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Drunken driving- sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder- has become a national epidemic (流行病) . Every hour
Drunken driving- sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder- has become a national epidemic (流行病) . Every hour
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2013-01-29
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Drunken driving- sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder- has become a national epidemic (流行病) . Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers.
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 man image and judges were tolerant in most courts, but the drunken slaughter has 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, reversing 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 raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accomplished by educational programs to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist 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 penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A tavern (酒店主) in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously intoxicated" 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. 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.
The problem of drunken driving is difficult to solve because______
选项
A、alcohol is easily obtained
B、drinking is linked to organized crime
C、legal prohibiting has already failed
D、legislation alone is not sufficient
答案
D
解析
根据文章最后一段“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.”可知,他们忘记了法定禁令并没有阻止人们饮酒,反而鼓励了政治 腐败和有组织犯罪。伴随着毒品交易的愈演愈烈,要解决这一问题并非易事。所以单靠立法 是不够的。据此判断,答案是D。
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