2017年11月成人学位英语考试考前提分试题及答案二
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The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire. It is being blamed by the United Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide, "The most worrying development is a culture of drug-friendliness," says the UN' s International Narcotics Control Board in a report re-leased last year.
The 74-page study says the pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend-setter for young people of most cultures. "Some songs encourage people to take drugs. Cer-tain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person' s lifestyle," the study says.
Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug-friendly pop music seems to survive despite the occasional shock of death by overdose(过量用药). "Such incidents end to be seen as an occa-sion to mourn (哀掉) the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to face the deadly effect of drug use," it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singer and movie stars—inclu-ding Elvis Presley, Janice Jophlin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and Andy Gibbs--have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popular music, messages promoting drug abuse are now reaching beyond their countries of origin. "In most countries, the names of certain pop stars have become familiar to the members of every house-hold," the study says.
The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug incidents, which en-courages rather than prevents drug abuse. "Over the past years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive," says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. "Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,"
he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant( 容忍的) of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently under way.
The study focuses on demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has become tolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and to act against the pro-drug(赞成吸毒) messages of the youth culture to which young people increas-ingly are being exposed.
第21题 Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with?
A.The use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes is an acceptable part of a person' s lifestyle.
B.The spreading of pop music may cause drug abuse to beyond country boundaries.
C.No efforts have been made to prevent the spreading of drug abuse.
D.Governments have no ability at act against the pro-drug messages of the youth culture.
第22题 The expression "under fire" in the first paragraph means_________.
A.in an urgent situation
B.facing some problems
C.being criticized
D.in trouble
第23题 From the third paragraph, we learn that the youth_________.
A.tend to mourn the pop stars who died of overdose as role models
B.are shocked to know even pop stars may abuse drugs
C.try to face the deadly effect of drug use
D.may stop abusing drugs
第24题 Which of the following is not mentioned as tolerant of drug abuse?
A.The spreading of pop music.
B.The media.
C.Political campaigns run by powerful pressure groups.
D.The low price of some drugs.
第25题 According to the passage, pop music_________.
A.has a great influence on young people of most cultures
B.attracts a small number of young people
C.is not a profitable industry
D.is alone responsible for drug abuse
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