问答题Smoking bans in public places are becoming more and more common in China. Whether the right of the non-smoker to breathe in fresh air outweighs that of the smoker to smoke freely is a matter of opinion, manifesting itself in a heated smoking ban debate

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Smoking bans in public places are becoming more and more common in China. Whether the right of the non-smoker to breathe in fresh air outweighs that of the smoker to smoke freely is a matter of opinion, manifesting itself in a heated smoking ban debate. The following are opinions from both sides on this issue. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:  1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides, and then  2. give your comment.  Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.  A smoking ban is a public policy that includes criminal laws and health regulations that prohibit smoking in certain public places and workspaces. There are many reasons why smoking bans originated, but most of these have medical origins. Research has shown secondhand smoke is almost as harmful as smoking in and of itself. The effects of secondhand smoke are relatively the same as smoking. Lung disease, heart disease, bronchitis and asthma are common. Those who live in homes with smokers have a 20-30 percent higher risk of developing lung cancer than those who do not live with a smoker.  Smoking bans are also imposed because they improve air quality in restaurants and other establishments. In Beijing, it is now illegal to smoke in all hospitality venues. Studies have also shown employees are exposed to far fewer toxins in areas where smoking is banned in the workplace.  Despite the positive effects on health and air quality, many people are still opposed to smoking bans in China. Critics oppose smoking bans and see these laws as an example of the government interfering in people’s lives. They look at the effects on smokers, not those on non-smokers who are subjected to second-hand smoke. Other critics emphasize the rights of the property owner and draw distinctions between public places, such as government building and privately owned businesses, such as stores and restaurants.  Some critics of smoking bans believe that outlawing smoking in the workplace may cause smokers to simply move their smoking elsewhere. Instead of smoking indoors, workers may begin smoking in public parks and exposing a new set of people to their secondhand smoke.

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4.In has been shown that children who smoke have certain characteristics.Compared with non-smokers they are more rebellious, their work deteriorates as they move up school, they are more likely to leave school early, and are more often delinquent and sexually precocious.Many of these features can be summarized as anticipation of adulthood.There are a number of factors which determine the onset of smoking, and these are largely psychological and social.They include availability of cigarettes, curiosity, rebelliousness, appearing tough, anticipation of adulthood, social confidence, the example of parents and teachers, and smoking by friends and older brothers and sisters.It should be much easier to prevent children from starting to smoke than to persuade adults to give up the habit once established, but in fact this has proved very difficult.The example set by people in authority, especially parents, health care workers, and teachers, is of prime importance.School rules should forbid smoking by children on the premises.This rule has been introduced at Summerhill School where I spent my schooldays.There is, however, a risk of children smoking just to rebel against the rules, and even in those schools which have tried to enforce no smoking by corporal punishment there is as much smoking as in other schools.Nevertheless, banning smoking is probably on balance beneficial.Teachers too should not smoke on school premises, at least not in front of children1、Which of the following is a common characteristic of young smokers?A、DisobedienceB、LazinessC、Lack of intelligenceD、Vanity2、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A、Some children start to smoke out of curiosityB、Many children start to smoke because they want to appear mature.C、In order to have fewer children smokers, parents, teachers and health care workers should not smoke.D、It is not as difficult to prevent children from starting to smoke as to dissuade adults from smoking.3、The writer concludes that school rules to forbid smoking().A、should be introduced, for it really works at the school where he once studied.B、should not be introduced, for it may cause disturbance.C、should be introduced though it may not work effectively.D、needn't be introduced as long as teachers don't smoke in front of children.4、The author's attitude towards his writing is().A、objectiveB、emotionalC、criticalD、indifferent

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  • 第1题:

    Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.
    Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.
    First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .
    Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.
    According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.

    a.traffic accidents
    b.smoking-related desease
    c.murder
    d.all of these

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第2题:

    Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.
    Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.
    First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .
    Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.
    Every day there are over_____high school strdents who will become regular smoker.


    a.75 b.23 c.30 d.3000

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第3题:

