浙江省杭州市2013高考英语市一模抢分题强化训练八.docVIP

2013高考英语杭州市一模（抢分题）强化训练（8）及答案 The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty-one.Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life.This week in our Foreign Student Series，we look at alcohol policies at American colleges and universities.These policies differ from school to school，as do enforcement efforts.But many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules. The United States has more than 170,000,000 students in higher education.Each year,1,700 of them aging eighteen to twenty-four die from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries.More than 600,000 are injured under the influence of alcohol.And almost 700,000 are attacked by another student who has been drinking.These numbers，from a 2007 report，are on a government Website：collegedrinking prevention.gov. One behavior that college officials are trying to prevent is binge drinking，having four or five drinks or more in a short period of time.Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking is normal often overestimate how much other students really drink.A person can die of alcohol poisoning. At the University of Oklahoma，new policies went into effect after a nineteen-year-old student died in 2004.He had been drinking heavily at a fraternity party(男大学生联谊会)． Now alcohol is banned from all fraternity and sorority houses and university housing.Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights.And they must provide for transportation to and from off-campus parties.Other new requirements include an alcohol education program that first-year students take online. The policies govern behavior on campus and off.With a first violation，students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told.They must also take an alcohol education class.For a second “strike”，they have to pay one hundred and fifty dollars.A third strike means a suspension for at least one semester. Since January of 2005,633 students have had a fir