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Drunken driving—sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder—as become a national epidemic. Every hour of every d
Drunken driving—sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder—as become a national epidemic. Every hour of every d
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2011-03-01
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Drunken driving—sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder—as 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 several small glasses of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image mid 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 number of death. 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 deaths caused by accidents 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 the drug trade is increasing generally, there is no easy solution.
Pubic opinion regarding drunken driving has changed because______.
选项
A、detailed statistics are not available
B、the news media have emphasized the problem
C、judges are giving more severe sentences
D、drivers are more conscious of their image
答案
B
解析
由题干public opinion可定位到第二段第二句,可知在以前,能喝酒被看作具有男子汉气概,此后,酒后驾车引起众多悲剧,被公开报道以后,公众再也无法忍受了。可见新闻媒体的关注起到一定的作用。因此选[B]。[A]与文意不符,文中提到了很多具体的统计数字;对酒后驾车的惩罚比以前更为严厉并不是导致公众对酒后驾车看法发生改变的原因,因此排除[C]; [D]文中未提及。
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