单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Drug use is rising dramatically among
the nation's youth after a decade of decline. From 1993 to 1994, marijuana use
among young people {{U}}(1) {{/U}} from 12 to 17 jumped 50 percent. One
in five high school seniors {{U}}(2) {{/U}} marijuana daily. Monitoring
the Future, which {{U}}(3) {{/U}} student drug use annually, reports
that negative attitudes about drugs have declined for the fourth year in a row.
{{U}}(4) {{/U}} young people see great risk in using drugs.
Mood-altering pharmaceutical drugs are {{U}}(5) {{/U}} new popularity
among young people. Ritalin, {{U}}(6) {{/U}} as a diet pill in the 1970s
and now used to {{U}}(7) {{/U}} hyperactive children, has become a
{{U}}(8) {{/U}} drug on college campuses. A central nervous system
{{U}}(9) {{/U}}, Ritalin can cause strokes, hypertension, and seizures.
Rohypnol, produced in Europe as a {{U}}(10) {{/U}} tranquilizer, lowers
inhibitions and suppresses short-term memory, which has led to some women being
raped by men they are going out with. {{U}}(11) {{/U}} taken with
alcohol, its effects are greatly {{U}}(12) {{/U}} . Rock singer Kurt
Cobain collapsed from an {{U}}(13) {{/U}} of Rohypnol and champagne a
month before he committed {{U}}(14) {{/U}} in 1994. In Florida and
Texas, Rohypnol has become widely abused among teens, who see the drug as a less
expensive {{U}}(15) {{/U}} for marijuana and LSD. Alcohol and tobacco
use is increasing among teenagers, {{U}}(16) {{/U}} younger adolescents.
Each year, more than one million teens become regular smokers, {{U}}(17)
{{/U}} they cannot legally purchase tobacco. By 12th grade, one in three
students smokes. In 1995, one in five 14-year-olds reported smoking regularly, a
33 percent jump {{U}}(18) {{/U}} 1991. Drinking among 14-year-olds
climbed 50 percent from 1992 to 1994, and all teens reported substantial
increases in {{U}}(19) {{/U}} drinking. In 1995, one in five 10th
graders reported having been drunk in the past 30 days. Two-thirds of high
school seniors say they know a {{U}}(20) {{/U}} with a drinking
problem.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解题思路] 动词搭配。aged表示“年龄在……”,做表语;aged from…to…意为“年龄在……之间”,又如:Our classmates are aged from 19 to 22 years old.(我们同学的年龄在19岁到22岁之间)。