Alcohol use is the number one drug problem among young people. It's easy to understand why. For adults, alcohol is legal, widely_1_in American culture and easily._2_. Many kids can get a drink right in their own homes._3_are drinking younger and more frequently than_4_, often beginning around age 13, according to studies. The average number of alcoholic drinks among college students is five on a single_5_, according to a recent survey. Among those younger 21, it is 5.5 drinks, and among_6_21 and older, it is 4.2 drinks.
Young people almost always begin drinking because of_7_.pressure, in an attempt to be accepted and_8_in the group. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, more than half of junior and senior high school students drink alcoholic_9_. More than 40 percent of those who drink admit to drinking when upset, 31 percent admit to drinking_10_, 25 percent admit to drinking when_11_and 25 percent admit to drinking to get"_12_."
This is a_13_, serious problem_14_college campuses today. In 1997 Harvard University's School of Public Health surveyed students at 130 colleges for a college_15_study and found about two of every five college students_16_in binge drinking._17_binge drinkers at college were 22 times more_18_than non-binge drinkers to have problems,_19_missed classes, falling behind in school work, getting in trouble or hurt and engaging in_20_sexual activity.
1.[单选题]____- A.Consequent
- B.Subsequent
- C.Incident
- D.Frequent
2.[单选题]____- A.occasion
- B.event
- C.situation
- D.gathering
3.[单选题]____- A.endeavor
- B.engage
- C.insist
- D.practise
4.[单选题]____- A.alcohol
- B.alcoholic
- C.alcoholism
- D.alcoholization
5.[单选题]____- A.unperceived
- B.unplaced
- C.unplanned
- D.undiscovered
6.[单选题]____- A.improved
- B.included
- C.inspired
- D.instructed
7.[单选题]____- A.these
- B.those
- C.which
- D.whom
8.[单选题]_____- A.predominantly
- B.preferentially
- C.previously
- D.precisely
10.[单选题]____- A.Teenagers
- B.Grown-ups
- C.Children
- D.Adults
11.[单选题]____- A.beers
- B.whiskies
- C.beverages
- D.wines
12.[单选题]____- A.possible
- B.lively
- C.likely
- D.feasible
15.[单选题]____- A.bored
- B.boring
- C.excited
- D.exciting
16.[单选题]____- A.dead
- B.death
- C.deadening
- D.deadly
17.[单选题]____- A.alone
- B.along
- C.aloud
- D.aloof
18.[单选题]____- A.known as
- B.remembered as
- C.much as
- D.such as
19.[单选题]____- A.received
- B.accepted
- C.acknowledged
- D.admitted
20.[单选题]____- A.accountable
- B.achievable
- C.accessible
- D.agreeable
参考答案: D,A,B,A,C,B,B,C,C,A,C,C,C,B,A,D,A,D,B,C