第二十四天：完型模拟练习

今天的结束语是：吃一堑，长一智（A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit）。

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Alcohol use is the number one drug problem among young people. It’s easy to understand why. For adults, alcohol is legal, widely _1_ in American culture and easily _2_. Many kids can get a drink right in their own homes. _3_ are drinking younger and more frequently than _4_, often beginning around age 13, according to studies. The average number of alcoholic drinks among college students is five on a single _5_, according to a recent survey. Among those younger 21, it is 5.5 drinks, and among _6_ 21 and older, it is 4.2 drinks.

Young people almost always begin drinking because of _7_ pressure, in an attempt to be accepted and _8_ in the group. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, more than half of junior and senior high school students drink alcoholic _9_. More than 40 percent of those who drink admit to drinking when upset, 31 percent admit to drinking _10_, 25 percent admit to drinking when _11_ and 25 percent admit to drinking to get “_12_.”

This is a _13_, serious problem _14_ college campuses today. In 1997 Harvard University’s School of Public Health surveyed students at 130 colleges for a college _15_ study and found about two of every five college students _16_ in binge drinking. _17_ binge drinkers at college were 22 times more _18_ than non-binge drinkers to have problems, _19_ missed classes, falling behind in school work, getting in trouble or hurt and engaging in _20_ sexual activity.

1.［A］ received ［B］accepted ［C］acknowledged