2019年在职攻人员攻读硕士学位英语模拟练习六

　　Drunken driving -sometimes called America‘s socially accepted form of murder has become a national epidemic. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are hilled by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade.

　　Why has drunken driving become a major problem in American society today?

　　A. Because most Americans are heavy drinkers.

　　B. Because Americans are now less shocked by road accidents.

　　C. Because accidents attract so much publicity.

　　D. Because drinking has become a socially encouraged habit in America.

　　Europe‘s world status had drastically changed. Its individual nations, once great powers, were dwarfed - politically and militarily by the United States and the former Soviet Union, numerically by India and China, economically by the United States, Japan, and any new economic powers that might emerge. Europe‘s empires had been widely separated; and yet, like the rest of the world‘s rich Northern Hemisphere, it could not shrug off the poor and hungry millions in the South. It is all the more reasonable, therefore, for Europe countries to come together -not merely to hold their own political and economic superpowers but also to maximize their power to meet their responsibilities in the world.

　　By saying that Europe could not "shrug off the poor and hungry millions in tile South", the author

　　Means

　　A. Europe alone could not support tile poor people in most third world countries.

　　B. Europe should not put away its responsibilities for supporting tile poor nations.

　　C. Europe should not be arrogant towards tile developing countries.

　　D. Europe should care more for its own poor people in its southern part.