Drunk driving(醉驾) has become a serious problem in China. According to the Ministry of Public Security(公安部), the police caught more than half a million drunk drivers in 2010. On the night of May 9, 2011, musician Gao Xiaosong ran his car into three other cars in Beijing because he drank too much回答


. He was 回答


under China.s new drunk driving law that came into use on May 1, 2011.

The new law sees drunk driving as a 回答


. In the west, drunk driving is also a crime. In the US, for example, if the police catch a drunk driver, the driver will pay a 回答


, lose his or her 回答


and even go to prison(监狱). If the driver wants to drive again, he or she has to do public service, and take part in educational programs.

You may think: drunk driving is crime? Isn.t this law too unkind? But experts say: not at all. They think it is to protect people.s tights to life and health. Drunk driving is very dangerous!

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2. A. punished B. punishes C. punishing

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