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Alcohol use is the number one drug problem among young people. It's easy to understand why. For adults, alcohol is legal, widely 1 in American culture and easily. 2 . Many kids can get a drink right in their own homes. 3 are drinking younger and more frequently than 4 , often beginning around age 13, according to studies. The average number of alcoholic drinks among college students is five on a single 5 , according to a recent survey. Among those younger 21, it is 5.5 drinks, and among 6 21 and older, it is 4.2 drinks.
Young people almost always begin drinking because of 7 .pressure, in an attempt to be accepted and 8 in the group. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, more than half of junior and senior high school students drink alcoholic 9 . More than 40 percent of those who drink admit to drinking when upset, 31 percent admit to drinking 10 , 25 percent admit to drinking when 11 and 25 percent admit to drinking to get" 12 ."
This is a 13 , serious problem 14 college campuses today. In 1997 Harvard University's School of Public Health surveyed students at 130 colleges for a college 15 study and found about two of every five college students 16 in binge drinking. 17 binge drinkers at college were 22 times more 18 than non-binge drinkers to have problems, 19 missed classes, falling behind in school work, getting in trouble or hurt and engaging in 20 sexual activity.
1. [A] received[B] accepted[C] acknowledged[D] admitted
2. [A] accountable[B] achievable[C] accessible[D] agreeable
3. [A] Teenagers[B] Grown-ups[C] Children[D] Adults
4.[A]predominantly[B] preferentially[C] previously[D] precisely
5. [A] occasion[B] event[C] situation[D] gathering
6. [A] these[B] those[C] which[D] whom
7. [A] pear[B] peel[C] peer[D] pool
8. [A] improved[B] included[C] inspired[D] instructed
9. [A] beers[B] whiskies[C] beverages[D] wines
10. [A] alone[B] along[C] aloud[D] aloof
11. [A] bored[B] boring[C] excited[D] exciting
12. [A] low[B] high[C] cool[D] warm
13. [A] dead[B] death[C] deadening[D] deadly
14. [A] of[B] in[C] on[D] about
15. [A] alcohol[B] alcoholic[C] alcoholism[D] alcoholization
16. [A] endeavor[B] engage[C] insist[D] practise
17. [A] Consequent[B] Subsequent[C] Incident[D] Frequent
18. [A] possible[B] lively [C] likely[D] feasible
19. [A] known as[B] remembered as[C] much as[D] such as
20.[A] unperceived[B] unplaced[C] unplanned[D] undiscovered
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