落堕市安心阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题（19）及答案
第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
中餐英语菜单阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Italians like to say that when it comes to alcohol, they have a sipping(小酌) culture rather than a drinking culture. That means that while Italians may enjoy a glass of wine or beer, they don't usually get very drunk.
That's not true any more. The new study by the Italian National Health Institute found that 63 percent of Italians under age 18 get drunk on the weekends. Now, the city of Milan has created a law that will stop anyone under 16 from buying alcohol. Anyone who lls or gives alcohol to a person under 16 can be fined up to $700.
Young people who feel that the new law is unfair should go to the US for some perspective (观点). The US has the highest drinking age in the world: It's illegal for anyone under 21 to buy alcohol, and stores or restaurants that are caught lling alcohol to people under the legal age risk losing their licens.
Many young Americans complain that the drinking laws are unfair: They are allowed to vote in elections and join the army at age 18, so why wait another three years just to buy a bottle of beer?
The young people have found help in an unusual place. Last year, more than 100 presidents of US universities joined together to ask lawmakers to consider changing the drinking age. They argued that the law doesn't stop underage college kids from getting drunk—it just makes them want to drink more. 美国大选公布时间
For now, the law ems unlikely to change. But US teenagers who want alcohol can go north to Canada, where the drinking age is 18—19, or south to Mexico where the legal age is 18. Throughout much of Asia, Africa and Europe, the legal drinking age ranges 16
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iraqIn plenty of places though, the official drinking age is ignored, and even young children can buy alcohol if they have the money to pay for it.
No matter how old you are, you should always be responsible with alcohol. Teenagers in Milan are now learning that their reckless (不顾后果的) drinking behavior may come at a high price.
By Ariel Lown Lewiton, 21st Teens Staff
文章大意：米兰刚刚出台了新法令，任何商家都不能向16岁以下的人出售酒，否则会面临700美元的罚款。其实，很多国家都有这种饮酒最低年龄的限制。
56．The new law by the city of Milan________.2016年7月14日
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A. aims to keep Italy's sipping culture alive
B. forbids lling alcohol to people under 16
C. is welcomed by Italian young people
D．has reduced the number of underage youths getting drunk
exact time答案：B 细节理解题。由第二段的第三、四两句话“Now, the city of Milan has created a law that will stop anyone under 16 from buying alcohol. Anyone who lls or gives alcohol to a person under 16 can be fined up to $700.”可知，该法案禁止出售酒给16岁以下的人。
57．Which of the following places has the lowest drinking age?
A. Milan B. New York
重庆会计网C. Mexico D. Canada
答案：A 细节理解题。由文中不难得出，各地的最低饮酒年龄限制：米兰是16岁；纽约是21岁；墨西哥是18岁；加拿大是18岁到19岁。所以A项正确。
58．Many US university presidents want lawmakers to consider changing the drinking ag
e becau________.
A．they've received complaints from many young Americans about the unfairness of the laws
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B．they agree that people old enough to vote and join the army should be allowed to drink
C．they believe the law is pushing underage youths toward alcohol instead of stopping them
D．they don't want to e US teenagers going to neighboring countries for a drink
答案：C 细节理解题。由第五段最后一句话“They argued that the law doesn't stop underage college kids from getting drunk—it just makes them want to drink more.”可知。
59．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Restaurants in the US don't ll alcohol to people under 21 for fear of a $700 fine.
B．The author thinks that US teenagers should go to Canada or Mexico to drink.
C．In many places, shop owners don't mind lling alcohol to underage customers.
D．Teens in Milan have to pay a lot of money for their reckless drinking behavior.
答案：C 推理判断题。由倒数第二段“In plenty of places though, the official drinking age is ignored, and even young children can buy alcohol if they have the money to pay for it.”可知，在很多地方，年轻人只要有钱就能买到酒。
Lawmakers in the United States have expanded an investigation into the u of location-tracking systems on mobile devices. The action follows recent reports about the storing of information on the Apple iPhone. Some people consider location tracking to be a threat to personal privacy and curity.
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Allan Friedman, the rearch director, says, “All wireless companies do some location tracking as part of their networks. This information is usually stored by the companies, not the devices, and there are laws to protect it. Law enforcement(执法) agencies, for exa
mple, have to have a fairly high standard before it can access that data. And the phone company is also prohibited from lling that information.
