首页
登录
职称英语
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, th
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, th
游客
2023-07-15
24
管理
问题
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks. Both products have been known to kill people. The hazards of drinking too much alcohol are as bad or worse than the hazards of smoking mo many cigarettes. All right then, let’s pass a law closing the liquor stores and the bars in this country. Let’s put an end once and for all to the ruinous disease from which as many as 10 million Americans currently suffer—alcoholism.
But wait. We’ve already tried that. For 13 years, between 1920 and 1933, there were no liquor stores anywhere in the United States. They were shut down—abolished by an amendment to the Constitution (to 18th) and by a law of Congress (the Volstead Act). After January 20,1920, there was supposed to be no more manufacturing, selling, or transporting of "intoxicating liquors." Without any more liquor, people could not drink it. And if they did not drink it, how could they get drunk? There would be no more dangers to the public welfare from drunken-ness and alcoholism. It was all very logical. And yet prohibition of liquor, beer, and wine did not work. Why?
Because, law or no law, millions of people still liked to drink alcohol. And they were willing to take risks to get it. They were not about to change their tastes and habits just because of a change in the law. And gangs of liquor smugglers made it easy to buy an illegal drink—or two or three. They smuggled millions of gallons of the outlawed beverages across the Canadian and Mexican borders. Drinkers were lucky to know of an illegal bar that served Mexican or Canadian liquor. Crime and drunkenness were both supposed to decline as a result of prohibition. Instead people drank more alcohol than ever—often poisoned alcohol.
On December 5,1933, they repealed prohibition by ratifying the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. [br] What can be inferred from the passage?
选项
A、The Congress was wise to repeal Prohibition.
B、The Prohibition Era was characterized by a decrease in crime and drunkenness.
C、During Prohibition, most Americans stopped drinking.
D、Laws should be passed to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages.
答案
A
解析
分析推理题。第三段最后一句“Instead people drank more alcohol than ever”说明禁酒运动不但没有解决问题,反而使酗酒之风愈演愈烈。所以还是撤销这一禁令更为明智。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2838693.html
相关试题推荐
He____________(一定是在竞争幸存下来),forhiscompanyisstillrunningnormally.musthav
Peoplearealwayscomingupwithnewrulesforrunningasuccessfulbusiness
Peoplearealwayscomingupwithnewrulesforrunningasuccessfulbusiness
Peoplearealwayscomingupwithnewrulesforrunningasuccessfulbusiness
Peoplearealwayscomingupwithnewrulesforrunningasuccessfulbusiness
【B1】[br]【B16】A、stimulatedB、fannedC、firedD、providedB空前的prevent和空后的fromspre
Doweneedlawsthatpreventusfromrunningriskswithourlives?Ifso,th
Doweneedlawsthatpreventusfromrunningriskswithourlives?Ifso,th
Doweneedlawsthatpreventusfromrunningriskswithourlives?Ifso,th
Theprimarypurposeofajusticeisthe____________(防止犯罪和保护无辜).preventionofcri
随机试题
Wemightbelivingforlongerthanever,butwearesick.About95percento
[originaltext]W:Hey,Dave!Ihaven’tseenyouforages.Howhaveyoubeen?M:
Thefirstparagraphindicatesthat[br]Thebasicsymptomofanxietyis______.A
胶乳凝集试验所用载体为聚苯乙烯胶乳,其直径约为A.0.3μm B.0.8μm
女性,26岁,孕2~3个月反复自然流产3次,月经规律,基础体温双相,丈夫精液检查
下列关于食管癌的病理类型叙述错误的是A.我国食管癌的组织病理学类型以腺癌最多
在经济学理论解决(负)外部性的方法中,()是侧重于通过政府干预和控制来解决环境
对评估认为风险大于获益的品种,应当A.开展必要的风险沟通 B.制定并实施风险控
(2019年真题)根据消费税法律制度的规定,下列项目中不可以抵扣已纳税款的是(
(2020年真题)以下属于专业措施项目检测的是()。A.通风系统测试 B
最新回复
(
0
)