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1、1©CopyrightHeshengInternationalServiceIELTSReadingPractice1(Academic)TIMEALLOWED:1hourNUMBEROFQUESTIONS:40InstructionsALLANSWERSMUSTBEWRITTENONTHEANSWERSHEETTheTestisdividedasfollows:ReadingPassage1Questions1–13ReadingPassage2Questions14-27ReadingPassage3Questions28–40Startatthebegi

2、nningofthetestandworkthroughit.Youshouldanswerallthequestions.Ifyoucannotdoaparticularquestion,leaveitandgoontothenext.Youcanreturntoitlater.READINGPASSAGE1Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1–13whicharebasedonReadingPassage1.IsThereReallyaWaronDrugs?AInourcontemporarysociety,theme

3、diaconstantlybombardsuswithhorrorstoriesaboutdrugslikecrack-cocaine.Fromthem,andprobablyfromnoothersource,welearnthatcrackisimmediatelyaddictiveineverycase,welearnthatitcausescorruption,crazedviolence,andalmostalwaysleadstodeath.Thegovernmenttellsusthatwearebusyfightingawarondrugsandso

4、itgivesusvariousiconicmodelstodespiseanddetest:welearntostereotypeinner-cityminoritiesasbeingofdrug-infestedwastelandsandwelearnto"witchhunt"druguserswithinourowncommunitiesunderthebeliefthattheyrepresentmoralsinandpureevil.Ibelievethatthesetitlesandidealsarepreposterousandbasedentirel

5、yuponunnecessaryandevendetrimentalidealspromotedbythegovernmenttoachievepurposesotherthanthosetheyclaim.BInCraigRenarman'sandHarryLevine'sarticleentitled"TheCrackAttack:PoliticsandMediainAmerica'sLatestDrugScare,"theauthorsattempttoexposeandtodealwithsomeofthesocietalproblemsthathavere

6、sultedfromtheover-exaggerationofcrack-cocaineasan"epidemicproblem"inourcountry.Withoutdetractingattentionawayfromtheserioushealthrisksforthosefewindividualswhodousethedrug,RenarmanandLevinedemonstratehowminimallydetrimentalthecurrent"epidemic"actuallyis.CEarlyinthearticle,theauthorssum

7、marizecrack-cocaine'sevolutionaryhistoryin©CopyrightHeshengInternationalService1theU.S.Theyspecificallydiscusshowthecrack-relateddeathsoftwostar-athleteswhichfirstcalledwide-spreadattentiontotheproblemduringthemid-1980's.Sincethen,thegovernmenthasreportedlyusedcrack-cocaineasapolitic