[填空题]The American war on drugs has gotten all the type in recent years, but alcoholism is still the nation’s most serious{{U}} (36) {{/U}}. True, casual drinking is no longer as{{U}} (37) {{/U}}as it once was. But alcoholism’s toll remains{{U}} (38) {{/U}}high: Some 18 million Americans{{U}} (39) {{/U}}alcohol, and more than 100,000 die prematurely each year from alcohol-related causes. And alcoholism costs the nation $86 billion a year. Business picks up most of the tab. Virtually every company has workers with a drinking problem, often veteran employees in{{U}} (40) {{/U}}or other critical positions. When their alcoholism goes{{U}} (41) {{/U}}, it costs a bundle. Problem drinkers don’t{{U}} (42) {{/U}}their weight in the office, are often chronically late or absent, and file $4600 more in health{{U}} (43) {{/U}}a year than other employees. Their families’ doctor bills are much higher, too. Meanwhile, the company pays full salary and benefits for an employee who is full

[填空题]The American war on drugs has gotten all the type in recent years, but alcoholism is still the nation’s most serious{{U}} (36) {{/U}}. True, casual drinking is no longer as{{U}} (37) {{/U}}as it once was. But alcoholism’s toll remains{{U}} (38) {{/U}}high: Some 18 million Americans{{U}} (39) {{/U}}alcohol, and more than 100,000 die prematurely each year from alcohol-related causes. And alcoholism costs the nation $86 billion a year. Business picks up most of the tab. Virtually every company has workers with a drinking problem, often veteran employees in{{U}} (40) {{/U}}or other critical positions. When their alcoholism goes{{U}} (41) {{/U}}, it costs a bundle. Problem drinkers don’t{{U}} (42) {{/U}}their weight in the office, are often chronically late or absent, and file $4600 more in health{{U}} (43) {{/U}}a year than other employees. Their families’ doctor bills are much higher, too. Meanwhile, the company pays full salary and benefits for an employee who is full

[单项选择]War has escaped the battlefield and now can, with modern guidance systems on missiles, touch virtually every square yard of the earth’s surface. War has also lost most of its utility in achieving the traditional goals of conflict. Control of territory carries with it the obligation to provide subject peoples certain administrative, health, education, and other social services. Such obligations far outweigh the benefits of control. If the ruled population is ethnically or racially different from the rulers, tensions and chronic unrest often exist which further reduce the benefits and increase the costs of domination. Large populations no longer necessarily enhance state power and, in the absence of high levels of economic development, can impose severe burdens on food supply, jobs, and the broad range of services expected of modern governments. The noneconomic security reasons for the control of territory have been progressively undermined by the advances of modern technology. The benef
A. a valid tool of national policy
B. an immoral act of aggression
C. economically wasteful and socially unfeasible
D. restricted in scope to military participants

[填空题]The volume of drugs consumed every year has exceeded that of petroleum in the world.