Italians like to say that when it comes to alcohol, they have a sipping culture rather than a drinking culture. That means that while Italians may enjoy a glass of wine or beer, they don’t usually get very drunk.
    That’s not true anymore. The new study by the Italian National Health Institute found that 63 percent of Italians under age 18 get drunk on the weekends. Now, the city of Milan has created a law that will stop anyone under 16 from buying alcohol. Anyone who sells or gives alcohol to a person under 16 can be fined up to $700.
    Young people who feel that the new law is unfair should go to the US for some perspective. The US has the highest drinking age in the world: It’s illegal for anyone under 21 to buy alcohol, and stores or restaurants that are caught selling alcohol to people under the legal age risk losing their licenses.
    Many young Americans complain that the drinking laws are unfair: They are allowed to vote in elections and join the military at age 18, so why wait another three years just to buy a bottle of beer?
    These young people have found help in an unusual place. Last year, more than 100 presidents of US universities joined together to ask lawmakers to consider changing the drinking age. They argued that the law doesn’t stop underage college kids from getting drunk – it just makes them want to drink more.
    For now, the law seems unlikely to change. But US teenagers who want alcohol can go north to Canada, where the drinking age is 18-19, or south to Mexico where the legal age is 18. Throughout much of Asia, Africa and Europe, the legal drinking age ranges 16-18.
    In plenty of places though, the official drinking age is ignored, and even young children can buy alcohol if they have the money to pay for it.
    No matter how old you are, you should always be responsible with alcohol. Teenagers in Milan are now learning that their reckless (不顧后果的) drinking behavior may come at a high price.
31. The new law by the city of Milan ______.
   A. aims to keep Italy’s sipping culture alive

B. is welcomed by Italian adult people

C. has reduced the number of underage youths getting drunk

D. forbids selling alcohol to people under 16
32. Which of the following places has the lowest drinking age?
   A. Mexico                     B. New York                C. Milan                       D. Canada
33. Many US university presidents want lawmakers to consider changing the drinking age because 

they ______.
A. have received complaints from many young Americans about the unfairness of the laws
B. agree that people old enough to vote and join the army should be allowed to drink
C. don’t want to see US teenagers going to neighboring countries for a drink

D. believe that the law is pushing underage youths toward alcohol instead of stopping them

34. We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. Restaurants in the US don’t sell alcohol to people under 21 for fear of a $700fine
B. In many places shop owners don’t mind selling alcohol to underage customers

   C. The author thinks that US teenagers should go to Canada or Mexico to drink
D. Teens in Milan have to pay a lot of money for their reckless drinking behavior

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科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆天津市和平區(qū)高一上學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Do you know when and where ice cream got its start? It's an international favorite with a long and interesting history

The earliest ices were eaten in China many years ago. The people would put orange juice on ice .Later, this idea traveled to Italy. Nero, the emperor of Rome between 37 and 68 A.D, liked to eat ices as a special treat between violin lessons. He ordered runners to run to the mountains, get snow and quickly run back to the palace; The snow was mixed with fruit juices and nuts.

Around 1660,Coffee shops serving ice cream were very popular in Paris. Most of the coffee shops were owned by Italians. The first successful one was opened by a man from Sicily named Francesco Procopio.

Ice cream was probably brought to America in the early 1700's, and quickly became the favorite of American presidents. George Washington had ice cream pots and machines in his kitchen. Dolly Madison the wife of President Madison, was the first person to actually serve it in the White House. She made her guests very  happy when she served her favorite dessert.

Before ice cream was sold in stores, it was made and frozen at home. it took a lot of work to mix cream，eggs，fruit，and salt, and then to freeze it. Nancy Johnson, an American woman who was good with machines, invented the hand-turned ice cream freezer in 1846. Five years later, Jacob Fluse opened the first ice cream business, in Baltimore, Maryland His business quickly spread to other states. Today in the United States,  ice cream is not only a food , it is away of life.

1.What's the passage about? (No more than 10 words)

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2.From which country did ice cream begin to travel in the world? (No more than l word)

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3.What does the underlined word "it" refer to in paragraph 4? (No more than 3 words)

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4.Who was the first person to serve the ice cream in White House'? (No more than 5 words)

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5.According to the passage ,what made ice cream so popular in the USA? Please list two reasons．

 

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