第二十四天：完型模拟练习
今天的结束语是：吃一堑，长一智（A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit）。
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Alcohol use is the number one drug problem among young people. It’s easy to understand why. For adults, alcohol is legal, widely _1_ in American culture and easily _2_. Many kids can get a drink right in their own homes. _3_ are drinking younger and more frequently than _4_, often beginning around age 13, according to studies. The average number of alcoholic drinks among college students is five on a single _5_, according to a recent survey. Among those younger 21, it is 5.5 drinks, and among _6_ 21 and older, it is 4.2 drinks.
Young people almost always begin drinking because of _7_ pressure, in an attempt to be accepted and _8_ in the group. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, more than half of junior and senior high school students drink alcoholic _9_. More than 40 percent of those who drink admit to drinking when upset, 31 percent admit to drinking _10_, 25 percent admit to drinking when _11_ and 25 percent admit to drinking to get “_12_.”
This is a _13_, serious problem _14_ college campuses today. In 1997 Harvard University’s School of Public Health surveyed students at 130 colleges for a college _15_ study and found about two of every five college students _16_ in binge drinking. _17_ binge drinkers at college were 22 times more _18_ than non-binge drinkers to have problems, _19_ missed classes, falling behind in school work, getting in trouble or hurt and engaging in _20_ sexual activity.
1.［A］ received ［B］accepted ［C］acknowledged ［D］admitted
2.［A］ accountable ［B］achievable ［C］accessible ［D］agreeable
3.［A］ Teenagers ［B］Grown-ups ［C］Children ［D］Adults
4.［A］ predominantly ［B］ preferentially ［C］previously ［D］precisely
5.［A］ occasion ［B］event ［C］situation ［D］gathering
6.［A］ these ［B］those ［C］which ［D］whom
7.［A］ pear ［B］peel ［C］peer ［D］pool
8.［A］ improved ［B］included ［C］inspired ［D］instructed
9.［A］ beers ［B］whiskies ［C］beverages ［D］wines
10.［A］ alone ［B］along ［C］aloud ［D］aloof
11.［A］ bored ［B］boring ［C］excited ［D］exciting
12.［A］ low ［B］high ［C］cool ［D］warm
13.［A］ dead ［B］death ［C］deadening ［D］deadly
14.［A］ of ［B］in ［C］on ［D］about
15.［A］ alcohol ［B］alcoholic ［C］alcoholism ［D］alcoholization
16.［A］ endeavor［B］engage ［C］insist ［D］practise
17.［A］ Consequent ［B］Subsequent ［C］Incident ［D］Frequent
18.［A］ possible ［B］lively ［C］likely ［D］feasible
19.［A］ known as ［B］remembered as ［C］much as ［D］such as
20.［A］ unperceived ［B］unplaced ［C］unplanned ［D］undiscovered
参考答案：BCACA BCBCA ABDCA BDCDC
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