阅读理解 There are chilling parallels in two catastrophes that threaten the fabric of American life -- AIDS and drugs. AIDS destroys genetic immunity: drug addiction paralyzes the immune system of the body politic, preventing society from responding to evil, by taking political action. The irony of the malign perversities at work is that the war on drugs is ensuring the spread of AIDS. We had better understand the way this is happening and decode which is the lesser of two evils or they will both engulf us. The war on drugs presently takes priority in the public mind. This is, wholly understandable. No city in America, it seems, can afford enough police officers, enough firepower, enough judges and enough jails to stamp out the criminal behavior of thousands who distribute, buy and use cocaine or crack. Drug pushers are as visible as and more frequent than local newsstands. Some police, forces have acknowledged that parts of their cities are no-go areas where the guns and bombs of the drug runners are the law. This is a phenomenon of the black ghetto. Drug use declined among the white middle class and college students but crack at $ 3 and $4 a pop is ravaging the black population. Competing drug groups and teen gangs fight each other to the death, a convenient result one might think but for the reality that the drug war shatters thousands of decent black families and destroys the peace of mind of whole cities. This year''s fetus is on Washington D. C., where the murder rate now exceeds that of the West Bank and Gaza. Washington''s mayor says: Except for the killings, Washington is a safe city. One knows what he means. Outside the ghettos, Washington is wonderfully attractive in dynamic, but economic vitality does not console middle-class and working-class whites, who rage against the fear that dominates their cities, fear, of drugs sold by blacks: fear of black crime and of black gangs. They blame let. al political leaders and cry. out for action. And here is the rub. Since federal programs, including supply interdiction and Draconian penalties, have had virtually no effect on the epidemic, any escalation seems justified.
单选题 The first sentence in the first paragraph means there are ______ between AIDS and drugs.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义题。文章第一句，在描述艾滋病和麻醉品时用了关键性的词“chilling parallels”，即“令人不寒而栗的相似之处”，所以B“可怕的相似点”是正确答案。
单选题 According to the first paragraph, in what sense do AIDS or drugs corrupt American life?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】事实细节题。文章第一段第二句话可以解释为“艾滋病破坏基因免疫力，麻醉品上瘾危害神经系统的免疫力”(AIDS destroys genetic immunity：drug addiction paralyzes the immune system of the body politic，pre- venting society from responding to evil，by taking political action．)所以可推断，艾滋病或麻醉品都能破坏人体免疫系统。所以C是正确答案。
单选题 The cause-and-effect relation between AIDS and drugs probably is that _______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】事实细节题。文章第一段最后一句话指出“具有讽刺的是，违禁药品正使得艾滋病蔓延”(The irony of the malign perversities at work is that the war on drugs is ensuring the spread of AIDS．)，所以B是正确答案。
单选题 "No-go areas" refers to _______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】词汇题。根据该词所在第三段最后一句话的意思：“一些警察承认城市中的某些地方已经成了充斥暴力的区域，在这里贩毒分子的枪、炸弹就是法律”(Some police，forces have acknowledged that parts of their cities are no-go areas where the guns and bombs of the drug runners are the law．)，所以可推断“No-go areas”指“充满暴力的区域”，所以B是正确答案。
单选题 Crack is most popular among _______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推断题。根据第四段第二句话：在白人中产阶级和大学生中麻醉品的使用现象已经减少了，但是3，4美元一粒的可卡因药丸正使黑人不断地受到损害(Drug use declined among the white middle class and college students but crack at $ 3 and $ 4 a pop is ravaging the black population．)。所以可推断“crack”主要在黑人中流行，所以应选B。