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
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
2017-06-30
57
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 to the Constitution and by a law of Congress. 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 millions of gallons of the outlawed beverages across the Canadian and Mexican borders. Drinkers were lucky to know of an illegal bar that served Mexican or Canadian liquor. Crime and drunkenness were both supposed to decline as a result of prohibition. Instead, people drank more alcohol than ever — often poisoned alcohol.
It can be inferred from the passage that______.
选项
A、the Congress was wise to repeal Prohibition
B、the Prohibition Era was characterized by a decrease in crime and drunkenness
C、during Prohibition, most Americans stopped drinking
D、laws should be passed to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages
答案
A
解析
推理题。从第三段最后一句可看出,禁酒运动不但没有解决问题,反而使酗酒愈演愈烈,所以还是撤销这一禁令更为明智。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ScFO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Thereisperhapsnoothereventinthenaturalworldthatisascharacteristicofaseasonasafullchorusofspringpeepers.I
Evenplantscanrunafever,especiallywhenthey’reunderattackbyinsectsordisease.Butunlikehumans,plantscanhavethei
Thegreatchariotofsociety,whichforsolonghadrundownthegentleslopeoftradition,nowfounditselfpoweredbyaninterna
Thegreatchariotofsociety,whichforsolonghadrundownthegentleslopeoftradition,nowfounditselfpoweredbyaninterna
ThegravitationalpulloftheEarthandmoonisimportanttousasweattempttoconquermoreandmoreofouter-space.Here’swh
Howtoevaluatetheperformanceofstudentsisstillaproblemthattroublesmanyprofessors.
LetushopethatthewishexpressedbytheUnitedKingdomrepresentativetoseehisstatementfollowedbysimilardeclarationsb
ToproducetheupheavalintheUnitedStatesthatchangedandmodernizedthedomainofhighereducationfromthemid-1860’stot
WhowontheWorldCup1994footballgame?WhathappenedattheUnitedNations?Howdidthecriticslikethenewplay?【C1】______a
随机试题
A.睾丸B.卵巢C.附睾D.腺垂体E.黄体所分泌激素对雌激素和雄激素分泌均有调节作用的是
临床牙冠形态与初萌的天然牙形态有明显差异,前牙经过多年磨耗后,改变最明显的是A.牙体倾斜度B.切端C.牙颈部D.发育沟E.唇面突度
为了给病人补充热量,输液中应选用
牛皮纸是低级包装纸,多用于棉毛丝绸织品、绒线、五金交电和仪器仪表等包装。()
下列建筑中,屋顶形式为重檐歇山顶的建筑有()。
某市举办学生足球比赛。在进行第一轮淘汰赛后,进入第二轮的6个队伍实力相当,不过,总是可以分出高下。在已经进行的比赛中,甲队战胜了乙队,乙队击败了丙队。甲队和丙队将进行比赛。请根据题干,从逻辑上预测比赛结果()。
有如下程序:#include<stdio.h>main(){FILE*fp1;fp1=fopen("f1.txt","w");fprintf(fp1,"abc");fclos
A、 B、 C、 A
PopstarstodayenjoyastyleoflivingwhichwasoncetheprerogativeonlyofRoyalty.Wherevertheygo,peopleturnoutinthe
A------TakeCareNottoLeaveThingsBehindJ------ShootingProhibitedB------Ladies’RoomK------DoNotLitterC------HandsOf
最新回复
(
0
)