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根据以下材料,回答题Text 1
ThetramsthatglidethroughCroydonbydayareevocativeofcontinentalEurope.TheloudandsometimesviolentdrunkennessamongtheyoungpeoplewhoroamthissouthLondonsuburbona
SaturdaynightisalltooBritish,however.
ThatBritonstendtodrinktoomuchisnothingnew.Butthedebateabouthowtocurbyouthfuldrunkennessisgainingfocus,inpartbecauseofrecentremindersthattheviolenceitproducescango
beyondclumsylate-nightfights.OnAugust17th,threeyouthsinGatesheadwereconvictedofbeatingamanintoamonth-longcomaforrefusingtobuyalcoholfortheirunderagefriends.PeterFathy,thechiefconstableofCheshire,whereafatherofthreewasmurderedonAugust10thbyyouths,hassuggested,among
otherthings,raisingthelegaldrinkingagefrom18to21andban-ningalcoholconsumptioninpublicplaces.Theseproposalssoundplausiblebuttheyhavedraw-backs.ItwouldputBritainoutof
linewithinternationalpractice:thebuyingageis18inmostofEurope,andaslowas16incountrieswithoutmuchofadrinkproblem,suchasItaly.Inanycase,binge-drinker~intheirmid-twentiesarealsopartoftheproblem.
Asforbanningdrinkinginpublicplaces,localauthoritiesinBritaincanalreadydothis.TwoparticularlyenthusiasticcouncilsareWestminsterinLondonandBrightonandHoveonthesouthcoast,
bothofwhichhaveraucousnight-timeeconomies.Othercouncilsapplythebanmoreselec-tively.AnalternativetorestrictivemeasuresistoteachBritonsmoresensibledrinkinghabits.Afterall,governmentcampaignsandpublic
healthadvertisementsplayedsomeroleinthedeclineinsmoking.ButBenBaumberg,aresearcherattheInstituteforAlcoholStudies,cautionsagainstpin-ningtoomanyhopesonthisapproach.
Byitself,hesays,itwillnotrevolutioniseBritain'sbinge-drinkingculture.
Asurersolutionistoraisethecostofalcoholbyincreasingtaxes.GrantThornton,anac-countancyfirm,pointsoutthattaxesonalcoholhavefalleninrealterms,overthepastdecade,al-though
theyarestillhighbyEuropeanstandards.Intensecompetitionbetweenthepubsandbarsintowncentreshasalsopusheddownprices.Drinkersstumblefromonewateringholetothenextinsearch
of"happyhours"andotherpromotions.Supermarketsarealsoaccusedofsellingalcoholicbeverages.
Thegovernmentmaybeabouttochangecourse.Itspreviousstrategytocounterexcessiveal-coholconsumptionwascriticizedforrelyingtooheavilyonvoluntaryactionbythedrinksindustry.But
ministerssaidinJunethattheywouldreviewthepricingandpromotionofalcohol.RaisingthecostofdrinkingisthebesthopeofmakingaSaturdaynightinCroydonmorepeaceful.
Whatisimpliedinthefirstparagraph? A.NightsinBritaincanbechaotic.
B.Croydonhaskeptcontinentaltradition.
C.Tramserviceisnotavailableatnight.
D.Drunkenyoungpeoplearehardlyseenduringtheday.
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