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【題目】閱讀理解
In Britain, it’s bottoms up from the week before Christmas tillthe last firework explodes in the sky announcing the new year. The last Fridaybefore Christmas, popularly known as ‘Mad Friday’, is one of the busiestperiods for the country’s pubs and clubs.
But it’s not just the bars that get busy. Ambulances and A&Edepartments around Britain get packed out too. Head injuries, cuts, falls…it’seasy to end up hurting yourself or others when self-control disappear and yourhead is spinning due to alcoho1 revelers have been warned by the healthauthorities about the dangers of deadly drinking but drinking crazily seems tobe part of the festivities for some.
The charity Alcohol Concern is running a campaign of restrictionby encouraging people to have a dry January.
Jackie Ballard, the charity’s Chief Executive, believes thecampaign has been successful in recent years. She says, “More than two-thirdsof people even six months later are drinking at reduced levels having had amonth off drink. But also a study has shown the impact it has on people’shealth reducing their blood pressure and blood sugar levels.”
The study by the University of Sussex followed up nearly 900participants in Alcohol Concern’s Dry January campaign and found out that 72％of them hadkept harmful drinking sessions down and 4％were still notdrinking.
Moderation (適度) seems to bethe key to everything. The official recommendation for women is not toregularly drink more than 2 to 3 units of alcohol a day. The limit for men is 3to 4 units of alcohol — no more than a pint of 5.2％ABV lager,beer or cider.
（1）The last Friday before Christmas is called ‘Mad Friday’ because _____.
A.people stay up too late
B.people go out and drink a lot
C.firework explodes in the sky
D.people go shopping madly
（2）What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.The atmosphere of the bars.
B.The effect of drinking too much.
C.The customs of the festivities.
D.The importance of the health authorities.
（3）The result of dry January campaign is that _____.
A.many people stop drinking
B.people drink more than before
C.people’s blood pressure increases
D.people can improve their health
（4）What is the official suggestion of drinking alcohol?
A.Women shouldn’t drink any alcohol.
B.People should stay away from alcohol.
C.Moderate alcohol drinking can be accepted.
D.Men may drink 3 to 4 units of alcohol at least.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）B
（3）D
（4）C
【解析】本文講述一個(gè)英國的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)起的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，邀請(qǐng)?jiān)谑フQ節(jié)期間飲酒過度的人在節(jié)后戒酒一段時(shí)間，試圖幫他們改變長期飲酒的習(xí)慣。
(1)B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到The lastFriday before Christmas, popularly known as ‘Mad Friday’, is one of the busiestperiods for the country’s pubs and clubs圣誕節(jié)前的最后一個(gè)周五多被稱為“瘋狂星期五 ”，這一天是這個(gè)國家酒吧和俱樂部最忙的一天，故選B項(xiàng)。
(2)B 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到revelers havebeen warned by the health authorities about the dangers of deadly drinking butdrinking crazily seems to be part of the festivities for some衛(wèi)生局已經(jīng)告誡過縱酒狂歡的人們酗酒的危險(xiǎn)性，但是似乎一些人已經(jīng)把這種放縱作為了其慶祝節(jié)日的一種必不可少的形式，故選B項(xiàng)。
(3)D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段提到But also astudy has shown the impact it has on people’s health reducing their bloodpressure and blood sugar levels. 還有一項(xiàng)關(guān)于此活動(dòng)對(duì)人身健康的影響的研究表明它可以降低人們的血壓和血糖含量，故選D項(xiàng)。
(4)C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Moderation (適度) seems to bethe key to everything. The official recommendation for women is not toregularly drink more than 2 to 3 units of alcohol a day. 中庸之道似乎適用于所有事物。官方的建議是女士一天飲酒不得超過2-3單位，故選C項(xiàng)。