15.(BBC World Service) Two separate surveys suggest that Britain s teenagers are amongst the heaviest drug-users and drinkers in Europe.The British government has introduced a number of measures to deal with the use and supply of drugs,particularly among young people.
The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs interviewed 15and 16-year olds in 35countries.26% of boys and 29% of girls in the UK had been addicted to uncontrolled drinking at least three times in the previous month.In the same survey,42% of boys and 35% of girls admitted they had tried illegal drugs at least once.
According to another survey,by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction,two in five 15-year-olds in the UK have tried cannabis(大麻).This number is higher than anywhere else in Europe.The UK has also the common highest number of young cocaine (可卡因) users,together with Spain.
The British government has recently made new plans to fight the problem of drug abuse in the United Kingdom,also among teenagers.According to the new proposals,young offenders will have to attend drug treatment as part of community service.British police will be able to give people blood tests for drugs when they arrest them,not just when they charge them with an offence.Drug sellers working near a school or using children to help sell drugs will face tougher penalties (处罚).
But schools also try to fight the problem of drug use themselves.At the beginning of 2005a British state school has introduced for the first time random drug testing.Students from a school in Kent will have mouth swabs (棉签) taken to discover drug use.Each week 20names will be selected by computer and the swabs sent off to a drug testing laboratory.Results will be available three days later.The school's head teacher says that no child will be tested against his or her wishes.Children who test positive will not be forced to leave the school,but those who sell drugs will.
45.From the surveys,we learn that in Europe only the UK has the highest number of B.
A.the teenagers who have used cocaine
B.the 15-year-olds who have tried cannabis
C.the girls who have been addicted to drinking
D.the boys who have tried illegal drugs at least once
46.What can be inferred according to the passage?B
A.The UK has the highest number of drug users.
B.Drug sellers use students to sell drugs for them.
C.British police can't give people blood tests for drugs.
D.Any student will be given drug tests whether he likes it or not.
47.What does the underlined phrase"random drug testing"in the last paragraph mean?B
A.Testing alcoholic-drinking students on purpose.
B.Selecting students for drug testing irregularly.
C.Selecting young offenders for drug testing.
D.Testing particular students for pleasure.
48.What's the best title for this passage?C
A.Drugs in Europe B.Britain's Teenagers
C.Teenagers and Drugs D.Illegal Drugs in Britain.
分析 这是一篇新闻稿,主要报道了欧洲的青少年不少的学生比例接触毒品或吸食毒品的现象.
解答 45.答案 B 细节理解题 根据第三段…two in five 15-year-olds in the UK have tried cannabis(大麻).This number is higher thananywhere else in Europe…在英国五分之二的十五岁的青少年已经尝试过大麻,这个比例比欧洲其他任何地方都高.故答案为B
46.答案 B 推理判断题 根据Drug sellers working near a school or using children to help selldrugs will face tougher penalties (处罚).可知,在学校附近销售或利用儿童来帮助销售毒品的贩毒者会面对更加严厉的处罚.可以推断贩毒者利用学生销售毒品.故答案为B
47.答案 B 词义猜测题 根据Each week 20names will be selected by computer and the swabs sentoff to a drug testing laboratory.可知,接受毒品检测的学生名单是电脑随机选择,由此可知random drug testing的意思是Selecting students for drug testing irregularly.其中 random 任意的;irregularly 不规则的,故答案为B
48.答案C 主旨大意题 从全文来看,本文主要报道了欧洲的青少年不少的学生比例接触毒品或吸食毒品的现象.所以标题可以概括为Teenagers and Drugs,故答案为C
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