专题能力训练十六　阅读理解(七)

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　　(2017·郑州第一次质量预测)

　　In 1980 Candy Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk hit-and-run driver as she walked down a street in California.“I promised myself on the day of my daughter’s death that I would fight to make this needless accident count for something positive in the years ahead,”Candy Lightner later wrote.

　　The drunk driver received a two-year prison sentence.However,he avoided prison by serving time in a work camp.Ms.Lightner was very angry about that,so she organized Mothers Against Drunk Drivers(MADD),which later changed to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.The aim of her organization was to raise public awareness of the serious nature of drunk driving and to promote tough legislation(立法) against the crime.

　　Before Ms.Lightner’s MADD,intoxication(醉酒),including drunk driving,was not taken seriously.Intoxication was often used as an excuse for otherwise unacceptable behavior:“I didn’t know what I was doing—I was drunk.”

　　Candy Lightner appeared on major television shows,spoke before the US Congress,made speeches to professional and business groups,and worked tirelessly for years to change public attitudes,change judicial(审判的)behavior,and promote tough new legislation.Later,Ms.Lightner left MADD because the organization that she herself created was changing its focus.“I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol.I started it to deal with the issue of drunk driving.”

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