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　　Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s toreduce 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 accompaniedby educational programs to help young people to develop “responsible attitudes” about drinkingand teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.

　　Though new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to amarked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalizing bars for serving customers toomany drinks. A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to acustomer who “obviously intoxicated” and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.

　　As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginningto speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, whatPresident Hoover called the “ noble experiment.” They forgot that legal prohibition didn’t stopdrinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drugtrade generally, there is no easy solution.

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　　1.Drunken driving had become a major problem in America because ___.

　　A.most Americans are heavy drinkers.

　　B.Americans are now less shocked by road accidents.

　　C.accidents attract so much publicity.

　　D.drinking is a socially accepted habit in America.

　　2.Why has public opinion regarding drunken driving changed?

　　A.Because detailed statistics are now available.

　　B.Because the news media have highlighted the problem.

　　C.Because judges are giving more severe sentences.

　　D.Because drivers are more conscious of their image.

　　3.Statistics issued in New Jersey suggested that ___.

　　A.many drivers were not of legal age.

　　B.young drivers were often bad drivers.

　　C.the level of drinking increased in the 1960s.

　　D.the legal drinking age should be raised.

　　4.Laws recently introduced in some states have ___.

　　A.reduced the number of convictions.

　　B.resulted in fewer serious accidents.

　　C.prevented bars from serving drunken customers.

　　D.specified the amount drivers can drink.

　　5.Why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve?

　　A.Because alcohol is easily obtained.

　　B.Because drinking is linked to organized crime.

　　C.Because legal prohibition has already failed.

　　D.Because legislation alone is not sufficient.

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　　六級英語閱讀沖刺練習題2

　　Fresh water life itself, has never come easy in the Middle East. Ever since the Old Testament(舊約圣經) God punished man with 40 days and 40 nights of rain, water supplies here have beendwindling. The rainfall only comes in winter, Inshallah ----- Good willing –and drains quicklythrough the semiarid land, leaving the soil to bake and to thirst for next November.

　　The region’s accelerating population, expanding agriculture, industrialization, andhigher living standards demand more fresh water. Drought and pollution limit its availability.War and mismanagement squander it. Says Joyce Starr of the Global Water SummitInitiative, based in Washington, D.C.” Nations like Israel and Jordan are swiftly sliding into thatzone where they are suing all the water resources available to them. They have only 15 to 20years left before their agriculture, and ultimately their food security, is threatened.”

　　I came here to examine this crisis in the making, to investigate fears that “water wars “areimminent, that water has replaced oil as the region’s most contentious commodity. Formore than two months I traveled through three river valleys and seven nations -----fromsouthern Turkey down the Euphrates River Syria, Iraq, and on to Kuwait; to Israel and Jordan,neighbors across the valley of the Jordan; to the timeless Egyptian Nile.

　　Even amid the scarcity there are haves and have – notes. Compared with the UnitedStates, which in 1990 had a freshwater potential of 10000 cubic meters(2.6 million galloons) ayear for each citizen, Iraq had 5 500, Turkey had 4 000, and Syria had more than 2 800.Egypt’s potential was only 1 100. Israel had 460, Jordan a meager 260. But these are notfirm figures, because upstream use of river water can dramatically alter the potentialdownstream.

　　Scarcity is only one element of the crisis. Inefficiency is another, as is the reluctance ofsome water – poor nations to change priorities from agriculture to less water – intensiveenterprises. Some experts suggest that if nations would share both water technology andresources, they could satisfy the region’s population, currently 159 million. But in thispatchwork of ethnic and religious rivalries, water seldom stands alone as an issue. It isentangled in the politics that keep people from trusting and seeking help from one another.Here, where water, like truth, is precious, each nation tends to find its own water and supplyits own truth.

　　As Israeli hydrology professor Uri Shamir told me :” If there is political will for peace, waterwill not be a hindrance. If you want reasons to fight, water will not e a hindrance. If you wantreasons to fight, water will give you ample opportunities.”

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　　1.Why “for next November” (para.1)? Because________.

　　A.according to the Ole Testament fresh water is available only in November

　　B.rainfall comes only in winter starting form November

　　C.running water systems will not be ready until next November

　　D.it is a custom in that region that irrigation to crops is done only in November

　　2.What is the cause for the imminent water war?

　　A.Lack of water resources B.Lack of rainfall

　　C.Inefficient use of water D.All the above

　　3.One way for the region to use water efficiently is to _______

　　A.develop other enterprises that cost less water

　　B.draw a plan of irrigation for the various nations

　　C.import water from water – rich nations

　　D.stop wars of any sort for good and all

　　4.Uri Shamir’s viewpoint is that ________.

　　A.nations in that region are just fighting for water

　　B.people there are thirsty for peace instead of water

　　C.water is no problem as long as there is peace

　　D.those nations have every reason to fight for water

　　5.The author’s tone in the article can be described as ______-.

　　A.depressing B.urgent C.joking D.mocking

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