首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Drunken driving—sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder—has become a national epidemic. Every hour of every
Drunken driving—sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder—has become a national epidemic. Every hour of every
admin
2017-12-02
62
问题
Drunken driving—sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder—has become a national epidemic. 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 decade.
A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0. 10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were not severe in most courts, but the deaths caused by drunken driving have recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.
Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, changing a trend 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 that 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.
Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A bar or pub in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more brandies to a customer who was "obviously drunk" 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 beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the "noble experiment". They forget that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.
Laws recently introduced in some states have______.
选项
A、reduced the number of convictions
B、resulted in fewer deaths on the road
C、prevented bars from serving drunken customers
D、specified the amount drivers can drink
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/t7cO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Mostofhisfriendssaythathehasafacilepen,buthewouldratherpridehimselfonhavingafluentthinking.
TheSenseofHumorBiologically,thereisonlyonequalitywhichdistinguishesusfromanimals;theabilitytolaugh.Inaun
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftennotedaboutAmericansisthatwearearestless,adissati
Alargecollectionoffamouspaintings,includingpaintingsbyPicasso,areondisplayattheNationalArtsCenter.
PolandissomewhatanewdestinationforChinesetourists,andWarsaw,thecapitalcity,isanimportantbusinesscenterwith___
TheasphaltatLaBreaseepstothesurface,especiallyinthesummer,andformsshallowpuddlesthatwouldoftenhavebeenconc
Thewomanwoulddieifthechilddied.Thewomanwouldbeliedownwithabrokenheart.
A、Blooddiseases.B、Heartattacks.C、Coldsorflu.D、Pneumonia.C
A、Sunlight.B、Location.C、Soil.D、Gooddrainage.C在“Youneedatleast6to8hoursofdirectsunshine.Um,youalsoneedtochoose
InHaverfordonthePlattethetownspeoplestilltalkofLucyGayheart.Theydonottalkofheragreatdeal,tobesure;lifeg
随机试题
简述庞迪的冲突分析模式。
胃、十二指肠溃疡穿孔非手术治疗期间最关键的措施是
压缩性骨折最常发生于
钢材经冷加工后,以下哪种性能不会发生显著改变?
实用新型专利权和外观设计专利权的期限为()。
国家通过各种形式,从国民经济收支环流中截取并运用的资金占国民经济总量的比重称为()。
甲打算卖房,问乙是否愿买,乙一向迷信,就跟甲说:“如果明天早上7点你家屋顶上来了喜鹊,我就出10万块钱买你的房子。”甲同意。乙回家后非常后悔。第二天早上7点差几分时,恰有一群喜鹊停在甲家的屋顶上,乙正要将喜鹊赶走,甲不知情的儿子拿起弹弓把喜鹊打跑了,至7点
甲汽车轮胎厂与乙汽车制造厂签订了一份货物交换合同,甲以价值100万元的轮胎交换乙的两辆汽车,同时甲再支付给乙30万元差价。对此项交易,甲应缴纳的印花税税额为()。(已知购销合同印花税的税率为0.3%。)
()提出“三个有利于”的判断标准。
阅读下面的课例评析(节选),按要求答题。远离了那个沉闷的年代,淡漠了自由的概念,而今的中学生无论如何也不会轻易地为悲惨的故事所感动,学完了《孔雀东南飞》,学生们的反应只是盖上书本,唱着“你伤害了我,却一笑而过”,根本无关痛痒;而在这节活动课上,学
最新回复
(
0
)