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West London, Friday night, 9 pm. In the Redemption bar, music hums and candles flicker. A barman shakes cocktails under a neon s

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问题    West London, Friday night, 9 pm. In the Redemption bar, music hums and candles flicker. A barman shakes cocktails under a neon sign. But the noisy drinking often associated with British pubs at the weekend is absent. Although the cocorita is served, it contains no alcohol. Redemption is one of a small but growing number of drinkeries that serve no liquor.
   Worries about drinking are on the rise. Hospitals complain that alcohol-related admissions are soaring; some police chiefs have called for new powers to tackle disorderly drunks. On February 4th the Home Office announced a new plan that ought to stop retailers from selling alcoholic drinks below cost—something they occasionally do to attract shoppers. This, said Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrat, would "stop the worst examples of very cheap and harmful drink".
   Yet Britain is in many ways becoming more abstemious. In 2001 the average household consumed 1. 5 litres of alcoholic drinks a week; by 2011, the figure had fallen to 1. 1 litres. The young in particular seem to be giving up boozing: over the same period, the number of young men drinking heavily at least once a week fell from 37% to 22%; women became less sozzled, too. Dry bars benefit from this fad: Redemption’s customers doubled between December and January.
   Abstemious bars have also opened in Liverpool and Nottingham. Unlike many cafes, they stay open late. They simulate bars in other ways, with live music, comedy acts and films to pull in customers. When the lights go down and the DJ plays at Sobar, which opened in Nottingham in Januar-y, it looks like any city bar, hopes Alex Gillmore, the manager. Redemption misses the huge profits made on alcohol, but temperance brings its own benefits. Business remains steady throughout the week rather than spiking at the weekend, says Catherine Salway, its founder.
   Sobar is linked to a do-gooding drug and alcohol charity. But ordinary bars are becoming a little drier, too, out of business sense rather than temperance principle. Pubs can make almost as much selling food as drink—and more are serving it. Both in pubs and at home, less boozy drinks are becoming popular. Total sales of beer by volume dropped slightly in the year to January, but those of the weaker kinds jumped 32%, according to a market-research firm. Sales of "adult" sparkling soft drinks are growing too. Perhaps the cafe-culture British politicians have so long yearned for is at last emerging.
It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that______.
选项 A、women drink less liquor than men in Britain
B、most young men have totally given up drinking
C、drinking less spirits has become a trend in Britain
D、Britons have become money-saving in many aspects
答案C
解析 推理题。定位到第三段。[A]women drink less liquor than men in Britain“英同女性饮酒比男性少”：原文说women became less sozzled，too“女性在饮酒方面也变得更加节制”，但并未将男女进行对比，故该项错误。[B]most young men have totally given up drinking“大多数年轻人已彻底放弃饮酒”；原文说：The young in particular seem to be giving up boozing：over the same period，the number of young men drinking heavily，at least once a weekfell from 37％to 22％．选项totally一词过于绝对．原文也没有提到“彻底放弃饮酒”，且most一词有点夸大，故该项不选。[C]drinking less spirits has become a trend in Britain“少喝烈酒在英国已成为趋势”；该段首句说：Yet Britain is in many ways becoming more abstemious．“英国在很多方面都变得更加节制”。接着举例说明人们喝酒少了，最后一句接着说：Dry bars benefit from this fad．“戒酒酒吧从这一风气中受益”。这些都说明“少喝烈酒在英国已成为趋势”，故该项正确。[D]Britons have become money-saving in many aspects“英国人在许多方面都变得节省”：该项对应首句：Yet Britain is in many ways becoming more abstemious．该项将原文的abstemious“(喝酒)节制的”替换成money-saving“省钱的，节省的”，很明显属于偷换概念。综上所述，本题选[C]。
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