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Passage Two
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks. Both products have been known to kill people. The hazards of drinking too much alcohol are as bad as or worse than the hazards of smoking too many cigarettes. All right then, let’s pass a law closing the liquor stores and the bars in this country. Let’s put an end once and for all to the ruinous disease from which as many as 10 million Americans currently suffer alcoholism.
But wait. We’ve already tried that. For 13 years, between 1920 and 1933 there were no liquor stores anywhere in the United States. They were shut down abolished by an amendment (修正案) to the Constitution (to 18th) and by a law of Congress (the Volstead Act). After January 20, 1920, there was supposed to be no more manufacturing, selling, or transporting of "intoxicating liquors." Without any m
A. every American would buy alcohol illegally
B. all criminal activities would cease
C. patrols of the Canadian border would halt the sale of alcohol
D. the social threat from drunkenness would decline
[单项选择]Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere
A. Because clouds form there.
B. Because the weather satellites can do it easily.
C. Because the weather forms there.
[单项选择]In the author's opinion, why do we search the stars or moon
A. Because we have made up our mind to do so.
B. Because we want to fulfil our desire for knowledge.
C. Because we want to enjoy the ecstasy of achievement.
D. Because we cannot help ourselves.
[单项选择]What do we learn from the conversation
A. The man’ s good at cooking.
B. The man likes fish very much.
C. The woman wants to be a great cook.
[单项选择]What do we know from the conversation
A. The woman and the man are taking different classes.
B. The woman and the man are going to the same class.
C. The man is learning Japanese.
[单项选择]We can learn from the passage that the US101 of Lockheed______.
A. is produced by the Systems Integration facility in Owego
B. is equipped with three engines to provide free landing
C. has been considerably thrown into the U.S. war toward Iraq
D. has many offices to make president handle affairs at ease
[单项选择]what do we learn from this dialogue（）
A. Henry failed the exam for the first time.
B. Henry played football after the exam.
C. Henry paid no attention to his study before the exam.
D. Henry was an excellent football player.
[单项选择]What do we learn about deserts from this text
A. Deserts can change into green and fertile areas.
B. Certain areas have always been desert.
C. Deserts were once the home of elephants and giraffes.
D. Deserts have been growing since the beginning of the worl
[单项选择]What do we learn about medical liability from the passage
A. its problem in washington has already been solved.
B. Its problem requires a national solution.
C. It mainly concerns the local governments.
D. It can be reformed quickly and easily.
[单项选择]What do we infer from the conversation
A. Joe will never get used to using checks.
B. Joe will pay his telephone bill by money order.
C. Joe will not have a lot of cash on himself.
D. Joe will open a deposit account.
