1. The central opposition to drug prohibition is that .
[A] it has caused the crime problem. [B] it has wasted a lot of legal resources
[C] it has caused border disputes [D] it has caused social problems
2. It is implied in the first paragraph that .
[A] drug legalization is an impossibly gigantic task
[B] Asia is an important provider of drugs in America
[C] drug-related corruption happens mainly on lawmakers
[D] drug trafficking is the worst crime in America
3.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned by the advocates of drug legalization as the possible outcome of drug prohibition?
[A] The crime problem. [B] The public health problem.
[C] The foreign policy problem [D] The corruption problem.
4.According to the opponents of drug legalization, one of the reasons for fewer cases of drug abuse is .
[A] the damaging effect of drug addition
[B] the criminal rate associated with drug use
[C] the presence of antidrug law
[D] the effective execution of government policies
5. We learn from the last paragraph that .
[A] the opponents and advocates of drug legalization actually share some positions
[B] prohibiting drug use will have the same effect as the prohibition of alcohol
[C] the effect of drug legalization on society is not well borne out yet
[D] the public will not agree to fund research into the effects of drugs
1. prohibition n. 禁止,禁令
2. outrage vt. 使愤慨;违犯
3. violence n. 暴力,暴行;猛烈
4. corruption n. 腐败,堕落
5. border n. 边沿,边界
6. generate vt. 产生,形成,引起;生育
7. public official政府官员
8. rest on 依靠, 建立在……上
9. evaporate vi. 蒸发,消失
10. empire n. 帝国
11. addict n. 上瘾的人 vt. 使上瘾,使沉湎
12. commit vt. 犯(罪、错误等);致力于;承诺
13. presumably n. 可能,大概,推测起来
14. overwhelm vt. 淹没;制服,压倒
15. strain n. 紧张,张力;损伤
16. advocate n. 提倡者,支持者 vt. 拥护,提倡,主张
17. condone vt. 宽恕,原谅
18. let alone更不用说
19. acknowledge vt. 承认;答谢
20. massive a. 巨大的,大量的