2008毕金献阅读理解电子书节选（2）

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Unit1

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （40 points）

Text 2

　　The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if youve just eaten and what sort of drinks youve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

　　In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if youre below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

　　It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that youre still over the legal limit. In addition, if youve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

　　In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had, the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of movable posts... and the less able they were to do it!

　　So the only way to be sure youre safe is not to drink at all.

　　Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breath test have a blood alcohol concentration of more than twice the legal limit.

　　It is important to remember that driving after youve been drinking doesnt just affect you. If youre involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure.

Notes:
not least 尤其，特别；部分地；相当重要地

6. The amount of alcohol a driver can drink within the legal limit is

［A］ about 80mg of pure alcohol.

［B］ about three standard drinks.

［C］ in proportion to his weight.

［D］ varying with different people.

7. You might be accused of drunk driving when

［A］ you drive upon having some drinks.

［B］ you become a helpless alcohol addict.

［C］ your driving is found abnormal for drinking.

［D］ your alcohol percentage fails the test.

8. A test showed that drunken professional drivers could

［A］ have greater confidence than sober ones.

［B］ move away a set of posts on the test ground.

［C］ fail in the test despite their self-affirmation.

［D］ serve as alarming examples to potential drivers.

9. Alcohol is the major cause of traffic accidents because

［A］ more than 30% road casualties are drink drivers.

［B］ drinking affects peoples mind and emotion.

［C］ about one-third drivers are used to drinking.

［D］ young drivers are familiar among traffic victims.

10 About drink driving, the author warns you of the fact that you

［A］ may be taken to court by the police.

［B］ are putting yourself in danger.

［C］ may hurt or kill another driver.

［D］ are setting other people at risk.

【答案】　D　C　C　B　D

【译文】

　　酒后驾车的法定限度是测试时每100毫升血液中的酒精含量为80毫克。但还没有确切方法可以判断出你喝多少酒才算达到这个限度。这因人而异，取决于你的体重、性别、你是否刚吃过东西以及你喝了什么样的酒。有些人在喝了大约三标准杯以后才会达到这个限度。

　　实际上，只要喝一两口就会影响你的驾车能力。如果警察认为酒精已经影响你驾车了，就算你没达到法定限度，你也会被带上法庭。

　　身体处理一标准杯的酒大约需要一小时。那么，如果晚上你去猛喝了一通，第二天早上你会发现自己开车仍然受酒精影响，或者你甚至会发现你血液的酒精含量仍然在法定限度之上。另外，如果你午饭时喝了一点，下午晚一些的时候又喝了一两口，那极有可能让你酒精超标。

　　在对专业司机的一次测试中，他们酒喝得越多，就越肯定自己能顺利通过穿过一组移动标杆的测试...但就越不可能通过。

　　所以能确保你安全的唯一方法就是一点酒都不喝。

　　酒精是道路交通事故的主要原因。丧命于道路事故的司机中，三分之一人的酒精含量超过法定限度，而酒后道路事故是年轻人送命的最大原因。被警察叫停的人经呼气测醉试验后，一半以上人的血液酒精浓度在法定限度的两倍以上。酒后驾车不单单影响你本人，记住这一点很重要。如果你卷入一起交通事故，这也会影响其他许多人，尤其是你可能撞死或撞伤的那个人。