WhenXiaMinstarteddrinkingalcoholwithherclassmatesatafriend’sbirthdayshedidn’trealizewhatwouldhappentoher.Shedrankalotandfellintoacoma(昏迷).The15year-oldgirlfromChongqingneverrecovered.Xia’sdeath

Question

When Xia Min started drinking alcohol with her classmates at a friend’s birthday she didn’t realize what would happen to her. She drank a lot and fell into a coma (昏迷). The 15year-old girl from Chongqing never recovered.
Xia’s death is warning to other students. A new rule went into effect on January 1 2006. Teens are not allowed to buy or drink alcohol. Shops are not allowed to sell it to them.
A 1999 Chinese law forbade (禁止) shops to sell alcohol to youths under 18. But it is not taken seriously by shopkeepers because it doesn’t have specific rules. People hope the new rule will work.
“I tasted alcohol when having the dinner of the last New Year’s Eve ” said Lian Yuqi a 16-year-old girl in Xiamen. She believes that the new rule will stop teens from drinking and help them grow in a healthy way.
“Although it may be a little disappointing not to have beer at parties I think we can have soft drinks instead ” she said.
【小题1】Xia Min died from alcohol at the age of ______.

A．15

B．16

C．17

D．18

【小题2】 The underlined word “it” means ________.

A．a warning sing	B．a shopkeeper
C．the new rule	D．a 1999 Chinese law

【小题3】We can know that ________.

A．it is against the new rule for youths under 18 to drink alcohol

B．shops can sell alcohol to a 16 years old youth.

C．without an ID card young people can’t buy alcohol

D．it seems that the young girl Liang Yuqi likes to drink alcohol

【小题4】According to the passage which of the following is TRUE?

A．The new rule has worked very well.

B．Shopkeepers can sell alcohol to teens above 18.

C．China’s legal drinking age is clearly under18.

D．Many teens drink alcohol to show they’ve grown up.

【小题5】This passage is mainly about _______.

A．the harm of drinking alcohol

B．the legal age for drinking alcohol

C．a new rule to stop teens drinking

D．student’s ideas about drinking alcohol

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题1】D
【小题1】A
【小题1】B
【小题1】C