Passage Fourª¤
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:ª¥
Efforts to educate people about the risks of substance abuse£¨¶¾Æ·ÀÄÓã©seem to deter some people from using dangerous substances, if such efforts are realistic about what is genuinely dangerous and what is not. Observed declines in the use of such drugs as LSD, PCP, and quaaludes since the early 1970s are probably related to increased awareness of the risks of their use, and some of this awareness was the result of warnings about these drugs in ¡° underground ¡±papers read by drug users. Such sources are influential, because they do not give a simple ¡°all drugs are terrible for you¡± message. Drug users know there are big variations in danger among drugs, and antidrug education that ignores or denies this is likely to be ridiculed. This is illustrated by the popularity among young marijuana users of Reefer Madness, a widely unrealistic propaganda film against marijuana made in the 1930s. This film made the rounds of college campuses in the 1970s and joined rock music videos on cable television¡¯s MTV in the 1980s. Instead of deterring marijuana use, it became a cult£¨·çÃÒһʱµÄ£©film among users, many of whom got high to watch it. ª¥
Although persuasion can work for some people if it is balanced and reasonable, other people seem immune to the most reasoned educational efforts. Millions have started smoking even though the considerable health risks of smoking have been well known and publicized for years. Moreover, the usefulness of education lies in primary prevention: prevention of abuse among those who presently have no problem. Hence, Bomier¡¯s contention that ¡°if the Pepsi generation can be persuaded to drink pop wine, they can be persuaded not to drink it while driving¡± is probably not correct, since most drunken driving is done by people who already have significant drinking problems, and hence seem not to be dissuaded even by much stronger measures such as loss of a driver¡¯s license.ª¤
36.According to the passage, up to now, antidrug education____.ª¤
A) has made all people see the danger of drugsª¤
B) has succeeded in dissuading people from using drugsª¤
C) has been effective only to a certain degreeª¤
D) has proved to be a total failureª¤
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37.The film ¡°Reefer Madness¡± mentioned in the passage____.ª¤
A) effectively deterred marijuana useª¤
B) was rejected by young marijuana usersª¤
C) did't picture the danger of marijuana realisticall
D) was welcomed by marijuana users because it told them how to get highª¤
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38.The message ¡°all drugs are terrible for you¡± is not influential because____.ª¤
A) it ignores the fact that drugs vary greatly indanger
B) it gives a false account of the risks of drug useª¤
C) some drugs are good for healthª¤
D) it does not appear in underground papersª¤
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39.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?ª¤
A) Even balanced and reasonable antidrug persuasion is influential only to some people.ª¤
B) Most drug users are ignorant of the danger of drugs.ª¤
C) Punishments such as loss of a driver¡¯s license do not seem to be an effective way to stop drunken driving
D) Primary prevention is a useful principle to be
followed in antidrug education.ª¤
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40.The best title for the passage would be ____.ª¤
A) Are All Drugs Terrible for You?ª¤
B) Do People Believe What Underground Papers Say?ª¤
C) Is There an Increased Awareness of the Risks of Drugs?ª¤
D) Can Persuasion Reduce Drug Abuse?