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.

【小題1】D

【小題2】C

【小題3】A

【小題4】D

【小題5】D


解析:

【小題1】歸納大意題。由第三、四、五句可知本段主要介紹了美國(guó)大學(xué)都有自己的處理低于21歲學(xué)生飲酒的制度。故答案為D項(xiàng)。

【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)歸納題。由第二段可知，每年因?yàn)榫凭劳龊褪軅娜藬?shù)為: 1700+600,000=601,700。故答案為C。注意：700,000是遭到喝醉酒學(xué)生襲擊的學(xué)生人數(shù)，不是題干所要求的。

【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段中 “A third strike means that they have to be suspended school for at least one semester.”和最后一段 “Thirty have had a second strike -- and only one hasn’t allowed to go to school for one semester.”可知違犯三次的學(xué)生被迫停課至少一學(xué)期。故A項(xiàng)為正確答案。

【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。由第五段 “With a first violation(違犯), students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told.” “ For a second "strike, they have to pay one hundred fifty dollars.”可知D項(xiàng)與此吻合。A項(xiàng)與第四段第二句不相符；C項(xiàng)與第五段第二句不相符（還包括通知家長(zhǎng)）；參加網(wǎng)上酒知識(shí)課程不是允許喝酒的必要條件，B項(xiàng)與文章信息不符。

【小題5】推理判斷題。由最后一段列舉的數(shù)字可以推出，這些制度影響改變著大學(xué)生的行為，違犯制度的學(xué)生人數(shù)是下降的，故D項(xiàng)正確。A、B顯然不對(duì)；C項(xiàng)文中有明確表述，無(wú)需推論。

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