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Women are considered "heavy drinkers" if they have eight or more drinks a week, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Men can have 14. At 15, you, my friend, are a"heavy drinker" in the eyes of the CDC.
One in 10 deaths among adults between the ages of 20 and 64 are due to excessive alcohol con suption, the CDC says in a report released Wednesday. That means some 80,000 people die a year as a result of drinking too much. The majority of those are men--about 70%.
Do you consider yourself a light, moderate or heavy drinker? Health agencies have these definitions to help you understand when your drinking may become a health problem.
"The definition of ´heavy drinker´ has evolved over the last 20 years and it is based on scientific evidence about the harmful consequences of drinking too much," says George F. Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, who has sat on the committees that create those definitions.
The definition on NIAAA´ s website of "heavy" or "at-risk" drinking is the same as the CDC´ s.But the National Survey on Drug Use and Health has another. They say "heavy use" is "five or more drinks on the same occasion, on each of five or more days in the past 30 days."
"It´ s imprecise and not quantitative. I try to avoid using terms like ´ heavy´, ´light´ and ´ moderate´ for that reason in my publications," says Dr. Arthur Klatsky who has been studying alcohol and its impact on humans for decades. "The problem is everyone always wants to know if they fit into one of those categories."
Heavy drinking can lead to chronic diseases, including problems with your liver, and throat. It can lead to high-blood pressure, psychological problems. It even puts you at an increased risk for becoming a victim of violence. And of course you ultimately risk becoming an alcoholic.
Klatsky says the pattern of when you drink is just as important to your health as the total number. Abstaining much of the week and then having all seven drinks on Saturday is also bad for your
Health.
Studies show the mortality rate for people who drink moderately on a daily basis is actually
lower than those who don´ t indulge. There are health benefits to a lower level of drinking.
In the eyes of the CDC what makes a woman a heavy drinker?

A.Fourteen or more drinks a week.
B.Fifteen drinks a week.
C.Seven drinks a week.
D.Eight or more drinks a week.

参考答案:D进入在线模考
参考译文
根据疾病预防和控制中心,女性一周喝酒次数为8次和8次以上则被认为是“重度酗酒者”。男性可以喝l4次。l5次的话,我的朋友,在疾病防控中眼里。你就是“重度酗酒者“了。
在疾病防控中心周三公布的一个报告里,20岁到64岁之间的成年人十分之一的死亡是由于饮酒过度。这意味着每年有8万人因为喝得太多而死去,大部分是男性。约占70%。
你认为自己是一名轻度、中度还是重度酗酒者?健康机构的这些定义帮助你了解什么时候饮酒已成为健康问题了。
国家酒精滥用与酒精中毒主任乔治·库伯说:“有关‘重度酗酒者’的定义在过去的20年间不断变化,这是有科学依据的——饮酒过多的不利影响。”他曾是制定这些定义的委员之一。
在国家酒精滥用与酒精中毒官网上的关于“重度”和“危险”饮酒的定义与疾病防控中心的是一样的。但是全国药物使用和健康调查却有另一套定义。他们说“过度”酗酒是指“在过去三十天内有五天和五天以上时间饮酒,且每天饮酒5次或超过5次。”
阿瑟·克莱斯基医生说:“我一般在我的出版物中试着避免使用‘重度“中度’和‘轻度’这些术语.因为它们不精确,难以量化。”他过去几十年一直研究酒精及其对人的影响。“问题在于人们一直想知道自己是否属于其中的某一类”。
过度饮酒会导致慢性疾病,包括肝脏问题和喉咙问题。它也会导致高血压和精神问题。它还会使你成为暴力的受害者的几率增加,当然你最终会可能成为酒鬼。克莱斯基说你的饮酒时间模式也和饮酒总量一样对你的健康有重要影响。一周的大部分时间都戒酒.然后在周六一次性喝7杯也对你的健康有害。研究表明每天喝适量的酒比不喝酒的人死亡率实际上还低。少量喝酒对健康有利。
参考答案与解析
细节题。根据题干中的makes a woman a heavy drinker可以定位到文中Women are considered“heavy drinkers”if they have eight or more drinks a week,according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.(根据疾病预防和控制中心,女性一周喝酒次数为八次和八次以上则被认为是“重度酗酒者”),可知女性一周喝酒八次和八次以上在疾病防控中心眼中就是重度酗酒者。因此,正确答案是D。

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