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When the Home Office says that it’s worrying about bars(酒吧)that encourage people to drink when they’re already drunk,it means that the problem of drinking is about people falling over in city centers. 36 However,the latter is a more difficult issue.
There are plenty of drunken people who are a bit unsteady going upstairs to bed and don’t break anything.The biggest change in their drinking habits is the increase in the drinking of wine,most of which is drunk at home.This is what will stop us becoming a 24-hour pub society. 37 The British are good at staying at home—most people now have informal dining kitchens,which encourage informal eating and drinking. 38 It doesn’t sound unreasonable,but the Department of Health would say that it adds up to a health problem.Yet this has become the cultural standard for all generations.The great rise in alcohol consumption(消费)from the 1980s is considered to be down to women drinking,partly reflecting their increasing importance as wage earners. 39
There is a strong connection between the economy and alcohol consumption in Britain.Today,the number of people who say that they don’t drink in this country is rising,probably because of incentives offered by insurance companies. 40
A.Why not have a nice meal and open a bottle of wine?
B.Will British drinkers take any notice of the government?
C.People are happy drinking at home,where they don’t pay pub prices.
D.Drinking at home seems safer for many women than going to a pub.
E.The change in attitudes to drunken driving in recent years shows that this can happen.
F.It’s probably the case that those who do drink are drinking more,possibly because of the recession(衰退).
G.What the Home Office is talking about is the link between drinking and social order,rather than drinking and health.
答案36.G 37.C 38.A 39.D 40.F
