You may go to karaoke
or disco clubs with your friends during the summer holidays. But be careful. In
these 31 places you may see people selling small, colourful pills. Make sure you do not try them.
The seller 32 say they are safe and can help you enjoy
yourself or 33 from sadness. They may even offer you a
free 34 , and tell you that everybody is
using 35 .
But you must be alert
(警惕) to the 36 that these drugs could destroy your life.
When you put them into
your body, often 37 swallowing, breathing in or injecting (注射), drugs find their
way into your brain.
Drugs may either speed
up 38 slow down your senses. Their effects are
different depending on body size, shape, and chemistry. 39
it can make you feel
good at first, a drug can do a lot of 40 to your body and brain.
One of the most
popular drugs in nightclubs is the so-called head-shaking or ecstasy pill. The
drug hits users with a fast high(情绪高涨), 41 them feel powerful and full of 42 . Heart rate, breathing and blood
pressure 43 - risking damage to your nervous system (神经系统).
Marijuana (大麻) is a 44 used illegal drug. It is called the
gateway drug, because using it sometimes 45 harder drugs. It is mostly smoked in a
cigarette.
There is 46 risk related to taking drugs that must be
47 . Sharing a needle (针头) to inject a drug puts a user at a very 48 risk of being affected with HIV.
Drugs may appear in
many different 49 , some with cool names, but taking
them could 50 your health forever.
31. A. boring B. exciting C.
noisy D.
surprising
32. A. may B.
must C. should D. can
33. A. keep B.
stay C.
escape D. stop
34. A. drink B. try C.
cigarette D. taste
35. A. it B. him C.
her D.
them
36. A. fact B.
problem C.
trouble D. reality
37. A. with B.
for C.
by D.
in
38. A. and B.
so C.
but D.
or
39. A. Although B. Because C.
If D. Despite
40. A. hurt B.
injury C. damage D.
harm
41. A. driving B. having C. making D. keeping
42. A. food B.
energy C. hope D. interest
43. A. develop B. grow C. rise D.
increase
44. A. deeply B. widely C. strongly D.
highly
45. A. prevents B. causes C. leads to D.
aims at
46. A. the other B. other C. others D. another
47. A. avoided B.
taken C. missed D.
interrupted
48. A. big B. high C. large D. wide
49. A. tastes B.
smells C. colours D.
forms
50. A. kill B. break C. endanger D.
ruin
