Drunken driving sometimes called American's socially accepted form of murder has become a national epidemic(流行病).Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.A drunken driver is usually referred to as one with 0.10-blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wines or shots of whisky drunk within two hours.Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken killing has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially concerning young children, that public opinion is no longer tolerant.

Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend (逆转潮流) in the 1960s to reduce it to 18.After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.

Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.

Some states are punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks.A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously drunk" and later drove off the land, killing a nine-year-old boy.

As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition (禁令) of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the "noble experiment".They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption (腐败) and organized crime.As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.

It can be inferred from the passage that drunken driving has become a major problem in the United States because___.

A.most Americans like drinking

B.heavy dinking is hard to avoid

C.Americans are not shocked by traffic accidents

D.many Americans are killed by traffic accidents

What can be inferred from the fact of the traffic accidents in New Jersey?

A.Drivers should not be allowed to drink.

B.Young drivers were usually bad.

C.The legal drinking age should be raised.

D.Some drivers didn't reach the legal drinking age.

The underlined word "lenient" in the first paragraph means___.

A.cruel    B.serious      C.determined       D.merciful[来源:Z§Which of the following best shows the writer's opinion of drunken driving?

A.It may cause organized crime.

B.The new laws can stop heavy drinking.

C.There should be no bars to serve drinks.

D.It is difficult to solve the problem.

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Thanksgiving Day

Many people believe Thanksgiving is a Western holiday, but in fact, it is only an American holiday held every fourth Thursday of November although Canada holds their own unique Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.

The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. Some of the family will have to travel by air and others will make long motor trips with the children. Sons and daughters away at college use their four-day holiday to go home, and employees take extra days from their work so as to be able to make the trip for the annual reunion. The Thanks-giving dinner menu today is somewhat the same as it was on Thanksgiving Day in 1863. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts and grapes. There will be pudding (布丁), mince(肉末)pie, other varieties of food and squash(鲜果汁). The rest and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.

In true Thanksgiving spirit the family circle is often enlarged to include friends known to be alone, foreign visitors, or servicemen away from home. Orphans, the aged and the homeless also have the traditional turkey dinner, provided either by some charitable (慈善的) individual or a church group.

Thanksgiving Day

The dates

In the USA

Every fourth Thursday of November

53. ________

Every second Monday of October

54. _______

The big family dinner

Planned months ahead

All family members

Expected to get home for 55. ________

The dinner menu

Roast turkey and pumpkin pie, apples, oranges, chestnuts, grapes, other varieties of food and etc

The Enlarged spirit

People invited to

Thanksgiving Dinner

Friends known to be alone, 56. ________, or

servicemen away from home

People provided with

57. ________

Orphans, the aged and the homeless

On Wednesday afternoon Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and   1  a sharp lookout for the bargains that were something to be haD.And then, with all the   2  she needs bought she would leave the market for the   3  of the town to spend another hour   4  she liked best, looking in furniture-shop windows.

One Wednesday she found a  5  shop full of the most delightful things, with a   6  inviting anyone to walk in and look round without   7  they had to buy something. Annie hesitated a moment   8  stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped   9  before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which  10  ,“This fine chair is yours for less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week …Why, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never   11  it!

A voice at her shoulder made her   12  .“Can I help you, Madam?” She looked   13  at the assistant who had come softly to her  14 

“Oh, well, no,” she said, “I was just   15  .”

“We have chairs of all kinds in the   16  . If you'll just come up, you will find something to  17  you.”

Annie, worried at the thought of being   18  to buy something she didn't   19  , left the shop   20  .

1.  A.taking      B.making     C.fixing       D.keeping

2.  A.chairs    B.furniture       C.things       D.bargains

3.  A.shops     B.streets           C.delightful things     D.bus station

4.  A.in the way     B.by the way         C.in a way   D.in one way

5.  A.new    B.noisy C.large D.strange

6.  A.message        B.notice       C.note  D.flag

7.  A.arguing  B.declaring  C.frightening       D.feeling

8.  A.when   B.before      C.after  D.while

9.  A.doubted      B.surprised       C.puzzled     D.delighted

10.A.wrote         B.told   C.informed  D.said

11.A.lose   B.miss  C.pass   D.make

12.A.jump   B.run    C.laugh D.surprise

13.A.round         B.straight     C.behind      D.up

14.A.place B.back  C.side   D.front

15.A.thinking     B.looking     C.walking    D.passing

16.A.doorway       B.storehouse     C.showroom   D.market

17.A.suit   B.fit     C.serve D.match

18.A.advised       B.made C.persuaded   D.cheated

19.A.like   B.afford       C.pay   D.need

20.A.slowly        B.thoughtfully  C.hurriedly  D.carefully

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