    共用题干
    Smoke Gets in Your Mind

    1.Lung cancer,hypertension,heart disease,birth defects一we are all too familiar with the dangers of smoking. But add to that list a frightening new concern一mental illness.According to some controversial new findings,if smoking does not kill you,it may,quite literally,drive you to despair.
    2.The tobacco industry openly pushes its product as something to lift your mood and soothe anxiety.But the short-term feel-good effect may mask the truth that smoking may worsen or even trigger anxiety disorders,panic attacks and depression,perhaps even schizophrenia.
    3.Cigarettes and mental illness have always tended to go together. An estimated 1.25 billion people smoke worldwide.Yet people who are depressed or anxious are twice as likely to smoke,and up to 88 percent of those with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are smokers.A recent American survey concluded that around half of all cigarettes burn in the fingers of those with mental illness.
    4.But the big question is why?The usual story is that the illness comes first. Mentally ill people take up smoking,or smoke more,to alleviate some of their distress.Even when smoking seems to start before the illness,most doctors believe that early but invisible symptoms of the disorder spark the desire to light up.But perhaps something more sinister is going on.
    5.A growing number of researchers claim that smoking is the cause,not the consequence of clinical depression and several forms of anxiety."We know a lot about the effects of smoking on physical health,and now we are also starting to see the adverse effects in new research on mental illness,"says Naomi Breslau,director of research at the Henry Ford Health Care System in Detroit.
    6.Breslau was one of the first to consider this heretical possibility.The hint came from studies, published in 1998,which followed a group of just over 1.,000 young adults for a five-year period.The 13 percent who began the study with major depression were around three times more likely to progress from being light smokers to daily smokers during the course of the study,though there was no evidence that depression increased the tendency to take up smoking. But a history of daily smok-- ing before the study commenced roughly doubled the risk of developing major depression during the five-year period. Smoking,it seems,could pre-date illness.
    7.At first Breslau concluded that whatever prompts people to smoke might also make them depressed.But as the results of other much larger studies began to back the statistical link,she became more convinced than ever that what she was seeing were signs that smoking,perhaps the nicotine itself,could somehow affect the brain and cause depression.
    8.One of these larger studies was led by Goodman,a pediatrician.She followed the health of two groups of teenagers for a year. The first group of 8,704 adolescents were not depressed,and might or might not have been smokers,while the second group of 6,947 were highly depressed and had not been smokers in the past month.After a year her team found that although depressed teenagers were more likely to have become heavy smokers,previous experimentation with smoking was the strongest predictor of such behaviour,not the depression itself. What is more important is that teenagers who started out mentally fit but smoked at least one packet per week during the study were four times more likely to develop depression than their non一smoking peers.Goodman says that depression does not seem to start before cigarette use among teens."Current cigarette use is,however,a powerful determinant of developing high depressive symptoms."
    9.Breslau,too,finds that smokers are as much as four times more likely to have an isolated panic attack and three times more likely to develop longer-term panic disorder than non-smokers.It's a hard message to get across,because many smokers say they become anxious when they quit,not when they smoke.But Breslau says that

    The cigarette ads which claim that smoking can help soothe anxiety_______.
    A:have been proved to be misleading
    B:but to their mental health as well
    C:taking up smoking
    D:involved fewer people
    E:they started to smoke at an early age
    F: but their level of anxiety increases when they quit smoking

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第三段分析的是精神疾病同抽烟之间的关系。只有选项D符合题意。
    文章第四段第一句就提出了与传统观点相悖的新观念,认为吸烟是临床沮丧和几种形式的焦虑的原因而不是结果。因此选择A项。
    文章第六段提到布雷斯劳通过研究得出吸烟影响了大脑并且引起了沮丧的结论。因此选择F项。
    文章第七段通过另外一个实验证明布雷斯劳的结论是正确的。因此选择 E项。
    句子主干中出现not only说明后面填空处应该出现but/but also,和physical health相时应的是mental health。因此选择B项。
    文章第二段告诉我们现实情况与烟草公司的宣传是相反的。因此选择 A项。
    通过对文章中布雷斯劳与古德曼的实验对比我们可以发现选项D是正确的。
    本句前半段说与布雷斯劳的结论相悖,那么后半句肯定是说跟她的结论相反的情况,‘也就是跟吸烟导致沮丧相反的情况,因此选项F符合题意。

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Smoke Gets in Your Mind

    1.Lung cancer,hypertension,heart disease,birth defects一we are all too familiar with the dangers of smoking. But add to that list a frightening new concern一mental illness.According to some controversial new findings,if smoking does not kill you,it may,quite literally,drive you to despair.
    2.The tobacco industry openly pushes its product as something to lift your mood and soothe anxiety.But the short-term feel-good effect may mask the truth that smoking may worsen or even trigger anxiety disorders,panic attacks and depression,perhaps even schizophrenia.
    3.Cigarettes and mental illness have always tended to go together. An estimated 1.25 billion people smoke worldwide.Yet people who are depressed or anxious are twice as likely to smoke,and up to 88 percent of those with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are smokers.A recent American survey concluded that around half of all cigarettes burn in the fingers of those with mental illness.
    4.But the big question is why?The usual story is that the illness comes first. Mentally ill people take up smoking,or smoke more,to alleviate some of their distress.Even when smoking seems to start before the illness,most doctors believe that early but invisible symptoms of the disorder spark the desire to light up.But perhaps something more sinister is going on.
    5.A growing number of researchers claim that smoking is the cause,not the consequence of clinical depression and several forms of anxiety."We know a lot about the effects of smoking on physical health,and now we are also starting to see the adverse effects in new research on mental illness,"says Naomi Breslau,director of research at the Henry Ford Health Care System in Detroit.
    6.Breslau was one of the first to consider this heretical possibility.The hint came from studies, published in 1998,which followed a group of just over 1.,000 young adults for a five-year period.The 13 percent who began the study with major depression were around three times more likely to progress from being light smokers to daily smokers during the course of the study,though there was no evidence that depression increased the tendency to take up smoking. But a history of daily smok-- ing before the study commenced roughly doubled the risk of developing major depression during the five-year period. Smoking,it seems,could pre-date illness.
    7.At first Breslau concluded that whatever prompts people to smoke might also make them depressed.But as the results of other much larger studies began to back the statistical link,she became more convinced than ever that what she was seeing were signs that smoking,perhaps the nicotine itself,could somehow affect the brain and cause depression.
    8.One of these larger studies was led by Goodman,a pediatrician.She followed the health of two groups of teenagers for a year. The first group of 8,704 adolescents were not depressed,and might or might not have been smokers,while the second group of 6,947 were highly depressed and had not been smokers in the past month.After a year her team found that although depressed teenagers were more likely to have become heavy smokers,previous experimentation with smoking was the strongest predictor of such behaviour,not the depression itself. What is more important is that teenagers who started out mentally fit but smoked at least one packet per week during the study were four times more likely to develop depression than their non一smoking peers.Goodman says that depression does not seem to start before cigarette use among teens."Current cigarette use is,however,a powerful determinant of developing high depressive symptoms."
    9.Breslau,too,finds that smokers are as much as four times more likely to have an isolated panic attack and three times more likely to develop longer-term panic disorder than non-smokers.It's a hard message to get across,because many smokers say they become anxious when they quit,not when they smoke.But Breslau says that

