四川大学2022年成人继续教育学院大学英语三考试题.pdfVIP

人人好公，则天下太平；人人营私，则天下大乱。——刘鹗 四川大学 2022 年成人继续教育学院大学英语三考试 题 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire.It is being blamed by the United Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide. “The most worrying development is a culture of drug- friendliness,”says the UNs International Narcotics Control Board in a report released last year. The 74study says that pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend-setter for young people of most cultures.“Some songs encourage people to take 其身正，不令而行；其身不正，虽令不从。——《论语》 百学须先立志。——朱熹 drugs. (76) Certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a persons lifestyle,”the study says. Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug- friendly pop music seems to survive despite the occasional shock of death by overdose (过量用药). “Such incidents tend to be seen as an occasion to mourn (哀悼) the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to face the deadly effect of drug use,”it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singers and movie stars--including Elvis Presley, Janice Joplin, Joh