If someone is drinking and exceeds a rate of consumption of about one 12-ounce beer per hour, his or her blood alcohol levels will increase because
A) the rate of alcohol excretion cannot keep up with the amount of alcohol being consumed.
B) the rate of alcohol digestion increases as more alcohol enters the small intestine.
C) the rate of alcohol consumption exceeds the rate of the liver's metabolism of alcohol.
D) the rate of alcohol consumption exceeds the rate of the kidney's metabolism of alcohol.
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