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Is the United States Addicted to Gasoline
Used in everything from lipstick and lubricants to motor oil and medications, oil is one product the world just can’t seem to get enough of. The United States especially, which consumes roughly 21 million barrels of the stuff a day, has quite an attachment to this ubiquitous(普遍存在的) product. And while oil can be refined into a variety of products, Americans seem to prefer theirs in the form of gasoline. In fact, the United States consumes more gasoline than South America, Europe, Africa and Asia combined.
So what’s with the United States and its gasoholic tendencies Is the country truly addicted to gasoline, and if so, what factors led it to get hooked
While the United States obviously has quite a fixation with the amber liquid, its fondness for gasoline probably doesn’t fit the official criteria for an addiction. Rather, the affinity is more like a bad habit spurred on by a numb
A. A serial of government policies.
B. Bad driving habits.
C. The official criteria.
D. An addiction.
[填空题]Innovation ability in the United States used to be the top in the world.
[填空题]In the United States, all kinds of taxes are used by the federal government.
[单项选择]In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder. Americans have always argued about the death penalty. Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors--i, e. , under the age of 18--to receive the death penalty
In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors. In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision. Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors.
In the state of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while he was a minor. In 1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach and two friends brutally murdered three people. Roach’s lawyer fought the decision to execute him. The young murderer remained on Death Row (a separate part of prison for
A. asked the governor for help
B. stopped the execution
C. let the courts do their job
D. fought with the governor
[单项选择]The United States is a confederation of states．Each state has the (26) to make laws with regard to the state． (27) , based on public opinion，states can (28) policies regarding education, and they may (29) a state income tax; they also determine the speed (30) , housing codes and the drinking age．
In most parts of the United States, you (31) be 21 years old to buy alcohol in a liquor store, bar (32) restaurant．In some states you may buy beer in a grocery store．If a store sells alcohol to a minor,the (33) of the store is usually (34) a large sum of money．
(35) many areas have an open-container law, (36) means that people may not drink alcohol on the street or in a car．Anyone (37) with an open container of alcohol may be arrested．
(38) with all these laws, the (39) of alcohol is a serious (40) in the United
A. shifted
B. upgraded
C. uplifted
D. changed
