单选题:根据以下材料,回答题Text 1England'sbinge-drinkinghabitisoneofthemosten

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根据以下材料,回答题
Text 1
England'sbinge-drinkinghabitisoneofthemostentrenchedinEurope--evenRomaninvad-erswroteaboutitwithhorror.Manyfearedthatthehabitwouldworsenaftertherelaxationoflicen-singhourslastNovember.Doctors,academicsandnewspaperswerejoined
inoppositionbythepo-liceandjudges,whowarnedthatthereformswere"closetolunacy".ThegovernmentdisagreedandabolishedarestrictiveregimefirstimposedduringtheFirst
WorldWarbyDavidLloydGeorge,theprimeminister,whowantedtopreventmunitionsworkersfromgettingtoodrunk.
WhileministersneverdeniedthatBritonshadanunhealthyattitudetoliquor,theyarguedthatmuchofthecrimeanddisorderthatblightedcitystreetsatnightwascausedbyhordesofdrunkards
rollingoutofpubsandclubsatthesametimeandfightingforthesametaxihome.TheycitedthewartimeexperienceinAustralia,whereanearlyclosingtimehadledtoaphenomenon
dubbedthe"sixo'clock'sswill",inwhichpeopledrankthemselvessillyagainsttheclock.Thehopewasthat,oncehourswererelaxed,Britonswouldadoptmorecivilised,continentalhabits,
sippingdelicatelyatglassesofChablisratherthandowningtenpints.Weretheoptimistsorthepessimistsright?
Sincethelawwaschanged,aroundtwo-thirdsoflicensedpremiseshaveextendedtheiropen-ingtimes,mostbyanhourorso.(Fewerthan1percentweregranteda24-hourlicence.)Thatsmoothedthe]lp.m.and2a.m.chuck-outpeaksandfilledinsomeofthetroughs.Localauthori-tiesinseverallarge,livelycities,includingBirmingham,NottinghamandManchester,reportthatthestreetsarenomoredisorderly
thanbefore.Onepopulardrinkers'streetinBirminghamhasseenadramaticdropincrime(althoughthatmayalsobebecausebusinesses,fearingtheworst,paidforstreetwardens).InLondon,
moststrikingly,therehasnotbeenasinglemonthsincethedrinkinglawswererelaxedwhenmoreviolentcrimeswererecordedthaninthesamemonthayearearlier.Thatisalsotruein
Westminster,wheremanyofthecapital'spubsandclubsareclustered.Overalllevelsofviolenceintheboroughhavefallenby12percentinthetenmonthssinceNovember2005,compared
withthesameperiodayearbefore.
Thepoliceremaincautiousaboutsuchpositivesigns,sayingitisstilltooearlytotellwhateffectliberalisationwillhaveoncrime.Theypointoutthatlocalforceshavedivertedtimeandmoneyto
policelate-nightdrinking,andhavebeengivenextracashbythegovernment.ThatwillrunoutonChristmasEve,atwhichpointthingsmaybecometrickier.
Inthemeantime,pessimistsaremarshallingnew,moreambitiousarguments.MartinPlantoftheUniversityoftheWestofEnglandmaintainsthatfreerdrinkingcanleadtolong-termproblemsthatarenotimmediatelyapparent.Iceland'scapital,Reykjavik,softeneddrinkinglawssevenyearsago.Whilepolicingbecameeasier,moredrunkardspitchedupathospitalanddrink-drivingratessoared.
ThefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPTthat A.theEnglishindulgenceinalcoholevenhorrifiedRomaninvaders.
B.thepoliceandjudgeswereinfavoroftherelaxationoflicensinghours.
C.thegovernmentdidawaywithalawregulatingdrinkinghourslastyear.
D.WorldWarIfirstsawtheimplementationofthelawregulatingdrinkinghours.

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