A dangerous game to play.

 The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you=ve eaten and what sort of drinks you=ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you=re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about one hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you=re still over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of movable posts... and less able they were to do it! So the only way to be sure you=re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentration more than twice the legal limit.

 

Comprehension.

1. Read the text and answer these questions in your own words. (1 point each)

1.1. What is the main idea the author wants to express?

                                                                       

1.2. If you have been drinking at night, why might your driving be affected the following morning?

                                                                       

2. Explain the meaning of the following sentences in your own words. (1 point each)

2.1. You=re over the legal limit. (Paragraph 3)                          

2.2. Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. (Paragraph 5)                          

 

Grammar.

3. Complete the following sentences using can, may, must, ought to, need, dare, used to.(0.2 each)

3.1. Those children ____________________ wear their wellington boots; it is pouring with rain.

3.2. I ____________________ buy some more tea, I don=t have any left.

3.3. ____________________ you practise your trumpet so loud?

3.4. You ____________________ not bother to wait up for me, I shall be very late.

3.5. He ____________________ not admit that he was the one who did it.

3.6. He ____________________ play golf very well but he hasn=t practised for a long time.

3.7. You ____________________ not work so hard.

3.8. I ____________________ not spend all the money on a hat. My husband would be cross.