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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(修正案)to the Constitution (the 18th) and by a law of Congress (the Volstead Act). 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 made it easy to buy an illegal drink — or two or three. They smuggled 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.
On December 5,1993, they repealed(撤销)prohibition by ratifying(批准)the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.
1
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic reason for the proposal of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution?
A.There would be no further danger to the public from alcoholism.
B.People would not become drunk or create a public nuisance.
C.There would be a rise in the cost of alcoholic beverages.
D.Without liquor,people would not drink.
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    细节题。作者在第二段倒数几句提到“...people could not drink it. ... There would be no more dangers to public welfare from drunkenness and alcoholism”,但文章中没有提到“There would be a rise in the cost of an alcoholic beverage”。
2
During Prohibition, illegal alcohol was_____.
A.sold openly
B.no longer a temptation
C.a major factor in the passage of the Volstead Act
D.brought across the Mexican and Canadian borders
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:D
  • 系统解析:
    细节题。答案出自文章的第三段“They smuggled millions of gallons of the outlawed beverage across the Canadian and Mexican borders. Drinkers were lucky to know of an illegal bar that served Mexican or Canadian liquor. ”。
3
During Prohibition, people_____.
A.lived in fear of the law
B.were willing to risk arrest for the pleasure of liquor
C.recklessly endangered their communities
D.were respectful of the legal sanctions placed on them
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:B
  • 系统解析:
    细节题。答案出自文章的第三段的最后两句“Crime and drunkenness were both supposed to decline as a result of prohibition. Instead people drank more alcohol than ever—often poisoned alcohol、”。这两句话说明了人们宁愿犯罪也要喝酒。
4
When enacting the prohibition laws, government officials assumed that _____.
A.every American would buy alcohol illegally
B.all criminal activities would cease
C.patrols of the Canadian border would halt the sale of alcohol
D.the social threat from drunkenness would decline
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:D
  • 系统解析:
    细节题。文章的第三段倒数第二句“Crime and drunkenness were both supposed to decline as a result of prohibition.”对这个问题解释得很清楚。
5
It can be inferred from the passage that_____.
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
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    推断题。答案出自文章第二段的最后两句“It was all very logical. And yet prohibition of liquor beer, and wine did not work. ”和文章第三段的头两句“Because, law or no law, millions of people still liked to drink alcohol. And they were willing to take risks to get it.”。由此我们可以看出,国会撤销禁酒令是非常明智的。
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