单选题
Milan has prohibited the consumption and sale of alcohol to young teenagers in an effort to curb binge-drinking(抑制狂欢饮酒).
Parents of children under the age of 16 caught drinking wine or spirits will be liable to heavy fine(罚款) of up to 500 Euros($700).
A third of 11-year-olds in the city have alcohol related problems.
In a country where for centuries wine has been part of local culture the prohibition has comes as a shock.
But the authorities are deeply concerned about the increase in consumption of alcohol by children as young as 11 in the country"s industrial and financial capital.
So as an experiment, supplying alcohol-either wine or spirits-to youths under the age of 16 in bars, restaurants and liquor stores will be prohibited.
Heavy fines will be imposed on the parents of offending children and on shopkeepers or bar owners who serve them.
A national law prohibiting the sale of alcohol to under-16s is only loosely enforced(执行),as Italian families are used to sometimes giving young children a teaspoon of wine as a family party treat.
In the past centuries, Italian children would sometimes even be given wine to drink in preference to water which was often polluted.
There has been a storm of protest by bar owners who refuse to act as alcohol police for young people.
But more Italians have realized that their old easy-going attitudes towards consumption of alcohol will have to change.
单选题
Which of the following is prohibited in Milan?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。从第1段第1句可知答案。
单选题
Who is liable to heavy fine of up to 500 Euros?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。从第2段可得出答案。
单选题
The word “authorities” in Paragraph 5 most probably means______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】推断题。根据第5段 But the authorities are deeply concerned about the increase in consumption of alcohol by children as young as 11 in the country"s industrial and financial capital.可推断出答案。
单选题
According to the passage, Milan ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】推断题。根据 文章开头Milan has prohibited the consumption… 和第五段……in the country"s industrial and financial capital可知答案。
单选题
The difficulty in enforcing a national law to prohibit the sale of alcohol to young teenagers mainly comes from ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】推断题。根据倒数第三段In the past centuries, Italian children …和最后一句…their old easy-going attitudes towards consumption of alcohol will have to change.可知答案。