Many people all over the world enjoy drinking wine or beer during dinner. That is an alcoholic drink. Many people have a glass of alcohol to celebrate a wedding or a birthday. And having drinks after work with friends is called “happy hour”. All these situations are known as “social drinking” because they happen at social events. But when does “social drinking” become problem drinking?

According to the World Health Organization, alcohol kills 3.3 million people each year. That is six percent of all deaths around the world. And in a new report on the use of alcohol around the world, the WHO warns that the use of alcohol can increase the risk of developing more than 200 diseases, including some kinds of cancers. And, the report warns that more women are drinking alcohol. The report says women are at greater risk than men for the health problems about alcohol. The report also finds Europe is the area with the highest alcohol use. Central and Eastern Europe are especially high. The report says less alcohol is used in Africa than in Europe. But the health effects are worse in Africa because of a shortage of social health support.

The World Health Organization suggests some ways countries can protect people from alcohol. These include increasing taxes on alcohol sales, raising the drinking age limit, and controlling the marketing of alcoholic drink.

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1.Drinking wine or beer during dinner is called social drinking because __________.

A it is used to celebrate a wedding or a birthday

B it happens after work

C it happens at social events

D it is a custom

解析：选C。细节理解题。依据短文第一段中All these situations are known as “social drinking” because they happen at social events. 可知饮酒一般发生在社交事情上，故选C。

2.If a person drinks a lot of alcohol, he may _________.

A become much stronger in some years

B have a higher risk of having cancer

C move to an European country

D kill 3.3 million people

解析：选B。逻辑推理题。依据短文第二段中the WHO warns that the use of alcohol can increase the risk of developing more than 200 diseases, including some kinds of cancers.得知饮酒可以提高得病的风险，包括癌症。所以一个大量饮酒的人可能就有更高得癌症的风险。故选B。

3.The underlined word shortage means ________.

A 短缺

B 丰富

C 产品

D 出口

解析：选A。词义猜测题。依据构词法：short意为“短的”，age为名词后缀；又依据我们关于非洲医疗状况的认识，可知非洲医疗状况差的原因之一应该是社会保障体系的缺乏。故选A。

4.In the passage we know there are _________ ways to protect people from alcohol.

A one

B two

C three

D four

解析：选C。细节理解题。依据短文最后一段中阻止人们过度饮酒的方法有increasing taxes on alcohol sales, raising the drinking age limit, and controlling the marketing of alcoholic drink这三种，故选C。

5.From the passage, we mainly know __________.

A alcoholic drink is needed in some social drinking

B more men are drinking alcohol than women

C alcoholic drink can cause a lot of health problems

D there are 200 diseases in the world

解析：选C。主旨大意题。依据短文第一段中最后一句承上启下、点明主题可以知道本文的主旨大意应该是饮酒给人们带来的健康问题，C与之相符。依据短文第二段中the report says women are at greater risk than men for the health problems about alcohol和the report warns that more women are drinking alcohol得知女士比男士饮酒后得病的风险大，而且女士饮酒的人数呈上升趋势，显然，B选项与此意不符。依据短文第二段中the WHO warns that the use of alcohol can increase the risk of developing more than 200 diseases,可知饮酒可以增高200多种得病的风险,显然D选项与此意不符。而依据短文第一段中All these situations are known as “social drinking” because they happen at social events可以推断A选项正确,但是这又