大学英语三(综合教程)第七单元

大学体验英语三（综合教程）

Unit 7 Drug Abuse

Listen and Talk

Lead in

1) the drug, many people report feelings like happiness, confidence, or peace when they take

drugs. But even when they're feeling these things, there's a sense that 2) , that the happiness is

going to disappear any moment. And 3) , in most cases these feelings are followed by

depression, anxiety, guilt, embarrassment, loneliness and a yearning for more drugs.

Generally, drugs 4) the nervous system's basic functions. Sometimes they alter the muscles and

how they function too. Besides, almost all drugs can make it tougher to sleep. Some drugs can

cause immediate death, and some can give even healthy people a heart attack 5) . Using drugs

over and over for a long period of time can cause lots of medical problems, from lung cancer to

liver problems to 6) .

7) the physical problems, drugs cause major long-term brain issues. Depression is a serious

problem for many addicts. Also, they can really hurt people. Drug addicts almost without

exception start to tell lies, steal money for drugs, sometimes even get 8) they love. Their

biggest ambition becomes getting high, instead of setting high goals.

Key:1. Depending on 2. it's not real 3. unfortunately 4. interfere with

5. on the spot 6. brain damage 7. In addition to 8. violent with people

Passage A: Agony from Ecstasy

2. Answer the following questions with the information from the passage.

1) What kind of person was the author before she went to New York?

She was a popular kid that everyone liked.

2) What did the author think of Ecstasy when she did it for the first time?

She thought that it couldn't be harmful/bad.

3) Why didn't the author stop using Ecstasy when she began to have paranoia?

Because she thought that it was normal.

4) What was the worst damage Ecstasy caused to her according to the author?

It took away her sanity.

5) What can we learn from the story of "Agony from Ecstasy"?

Open.

3. Choose the best answer to each question with the information from the passage.

1. What does the author mean by saying "They were never a question" in Paragraph 2?

A) Drugs were easily available to her at the time. B) Drugs were in ready supply when she got ill.

C) Drugs were a normal part of her life at the time.

D) D) Drugs never came into her life when she was a child.

2. Why did the author begin to use drugs?

A) Because she felt sick in a completely different environment.

B) Because she was forced to by her new friends in New York.

C) Because she was curious and wanted to have a try.

D) Because she wanted to have a closer tie with her new friends.

3. How did the author feel when she did Ecstasy for the first time?

A) Utterly frightened.

B) Totally fascinated.

C) Completely shocked.

D) Slightly disgusted.

4. When the author says toward the end of the passage "Since I saw that scan, my life has been an

uphill crawl", she means that ________.

A) she has again set up a high goal for her life

B) she has determined to pursue an acting career

C) she has started a life which will be very difficult to keep up

D) she has realized that her life was in ruins

5. The last sentence of this passage suggests that ________.

A) many drug abusers never had the opportunity to return to normal

B) drug abusers can get rid of the bad habit

C) the author has let a second chance pass by

D) the author has taken up Ecstasy once again

Anwser: 1.D, 2.D, 3.B, 4.C, 5.A

4.Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.

The woman uses her personal experiences with the drug Ecstasy to warn others of its

dangerous effects. She grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania but moved to New York City to

a___acting school, and it was here that she first came into c___with drugs. Many of her school

friends were drug users and, in an effort to f ___in, she began to use them too. Her story is t___of

many drug addicts. She went from someone who used drugs for fun to someone who couldn’t live

without them. Finally she had some kind of a b___. Luckily for her, her mother drove to New

York to r___her and she ended up back in Pennsylvania in hospital. She was s with horror when

she saw her brain scan which showed that Ecstasy had had p____effects on her brain.

Anwser: 1.attend 2.contact 3.fit 4.typical 5.breakdown

6.rescue 7.shocked 8.permanent

5. One word is wrongly used in each of the following sentences. Underline the wrong word

and write out the correct one.