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  3. Drug use is rising dramatically among the nation’s youth after a decade of decline. From 1993 to 1994, marijuana use among young

Drug use is rising dramatically among the nation’s youth after a decade of decline. From 1993 to 1994, marijuana use among young

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问题     Drug use is rising dramatically among the nation’s youth after a decade of decline. From 1993 to 1994, marijuana use among young people (1)_____ from 12 to 17 jumped 50 percent. One in five high school seniors (2)_____ marijuana daily. Monitoring the Future, which (3)_____ student drug use annually, reports that negative attitudes about drugs have declined for the fourth year in a row. (4)_____ young people see great risk in using drugs. Mood-altering pharmaceutical drugs are (5)_____ new popularity among young people. Ritalin, (6)_____ as a diet pill in the 1970s and now used to (7)_____ hyperactive children, has become a (8)_____ drug on college campuses. A central nervous system (9)_____, Ritalin can cause strokes, hypertension, and seizures. Rohypnol, produced in Europe as a (10)_____ tranquilizer, lowers inhibitions and suppresses short-term memory, which has led to some women being raped by men they are going out with. (11)_____ taken with alcohol, its effects are greatly (12)_____. Rock singer Kurt Cobain collapsed from an (13)_____ of Rohypnol and champagne a month before he committed (14)_____ in 1994. In Florida and Texas, Rohypnol has become widely abused among teens, who see the drug as a less expensive (15)_____ for marijuana and LSD. Alcohol and tobacco use is increasing among teenagers, (16)_____ younger adolescents. Each year, more than one million teens become regular smokers, (17)_____ they cannot legally purchase tobacco. By 12th grade, one in three students smokes. In 1995, one in five 14-year-olds reported smoking regularly, a 33 percent jump (18)_____ 1991. Drinking among 14-year-olds climbed 50 percent from 1992 to 1994, and all teens reported substantial increases in (19)_____ drinking. In 1995, one in five 10th graders reported having been drunk in the past 30 days. Two-thirds of high school seniors say they know a (20)_____ with a drinking problem.
选项 A、valid
B、formal
C、popular
D、legal
答案D
解析 形容词辨析。镇静剂(tranquilizer)是合法的，例如，Rohypnol在欧洲就是一种合法的镇静剂，符合题意。valid意为"有效的"；formal意为"正式的"；popular意为"流行的"。
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