李龍帥: 上海新東方學(xué)?？谧g研究中心成員?？谧g教研組聽力課題組組長。中/高級口譯聽力明星教師。上海交通大學(xué)英語語言文學(xué)碩士。高級同聲翻譯。
Opinion polls have shown that Americans view the widespread use of illegal drugs as the No.1 problem in the United States. Every year, the United States spends 15 billion dollars on its war on drugs, mostly on the cost of law enforcement and prohibition. Most illegal drugs are expensive. Black market prices for heroin and cocaine, for example, are estimated to be 100 times greater than the cost of production. With such prices, drug pushers can earn billions of dollars each year by pushing their wares in even the poorest neighborhoods. Most people agree that the so-called drug war is far from being won in the United States. They find some solution to the drug problem. One repeated proposal is to fight the problem by making drugs legal. This proposal has in fact been the cause of a lengthy and unresolved debate. Ever since the 1970s the Americans have argued whether taking the extreme measure of legalizing drugs would in fact decrease drug use. People who support this proposal believe that the current policies of prosecution and punishment are a waste of money. They feel that more money should be spent on education and treatment, arguing that the black market drives the prices of drugs too high, providing an incentive to get into the drug business. They point to the gangsters of the 1920s and the 1930s who disappeared with the end of prohibition of alcohol and America. As it is now, they say, anyone who is caught using drugs is treated as criminal not as an addict who needs help. This proposal for legalization has been supported by a variety of leaders from the most conservative to the most liberal, from Secretary of the State to
federal district judges who advocated the sale of drugs as prices resembling their costs. The proposal to legalize drugs has not being accepted easily by all Americans, however. In fact, it has taken a lot of flag over the years. Those who oppose the legalization of drugs feel that decriminalizing drugs would be a surrender in a drug war that has not really even begun. For them, the solution is not to decriminalize drug crime but to make law more severe. They point out that legalization would lead to greater drug use, explaining that with drugs such as crack being so common in our cities. There would be an increase in cases of violent crime and child abuse and an even greater spreader of AIDS. Opponents of legalization also point to China. When opium was made legal there in the mid-19th century, the selling of opium increased and funded the drug trade rather than spoiled it down.
Those who were opposed the legalization also raised an important question such as which drugs would be legalized with the black market really disappear with the legalization of drugs? So is it time to recognize that the current war on drugs is not working and accept that the legalization maybe the only solution? Every few years voters are asked to cast their votes for politicians who claimed to have answers to this question. But as of yet, Americans have not chosen legalization as a solution to their country's drug problems.
新東方聽力答案權(quán)威分析（答案出處見文中紅字）
16. Which of the following best describes the drug problem in the U.S.?
正確答案：A. The widespread of illegal drug is the greatest concern of the Americans
對Talk來說，前三句話非常重要，通常與講座主題相關(guān)，在這個位置，應(yīng)盯住選項(xiàng)，邊聽邊選。
17. How much is spent each year in fighting against the use of illegal drugs in the U.S.?
正確答案: C. 15 billion dollars
數(shù)字題型，聽到選出，通常先出現(xiàn)的數(shù)字為正確答案。但有實(shí)力的同學(xué)好聽到數(shù)字選出后能在選項(xiàng)旁標(biāo)記一下數(shù)字所對應(yīng)的關(guān)鍵信息。
18. Which of the following is cited as evidence in support of the proposal to make drugs legal?
正確答案：D. More money being needed in education and medical care.
19. There are several arguments against legalizing drugs, which of the following is not one of these arguments?
正確答案：A. Legalizing drugs would be considered unconstitutional.
細(xì)節(jié)題型，多聽多選。
20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
正確答案：A. Americans have not chosen legalization as a solution to drug problem.
后一句，邊聽邊選。
Opinion polls have shown that Americans view the widespread use of illegal drugs as the No.1 problem in the United States. Every year, the United States spends 15 billion dollars on its war on drugs, mostly on the cost of law enforcement and prohibition. Most illegal drugs are expensive. Black market prices for heroin and cocaine, for example, are estimated to be 100 times greater than the cost of production. With such prices, drug pushers can earn billions of dollars each year by pushing their wares in even the poorest neighborhoods. Most people agree that the so-called drug war is far from being won in the United States. They find some solution to the drug problem. One repeated proposal is to fight the problem by making drugs legal. This proposal has in fact been the cause of a lengthy and unresolved debate. Ever since the 1970s the Americans have argued whether taking the extreme measure of legalizing drugs would in fact decrease drug use. People who support this proposal believe that the current policies of prosecution and punishment are a waste of money. They feel that more money should be spent on education and treatment, arguing that the black market drives the prices of drugs too high, providing an incentive to get into the drug business. They point to the gangsters of the 1920s and the 1930s who disappeared with the end of prohibition of alcohol and America. As it is now, they say, anyone who is caught using drugs is treated as criminal not as an addict who needs help. This proposal for legalization has been supported by a variety of leaders from the most conservative to the most liberal, from Secretary of the State to
federal district judges who advocated the sale of drugs as prices resembling their costs. The proposal to legalize drugs has not being accepted easily by all Americans, however. In fact, it has taken a lot of flag over the years. Those who oppose the legalization of drugs feel that decriminalizing drugs would be a surrender in a drug war that has not really even begun. For them, the solution is not to decriminalize drug crime but to make law more severe. They point out that legalization would lead to greater drug use, explaining that with drugs such as crack being so common in our cities. There would be an increase in cases of violent crime and child abuse and an even greater spreader of AIDS. Opponents of legalization also point to China. When opium was made legal there in the mid-19th century, the selling of opium increased and funded the drug trade rather than spoiled it down.
Those who were opposed the legalization also raised an important question such as which drugs would be legalized with the black market really disappear with the legalization of drugs? So is it time to recognize that the current war on drugs is not working and accept that the legalization maybe the only solution? Every few years voters are asked to cast their votes for politicians who claimed to have answers to this question. But as of yet, Americans have not chosen legalization as a solution to their country's drug problems.
新東方聽力答案權(quán)威分析（答案出處見文中紅字）
16. Which of the following best describes the drug problem in the U.S.?
正確答案：A. The widespread of illegal drug is the greatest concern of the Americans
對Talk來說，前三句話非常重要，通常與講座主題相關(guān)，在這個位置，應(yīng)盯住選項(xiàng)，邊聽邊選。
17. How much is spent each year in fighting against the use of illegal drugs in the U.S.?
正確答案: C. 15 billion dollars
數(shù)字題型，聽到選出，通常先出現(xiàn)的數(shù)字為正確答案。但有實(shí)力的同學(xué)好聽到數(shù)字選出后能在選項(xiàng)旁標(biāo)記一下數(shù)字所對應(yīng)的關(guān)鍵信息。
18. Which of the following is cited as evidence in support of the proposal to make drugs legal?
正確答案：D. More money being needed in education and medical care.
19. There are several arguments against legalizing drugs, which of the following is not one of these arguments?
正確答案：A. Legalizing drugs would be considered unconstitutional.
細(xì)節(jié)題型，多聽多選。
20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
正確答案：A. Americans have not chosen legalization as a solution to drug problem.
后一句，邊聽邊選。