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Special Report

 

1. General Comprehension. Chose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) At the time of the debate, Mr. Bush was ___________ and Michael Dukakis was ___________.

a. Vice-President; Senator b. Governor; Vice-President c. Vice-President; Governor d. Senator; Vice-President
(2) The questions at the debate are intended to be ____________. a. mainly domestics policy matters. b. mainly foreign policy matters. c. equally divided between moral and social issues in the United States d. equally divided between foreign and domestic policy matters
(3) According to Bush, the best way to solve the problem of drug is to ____________. a. instill values into the young people b. use tougher methods to punish drug dealers c. put all the drug users in prison d. help all the drug users
(4) Bush believes that the fight against drug is ______________. a. mainly the government's job b. the educator's job c. the Republicans' job d. everybody's job
(5) The sixteen-year-old girl came up to the Governor for help because ____________. a. she had got AIDS b. she was a drug addict c. she would die of cancer d. she had become homeless
(6) According to Dukakis, though the United States has only five percent of the world's population, the American people consume ____________ of the world's cocaine. a. six percent b. sixty percent c. fifty percent d. fifteen percent

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Mr. Bush believes that the deterioration of values is the most important cause that draws so many Americans to drugs.
(2)
Mr. Bush appreciates the humorous way of treating the cocaine scene in Crocodile Dundee.
(3)
Dukakis agrees that values are important, but he believes that it is more important that the top political leaders first demonstrate those values themselves.
(4)
Dukakis implies that the American government has sent aid to those who are engaged in drug producing and drug trafficking.
(5)
Dukakis suggests that drug education should start from the sixth grade in elementary schools."

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Special Report

 

1. General Comprehension. Chose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) At the time of the debate, Mr. Bush was ___________ and Michael Dukakis was ___________.

a. Vice-President; Senator b. Governor; Vice-President c. Vice-President; Governor d. Senator; Vice-President
(2) The questions at the debate are intended to be ____________. a. mainly domestics policy matters. b. mainly foreign policy matters. c. equally divided between moral and social issues in the United States d. equally divided between foreign and domestic policy matters
(3) According to Bush, the best way to solve the problem of drug is to ____________. a. instill values into the young people b. use tougher methods to punish drug dealers c. put all the drug users in prison d. help all the drug users
(4) Bush believes that the fight against drug is ______________. a. mainly the government's job b. the educator's job c. the Republicans' job d. everybody's job
(5) The sixteen-year-old girl came up to the Governor for help because ____________. a. she had got AIDS b. she was a drug addict c. she would die of cancer d. she had become homeless
(6) According to Dukakis, though the United States has only five percent of the world's population, the American people consume ____________ of the world's cocaine. a. six percent b. sixty percent c. fifty percent d. fifteen percent

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Mr. Bush believes that the deterioration of values is the most important cause that draws so many Americans to drugs.
(2)
Mr. Bush appreciates the humorous way of treating the cocaine scene in Crocodile Dundee.
(3)
Dukakis agrees that values are important, but he believes that it is more important that the top political leaders first demonstrate those values themselves.
(4)
Dukakis implies that the American government has sent aid to those who are engaged in drug producing and drug trafficking.
(5)
Dukakis suggests that drug education should start from the sixth grade in elementary schools."