【正文】 “In most countries, the names of certain pop stars have bee familiar to the members of every household, ”the study says. The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug issuesespecially the use of marijuana and issues of liberalization and legalization, which encourages, rather than prevents, drug abuse. “Over the last years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive,” says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. “Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,” he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently underway. The present study, he says, focuses on the issue of demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has bee tolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and to act against the prodrug messages of the youth culture to which young people increasingly are being exposed. 66. Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with? A. The use of drugs for nonmedicinal purposes is an acceptable part of a person?s lifestyle. B. The spreading of pop music may cause the drug abuse to go beyond the boundaries of the country. C. No efforts have been made to prevent the spreading of drug abuse. D. The governments have no ability to act against the prodrug messages of the youth culture. 67. The italicized phrase “under fire” (Par. 1, sentence 1) means__ __ A. in an urgent situation. B. facing some problems. C. being criticized. D. quite popular. 68. Under the influence of drugfriendly pop music, what might the youth think of the death of some pop stars caused by overdose? A. They tend to mourn the pop stars as role models. B. They are shocked to know even pop stars may abuse drugs. C. They try to confront the deadly effect of “recreational” drug use. D. They may stop abusing the drugs. 9 69. Which of the following is not mention。 in the present capitalist system this is not the case. But such a system would not only be the beginning of real freedom of contract between employers and employees, its principal advantage would be the improvement of freedom in interpersonal relationships in every sphere of daily life. 56. People used to think that poverty and unemployment were due to . A. the slow development of the economy B. the poor and jobless people39。s to Earth. Thus it will be necessary to fire an Earthbound rocket only a few thousand miles away from the moon to reach a point where the rocket will drift to earth under the Earth39。t all criminals. We have done away with the absurdly harsh laws of the nieenth century and this is only right. But surely enough is enough. The most senseless piece of criminal legislation in Britain and a number of other countries has been the suspension of capital punishment. The violent criminal has bee akin of herofigure in our time. He is glorified on the screen: he is pursued by the press and paid vast sums of money for his memoirs. Newspapers which specialize in crime reporting enjoy enormous circulations and the publishers of trashy cops and robbers stories or murder mysteries have never had it so good. When you read about the achievements of the great train robbers, it makes you wonder whether you are reading about the some glorious resistance movement. The hardened criminal is cuddled and cosseted by the sociologists on the one hand and adored as a hero by the masses on the other. It39。s total wellbeing to be less。B. superiority C. priority D. publicity 20. Military orders are and cannot be disobeyed. A. defective B. conservative C. alternative D. imperative 21. Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of grouping is advisable. A. homogenous B. instantaneous C. spontaneous D. anonymous 22. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons slowly into the sky. A. ascending B. elevating C. escalating D. lingering 23. He obviously displayed a great for some of your poems. A. consent B. admiration C. respect D. pleasure 24. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause of vegetables in the ing days. A. rarity B. scarcity C. invalidity D. variety 25. The continuous unrest was _____________ the nation?s economy. A. exaggerating B. aggravating C. amending D. fastening 26. With a wave of his hand, the magician made the duck . A. scatter B. vanish C. abandon D. fly away 27. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this __________ produces artificial cold surrounding it. A. absorption B. transition C. consumption D. interaction 28. They had planned to go outing this weekend, but they finally had to it because of the rainy weather. A. cancel B. eliminate C. delay D. prolong 29. This dictionary is intended for American learners of Chinese. A. especially B. particularly C. specifically D. uniquely 30. A UN official said that aid programs would be until