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 you've just eaten and what sort of drinks you've 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 you're 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 you're still over the legal limit. In addition, if you've 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 you're 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 you've been drinking doesn't just affect you. If you're 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，特別;部分地;相當(dāng)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 people's 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
【譯文】
酒后駕車的法定限度是測(cè)試時(shí)每100毫升血液中的酒精含量為80毫克。但還沒(méi)有確切方法可以判斷出你喝多少酒才算達(dá)到這個(gè)限度。這因人而異，取決于你的體重、性別、你是否剛吃過(guò)東西以及你喝了什么樣的酒。有些人在喝了大約三標(biāo)準(zhǔn)杯以后才會(huì)達(dá)到這個(gè)限度。
實(shí)際上，只要喝一兩口就會(huì)影響你的駕車能力。如果警察認(rèn)為酒精已經(jīng)影響你駕車了，就算你沒(méi)達(dá)到法定限度，你也會(huì)被帶上法庭。
身體處理一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)杯的酒大約需要一小時(shí)。那么，如果晚上你去猛喝了一通，第二天早上你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己開(kāi)車仍然受酒精影響，或者你甚至?xí)l(fā)現(xiàn)你血液的酒精含量仍然在法定限度之上。另外，如果你午飯時(shí)喝了一點(diǎn)，下午晚一些的時(shí)候又喝了一兩口，那極有可能讓你酒精超標(biāo)。
在對(duì)專業(yè)司機(jī)的一次測(cè)試中，他們酒喝得越多，就越肯定自己能順利通過(guò)穿過(guò)一組移動(dòng)標(biāo)桿的測(cè)試...但就越不可能通過(guò)。
所以能確保你安全的方法就是一點(diǎn)酒都不喝。
酒精是道路交通事故的主要原因。喪命于道路事故的司機(jī)中，三分之一人的酒精含量超過(guò)法定限度，而酒后道路事故是年輕人送命的原因。被警察叫停的人經(jīng)呼氣測(cè)醉試驗(yàn)后，一半以上人的血液酒精濃度在法定限度的兩倍以上。酒后駕車不單單影響你本人，記住這一點(diǎn)很重要。如果你卷入一起交通事故，這也會(huì)影響其他許多人，尤其是你可能撞死或撞傷的那個(gè)人。
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 you've just eaten and what sort of drinks you've 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 you're 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 you're still over the legal limit. In addition, if you've 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 you're 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 you've been drinking doesn't just affect you. If you're 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，特別;部分地;相當(dāng)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 people's 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
【譯文】
酒后駕車的法定限度是測(cè)試時(shí)每100毫升血液中的酒精含量為80毫克。但還沒(méi)有確切方法可以判斷出你喝多少酒才算達(dá)到這個(gè)限度。這因人而異，取決于你的體重、性別、你是否剛吃過(guò)東西以及你喝了什么樣的酒。有些人在喝了大約三標(biāo)準(zhǔn)杯以后才會(huì)達(dá)到這個(gè)限度。
實(shí)際上，只要喝一兩口就會(huì)影響你的駕車能力。如果警察認(rèn)為酒精已經(jīng)影響你駕車了，就算你沒(méi)達(dá)到法定限度，你也會(huì)被帶上法庭。
身體處理一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)杯的酒大約需要一小時(shí)。那么，如果晚上你去猛喝了一通，第二天早上你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己開(kāi)車仍然受酒精影響，或者你甚至?xí)l(fā)現(xiàn)你血液的酒精含量仍然在法定限度之上。另外，如果你午飯時(shí)喝了一點(diǎn)，下午晚一些的時(shí)候又喝了一兩口，那極有可能讓你酒精超標(biāo)。
在對(duì)專業(yè)司機(jī)的一次測(cè)試中，他們酒喝得越多，就越肯定自己能順利通過(guò)穿過(guò)一組移動(dòng)標(biāo)桿的測(cè)試...但就越不可能通過(guò)。
所以能確保你安全的方法就是一點(diǎn)酒都不喝。
酒精是道路交通事故的主要原因。喪命于道路事故的司機(jī)中，三分之一人的酒精含量超過(guò)法定限度，而酒后道路事故是年輕人送命的原因。被警察叫停的人經(jīng)呼氣測(cè)醉試驗(yàn)后，一半以上人的血液酒精濃度在法定限度的兩倍以上。酒后駕車不單單影響你本人，記住這一點(diǎn)很重要。如果你卷入一起交通事故，這也會(huì)影響其他許多人，尤其是你可能撞死或撞傷的那個(gè)人。