The legal age for drinking alcohol in the Unite 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, but many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules.
The United States has more than 17,000,000 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 drink. Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking(狂饮) 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(联谊会会馆) 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(大学校园)and off. With a first violation(违犯)，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 the behavior and culture at the university.
1.The first paragraph mainly tells us that .
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A．the legal age at the lowest for drinking alcohol is 21 |
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B．many colleges consider drinking alcohol to be a crime |
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C．drinking alcohol is a necessary and popular campus culture |
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D．American colleges and universities have their own alcohol rules |
2.Every year the number of the students who die or are injured because of alcohol in the USA adds up to about .
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A．17,000,000 |
B．1,301,700 |
C．601,700 |
D．1300,000 |
3.If a student has a third strike, he or she should .
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A．have to stop going to school for a time. |
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B．be removed to another school |
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C．be locked at home for a period. |
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D．be forced to leave school forever. |
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．College students are not allowed to drink alcohol at any time. |
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B．If students take an alcohol program online, they can drink alcohol. |
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C．Students having a first strike only receive punishment of fine. |
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D．Students with a second strike pay twice as much as students with a first strike. |
5.From the last paragraph we can infer that .
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A．alcohol rules have no effect on college students |
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B．drinking alcohol remains a serious problem |
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C．alcohol rules aim to change the behavior and culture at the university |
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D．the number of students drinking alcohol is dropping in one way |
I'll be a photographer. I'm going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before, yet I feel so doubtful on this plane that's flying me thousands of miles away. I was so confident yesterday .But today I don't belong to this plane where men sit with briefcases reading newspapers. They're all adults.
I've never been out of the US. And now ,I'm traveling into Australia alone, a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.
I remember little about my mother, but I remember she had an Australian accent and golden hair. She wan fun and she would often take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia, Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone wore Santa hat with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there. My mom was different and I was proud of her.
I don't know how she met my father. but after they met several years, they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey. Then I was born and we were a perfect family of three who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.
I know things have been hard on my father since my Mom died years ago. It's hard for me, too, and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place.
This is an adventure.
1.How did the author feel when he was on the plane?
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A．Confident |
B．Foolish |
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C．Doubtful |
D．Childish |
2.The author traveled to Australia alone mainly because he wanted to__.
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A．search his fortune there |
B．find more about his mother |
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C．look for his grandparents there |
D．find more about this wonderful place |
3.The third paragraph is mainly concerned with__.
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A．the author's first impression of Australia |
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B．the author's brief impression of his mother |
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C．the reason why the author loved his mother |
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D．the difference between his mother and father |
4.What can we learn from the passage?
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A．The author writes this passage to honor his mother. |
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B．The author decides to learn taking photos in Australia. |
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C．The author had a good time when his mother was still alive. |
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D．The author didn't like to live with his father after his mother died. |
5.Where did the author most probably write this passage?
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A．In America. |
B．In Australia. |
C．At home |
D．On the Plane |
Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Na Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles form home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take form there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its wind-shield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
"I just can't leave you here, "she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home."
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(迷惑的).
“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I protested(抗议).
“Come on,”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along.”she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That would not make it a favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
1.The writer thought that he would have a long night because
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A．it world be long before he could take another bus |
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B．no driver would give him a ride |
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C．he didn’t know the routes |
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D．he perhaps would have to take a taxi |
2.Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was .
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A．very quiet and peaceful |
B．dark without street lights |
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C．neither clean nor beautiful |
D．a little unsafe |
3.The writer wanted to take a taxi home at the end of the route because .
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A．no bus would come |
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B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable |
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C．he became impatient and a bit worried |
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D．he knew the driver would never return |
4.The bus driver drove the writer home later because .
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A．she happened to go in the same direction |
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B．she wanted to do something good for other people |
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C．her brother told her to do so |
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D．she wanted to earn more money |
5.The bus driver hoped that the writer .
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A．world do as she did |
B．would keep her in memory |
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C．would give the money to others |
D．would do her a favor |
I wonder ____ made your English teacher so angry in her class this morning.
A what was it that B how was it that C what it was that D how it was that
—— Bob looks very blue. What has happened to him?
—— Perhaps his failure in the exam _____ his low spirits.
A accounts for B looks for C makes for D takes for
Don’t be angry . In this country ruled by law, he won’t _____ what he has done.
A get away from B get away with C put up with D come up with
