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2017-04-13

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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 UN' s International Narcotics Control Board in a report re-leased last year.
The 74-page study says the 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 drugs. Cer-tain 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 person' s 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 end to be seen as an occa-sion to mourn (哀掉) 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 singer and movie stars—inclu-ding Elvis Presley, Janice Jophlin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and Andy Gibbs--have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popular music, messages promoting drug abuse are now reaching beyond their countries of origin. "In most countries, the names of certain pop stars have become familiar to the members of every house-hold," the study says.
The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug incidents, which en-courages rather than prevents drug abuse. "Over the past years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive," says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. "Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,"
he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant( 容忍的) of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently under way.
The study focuses on demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has become tolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and to act against the pro-drug(赞成吸毒) messages of the youth culture to which young people increas-ingly are being exposed.
Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with?

A.The use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes is an acceptable part of a person' s lifestyle.
B.The spreading of pop music may cause drug abuse to beyond country boundaries.
C.No efforts have been made to prevent the spreading of drug abuse.
D.Governments have no ability at act against the pro-drug messages of the youth culture.

参考答案

B

答案解析

【内容概要】
本文主要论述流行音乐对社会吸毒现象的影响。通过联合国一份对滥用毒品的研究报告说明由于流行音乐的全球化,造成了滥用毒品现象的扩大和蔓延。谴责一些媒体创造了容忍接受滥用毒品的环境,并号召政府履行责任,减少亲毒品信息对社会尤其是青少年的影响。
【参考译文】
价值数十亿美元的西方流行音乐产业正受到人们的攻击,联合国指责是它导致了全球范围滥用毒品的蔓延。联合国的国际麻醉品控制委员会在去年发表的一份研究报告中指出:“最令人担心的发展趋势是一种不反对毒品的文化。”
这份74页的研究报告说,流行音乐,作为一项全球产业,是迄今对大多数文化中的年轻人影响最大的潮流引导者。报告中讲到:“一些音乐作品提倡人们吸毒。某些流行音乐明星发表言论或以自己作为榜样,似乎表示非医疗目的的用毒品是正常的,是可以接受的人们生活方式的一部分。”
该委员会说,令人吃惊的是,不反对毒品的流行音乐,在不时有“过量吸毒致死”的事件传出的同时,似乎还能够存活下来。 该委员会指出“这种偶然事件往往被当作哀悼名人的逝世,而不是被看成面对吸毒有致命影响的机会”。20世纪70年代以来,有多位国际知名的歌手和电影明星死于吸毒或与吸毒相关的疾病,他们中包括埃尔维斯•普雷斯利、珍妮丝•乔普林、约翰•贝鲁西、吉米•亨德里克斯、乔纳森•梅尔文以及安迪•吉尔斯。随着流行音乐的全球化,支持滥用毒品的信息跨越国界。研究显示:“在大多数国家,某些流行音乐明星的名字已经变得家喻户晓。”,
联合国的这份研究报告同样也指责媒体对于某些毒品事件的描述,这样做是鼓励而不是防止毒品的滥用。该委员会的主席哈米德•戈兹说:“在过去的那些年,我们看到滥用毒品如何越来越被认可甚至是有吸引力。一些强有力的团体组织开展政治运动,旨在使受到控制的毒品合法化。” 戈兹还说,所有的这些进展情况已创造了一种对滥用毒品容忍甚至有利的环境,而破坏了目前人们正在进行的国际毒品预防的种种努力。
这个研究主要集中于在容忍滥用毒品的环境中减少和预防毒品。该委员会号召各国政府履行他们在法律与道德上的责任,行动起来反对青年文化中的亲毒品信息,这种信息使青少年受到的影响越来越大。
【精解精析】
【定位】文章第二段后两句话“‘Some songs encourage people to take drugs…of a person’s lifestyle,’the study says.”。
【答案详解】细节题。根据原文第二段内容可知,流行音乐在年轻人当中影响巨大,而一些音乐作品提倡人们吸毒。故选B。

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