does have other, wide ranging effects. Academics is one area where it takes a heavy toll (something paid, lost or suffered). Perhaps because alcohol increases aggression and affects judgement, it is also related to 25 percent of violent crimes and roughly 60 percent of vandalism on campus. Facing the many potential dangers, college campuses are searching for ways to reduce binge drinking.

 

52．Why has “binge drinking” caused widespread concern?

       A．Because it is directly responsible for the academic problem on campus.

       B．Because it has claimed many young lives every year.

       C．Because it has had harmful effects on the students’ health and well being.

       D．Because it is in close connection with school violence.

53．We can infer from the passage that young people today            .

       A．cherish their dream and are willing to work hard for it.

       B．value spiritual satisfaction over physical satisfaction.

       C．are idealistic and disillusioned by the dark reality.

       D．seek immediate satisfaction and indulge (放纵) themselves too much

54．The paragraphs following the passage most probably discuss          .

       A．efforts taken by different schools to fight against binge drinking

       B．the importance of banning alcohol at student events on campus

       C．how to change students’ behavior

       D．the possible consequences of binge drinking

55．Students regard drinking and binge drinking as          .

       A．tolerable              B．acceptable           C．necessary            D．essential

Answer 1

CDAB