The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is not sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on our 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 drinking ability can be affected by just one or tow 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 tow 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 ere 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 major cause of road accidents. One is 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 people stopped by the police to take a breath analyzer test 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.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Three standard drinks may cause some people to reach the legal limit.

B.There is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach the legal limit.

C.The legal limit for driving after drinking is 0.008 gm of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood.

D.The amount of alcohol a person can drink before reaching legal limit is the same for different people.

2.If the police think that you have been drinking from the way you are driving, you’ll possibly _______.

A.be fined　　　　　　　　　　 　 B.receive a severe punishment

C.be taken to court by the police　 D. feel guilt

3.We may infer that even a professional driver will find hard to pass through a set of moveable posts if he drinks _______.

A. heavily　　 B. a little　 C.every day　 D. occasionally

4.This passage indicated that ________.

A.a driver who does not take any alcohol will not die in road accidents

B.those who drink must be killed

C.more young men die in drink-related accidents than in any other way

D.one is three of the drivers often drinks a lot

5.One of the writer’s purposes in writing the passage is to tell you that _______.

A.young men should never drive quickly

B.driving after drinking may put many lives at risk

C.safe drinking is impossible

D.the manner of drinking is meaningless