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
专升本
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of c
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of c
admin
2012-11-20
66
问题
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 more liquor, people could not drink it. And if they did not drink it, how could they get drunk? There would be no more dangers to the public welfare from drunkenness and alcoholism. It was all very logical. And yet prohibition of liquor, beer, and wine did not work. Why?
Because, law or no law, millions of people still liked to drink alcohol. And they were willing to take risks to get it. They were not about to change their tastes and habits just because of a change in the law. And gangs of liquor smugglers made it easy to buy an illegal drink. They smuggled millions of gallons of the outlawed beverages across the Canadian and Mexican borders. Crime and drunkenness were both supposed to decline as a result of prohibition. Instead people drank more alcohol than ever-- often poisonous alcohol.
On December 5th, 1993 they repealed (撤销) prohibition by ratifying (批准) the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.
During prohibition, people ______.
选项
A、lived in fear of the law
B、were willing to risk arrest for the pleasure of liquor
C、recklessly endangered their communities
D、were respectful of the legal sanctions placed on them
答案
B
解析
从第三段的开首句可知B项为正确选择。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PLeC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
IwrotetoMrGreen,______him______thelostcase.
Nowadaysmostpeopledecidequite【61】whatkindofworktheywoulddo.WhenIwasatschool,wehadtochoose【62】whenwewerefif
Forthispart,youaresupposedtowritealetterin100--120wordsaccordingtothefollowingsituations.你是Jane。写信给你的朋友J
Thewarhadbegun,andGeorgehadjoinedtheairforce.Hewantedtobeapilotandaftersomemonthshemanagedtogettothe
Unlesswespendmoneyspottingandpreventingasteroidsnow,onemightcrashintoEarthanddestroylifeasweknow,saysomesc
Forthispart,youaresupposedtowriteacompositionof100--120wordsbasedonthefollowingsituation.Remembertowriteit
Feelingtiredlately?Hasthedoctorsaidhecannotfindanythingwrongwithyou?Perhapshesentyoutoahospital,butallthe
Wheneverweareintrouble,wecan______himforhelp.
Manyteachersbelievethattheresponsibilitiesforlearningliewiththestudent.【61】alongreadingassignmentisgiven,instru
Theviewoveravalleyofatinyvillagewiththatched(草盖的)roofcottagesaroundachurch;adriverthroughanarrowvillagestre
随机试题
(2011年10月)洋务派建成的新式海军中的主力是________。
下列哪种激素与水、钠代谢无关?
患者男性,50岁,2周前发现右下后牙龈有小包。平时无明显不适,曾在外院摄X线片。查:见右下第一前磨牙咬合面龋洞深,探无感觉,叩痛异常感,右下第一磨牙近中根尖部牙龈上有瘘管。X线片见右下第一前磨牙根尖X透射区不规则,边界模糊。右下第三磨牙前倾阻生,余未见异常
某建筑基础采用独立柱基,柱基尺寸为6m×6m,埋深1.5m,基础顶面的轴心荷载Fk=6000kN,基础和基础上土重Gk=1200kN。场地地层为粉质黏土:fak=120kPa,γ=18kN/m3,垫层的压力扩散角θ=28°,由于承载力不能满足要求,拟采用
呼叫质量测试在中型城市宜选()个测试点。
公司(企业)证券包括的范围比较广泛,主要有股票、公司(企业)债券及商业票据等。()
函数f(x)=x2的图像关于().
已知一个总体的标准差为16,那么样本量为100的抽样的均数标准误是()。
关于法律的实施,下列说法不正确的是()
设随机变量(X,Y)在圆域χ2+y2≤r2上服从联合均匀分布.(1)求(X,Y)的相关系数ρ;(2)问X和Y是否独立?
最新回复
(
0
)