The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at alcohol rules at American colleges and universities. These rules differ from school to school, as do measures. But many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules.

 The United States has more than 17000,000 students in higher education. Each year, 1700 of them die from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries. 600,000 more are injured while under the influence of alcohol. And almost 700,000 are attacked by another drunken.

 One behavior that college officials are trying to prevent is too much drinking. Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking is normal often think extremely how much other students really drink. A person can die of alcohol poisoning. At Oklahoma University, a nineteen-year-old student died from drinking heavily at a party in 2005

Now alcohol is banned from all sorority houses and university housing. Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights. Other new requirements include an alcohol education program that first-year students take online.

 The rules govern behavior on campus (校園) and off. With a first violation(違犯), students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alcohol education class. For a second "strike," they have to pay one hundred fifty dollars. A third strike means that they have to be suspended school forwww..com at least one semester.

Since 2005, 363 students have had a first strike. 30 have had a second strike -- and only one hasn’t allowed to go to school for one semester. The president at Oklahoma tells us the aim is not just to punish but to change behavior and the culture at the university.

The first paragraph mainly tells us that_________.

A. the legal age at the lowest for drinking alcohol is 21

B. many colleges consider drinking alcohol to be a crime

C. drinking alcohol is a necessary and popular campus culture

D. American colleges and universities have their own alcohol rules

Every year the number of the students who die or are injured because of alcohol in the USA added up to about _______.

A. 17000,000   B. 1,301,700    C. 601,700    D. 1300,000

If a student has a third strike, he/she should________.

A. have to stop going to school for a time    B .be removed to another school

C. be locked at home for a period          D. be forced to leave school forever

Which of the following statements is supported by the passage ?

A. College students are not allowed to drink alcohol at any time..

B. If students take an alcohol program online, they can drink alcohol .

C. Students having a first strike only receive punishment of fine

D. Students with a second strike pay twice as much as students with a first strike

We can infer ________from the last two paragraphs.

A. alcohol rules have no effect on college students

B. drinking alcohol remains a serious problem

C. alcohol rules aim to change behavior and the culture at the university.

D. the number of students drinking alcohol is dropping in one way.

An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when they’re speeding．When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead-footed drivers avoid tickets and also save lives．The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets.
The product, called Speed Alert, links real-time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS(全球定位系統(tǒng)) to a database of posted speed limits stored in a driver’s PDA or programmable mobile phone．The setup of the product does not need to be hooked(鉤住) up to a car’s speedometer．In fact, it is entirely portable．It will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have built-in GPS receivers．If a driver exceeds（超過） the speed limit, the speed is shown and an alert sounds.
Michael Paine, an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant, was hired to analyze the product．He told Live Science  that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic” about what they’re now calling “intelligent speed alert.” Other research, according to Paine, shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve speeding．There is also a potentially future use: “Since the system is so portable, it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving,” Paine said．“The system even has the function to record speeding violations(違背), so parents can monitor their teenage drivers.”
The product will soon go on sale in Sydney.
41．What’s the purpose of the new product_______.
A．To inform us of the new car system.     B．To introduce some improvement in cars.
C．To limit certain drivers to safe driving.   D．To popularize the built-in car system.
42．Lead-footed drivers refer to the ones        .
A．who drive too carelessly   B．that drive extremely fast
C．who are partly disabled     D．that drive too slowly
43．The second paragraph mainly talks about        .
A．the project of the built-in product     B．why the system becomes popular
C．the functions of GPS in cars       D．how the product is programmed
44．Which of the following is true of Speed Alert according to Michael Paine?
A．Most of the traffic deaths can be avoided. 
B．Speeding violations can be easily found out.
C．The system will excite some teenage drivers.
D．The product will not be available for adults.

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31.   New Zealand  _________________________ (由… 組成) two large islands: North Island and South Island.(make)

32. The story of how I got my new job, and came to be  _________________________ (和…關系好) my boss is a funny one.  ( terms)

33. _________________________ (是在這片地上) the farmers produce food for the whole population of China.  (it)

34. They _______________________ (冒著失去…的危險) everything to save the girl.  (risk)

35. You won’t have a good harvest if you _________________________ (違背自然) and do things at the wrong time of the year.  (go)

36. The students were late for class yesterday for _________________________ (各種各樣的原因) .  (variety)

37. _________________________ (追溯到) the Qin Dynasty, the traditional Xiangsheng Show is still one of the main Chinese art forms to entertain people.  (date)

38. Chinese MaoTai ____________________ (質量上乘) and is sold all over the country. (of)

39. _________________________ (他們的共同點) is that they combine fun with the opportunity to learn something.  (what)

40. New Zealand has a population of about 3.8 million people, _______________________(其       

中14%)  Maori.  (which)

The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at alcohol rules at American colleges and universities. These rules differ from school to school, as do measures. But many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules.
The United States has more than 17000,000 students in higher education. Each year, 1700 of them die from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries. 600,000 more are injured while under the influence of alcohol. And almost 700,000 are attacked by another drunken.
One behavior that college officials are trying to prevent is too much drinking. Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking is normal often think extremely how much other students really drink. A person can die of alcohol poisoning. At Oklahoma University, a nineteen-year-old student died from drinking heavily at a party in 2005
Now alcohol is banned from all sorority houses and university housing. Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights. Other new requirements include an alcohol education program that first-year students take online.
The rules govern behavior on campus (校園) and off. With a first violation(違犯), students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alcohol education class. For a second "strike," they have to pay one hundred fifty dollars. A third strike means that they have to be suspended school for at least one semester.
Since 2005, 363 students have had a first strike. 30 have had a second strike -- and only one hasn’t allowed to go to school for one semester. The president at Oklahoma tells us the aim is not just to punish but to change behavior and the culture at the university

1. 1.

   The first paragraph mainly tells us that_________

   1. A.
      the legal age at the lowest for drinking alcohol is 21
   2. B.
      many colleges consider drinking alcohol to be a crime
   3. C.
      drinking alcohol is a necessary and popular campus culture
   4. D.
      American colleges and universities have their own alcohol rules
2. 2.

   Every year the number of the students who die or are injured because of alcohol in the USA added up to about _______

   1. A.
      17000,000
   2. B.
      1,301,700
   3. C.
      601,700
   4. D.
      1300,000
3. 3.

   If a student has a third strike, he/she should________

   1. A.
      have to stop going to school for a time
   2. B.
      be removed to another school
   3. C.
      be locked at home for a period
   4. D.
      be forced to leave school forever
4. 4.

   Which of the following statements is supported by the passage ?

   1. A.
      College students are not allowed to drink alcohol at any time
   2. B.
      If students take an alcohol program online, they can drink alcohol
   3. C.
      Students having a first strike only receive punishment of fine
   4. D.
      Students with a second strike pay twice as much as students with a first strike
5. 5.

   We can infer ________from the last two paragraphs

   1. A.
      alcohol rules have no effect on college students
   2. B.
      drinking alcohol remains a serious problem
   3. C.
      alcohol rules aim to change behavior and the culture at the university
   4. D.
      the number of students drinking alcohol is dropping in one way