Drunken driving, sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murder, has become a nati

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【单选题】Drunkendriving,sometimescalledAmerica'ssociallyacceptedformofmurder,hasbecomeanationalepidemic.EveryhourofeverydayaboutthreeAmericansonaveragearekilledhydrunkendrivers,addingupanincredible350,000overthepastdecade.Adrunkendriverisusuallydefinedasonewitha0.10bloodalcoholcontentorroughlythreebeers,glassesofwineorshotsofwhiskydrunkwithintwohours.HeavydrinkingusedtobeanacceptablepartoftheAmericanalcoholimageandjudgeswerelenientinmostcourts,butthedrunkenslaughterhasrecentlycausedsomanywell-publicizedtragedies,especiallyinvolvingyoungchildren,thatpublicopinionisnolongersotolerant.Twentystateshaveraisedthelegaldrinkingageto21,reversingatrendinthe1960storeduceitto18.AfterNewJerseylowereditto18,thenumberofpeoplekilledby18to20-year-olddriversmorethandoubled,sothestaterecentlyuppeditbackto21.Reformers,however,fearraisingthedrinkingagewillhavelittleeffectunlessaccompaniedbyeducationalprogramstohelpyoungpeopletodevelop"responsibleattitudes"aboutdrinkingandteachthemtoresistpeerpressuretodrink.Toughnewlawshaveledtoincreasedarrestsandinmanyareasalready,toamarkeddeclineinfatalities.Somestatesarealsopenalizingbarsforservingcustomerstoomanydrinks.Asthefatalitiescontinuetooccurdailyineverystate,someAmericansareevenbeginningtospeakwellofthe13years'nationalprohibitionofalcoholthatbeganin1919,whichPresidentHoovercalledthe"nobleexperiment".Theyforgetthatlegalprohibitiondidn'tstopdrinking,butencouragedpoliticalcorruptionandorganizedcrime.Aswiththeboomingdrugtradegenerally,thereisnoeasysolution.Whichofthefollowingfourdriverscanbedefinedasanillegaldriver?

A、Asixteen-year-oldboywhodrankaglassofwinethreehoursago.
B、Anoldladywhotookfourshotsofwhiskyinyesterday'sparty.
C、Apolicemanwholikesalcoholverymuch.
D、Apregnantwomanwhodrankabeeranhourago.

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A

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