    To contradict Breslau's conclusion,many smokers say that they are less anxious when they smoke________.
    A:have been proved to be misleading
    B:but to their mental health as well
    C:taking up smoking
    D:involved fewer people
    E:they started to smoke at an early age
    F: but their level of anxiety increases when they quit smoking

    答案:F
    解析:
    文章第三段分析的是精神疾病同抽烟之间的关系。只有选项D符合题意。
    文章第四段第一句就提出了与传统观点相悖的新观念,认为吸烟是临床沮丧和几种形式的焦虑的原因而不是结果。因此选择A项。
    文章第六段提到布雷斯劳通过研究得出吸烟影响了大脑并且引起了沮丧的结论。因此选择F项。
    文章第七段通过另外一个实验证明布雷斯劳的结论是正确的。因此选择 E项。
    句子主干中出现not only说明后面填空处应该出现but/but also,和physical health相时应的是mental health。因此选择B项。
    文章第二段告诉我们现实情况与烟草公司的宣传是相反的。因此选择 A项。
    通过对文章中布雷斯劳与古德曼的实验对比我们可以发现选项D是正确的。
    本句前半段说与布雷斯劳的结论相悖,那么后半句肯定是说跟她的结论相反的情况,‘也就是跟吸烟导致沮丧相反的情况,因此选项F符合题意。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Creating a World without Smoking

    Smoking will be banned in all pubs,clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night.Afler last-minute appeals from health campaigners,MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will startin summer 2007,ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only.They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184,a surprisingly large majority of 200.
    Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes,such as prisons,care homes and hotels.
    Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of £50 and spot fines of £ 200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs,with the possible penalty,if the issue goes to court,increasing to £1,000.
    Carpline Flint,the Public Health Minister,also announced that the fine for failing to stop people smoking in banned areas would be increased to£2,500 more than ten times the£200 originally proposed.
    The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes.Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.
    The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
    Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.
    Patricia Hewitt,the Health Secretary,said the Health Bill would ban smoking in"virtually every enclosed public place and workplace"in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places"will become the norm".
    She said:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."
    Peter Hollins,director-general of the British Heart Foundation,said:"The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."

    There is a possibility for the Government to raise the age for buying cigarettes.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段第二句提到“MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007...",由此可以得知该信息正确。
    文章第一段提到2008年将在所有的工作场所禁烟,而官员工作的地方也属于工作场所,该禁令对他们也不例外,所以该信息错误。
    第二段说“Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes",人们可以在自己家里吸烟,所以,该信息正确。
    在文中第五段提到:"The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes",很显然,政府可以提高购买香烟的年龄限制。
    本题给出的信息文中没有提及。作者虽然提到了禁烟法案以及各种违反禁令的处罚措施,但并没有谈到政府要关闭制烟厂。
    本问题同上,政府实行严厉的惩罚措施,但文中没有提到要对烟草业征收更高的税收。
    文中最后一段提到:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke.",更多的人在卫生法案的影响下戒烟,但“政府采取必要措施帮助吸烟者戒烟”在文中没有提及。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    Creating a World without Smoking

    Smoking will be banned in all pubs,clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night.Afler last-minute appeals from health campaigners,MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will startin summer 2007,ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only.They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184,a surprisingly large majority of 200.
    Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes,such as prisons,care homes and hotels.
    Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of £50 and spot fines of £ 200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs,with the possible penalty,if the issue goes to court,increasing to £1,000.
    Carpline Flint,the Public Health Minister,also announced that the fine for failing to stop people smoking in banned areas would be increased to£2,500 more than ten times the£200 originally proposed.
    The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes.Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.
    The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
    Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.
    Patricia Hewitt,the Health Secretary,said the Health Bill would ban smoking in"virtually every enclosed public place and workplace"in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places"will become the norm".
    She said:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."
    Peter Hollins,director-general of the British Heart Foundation,said:"The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."

    One can nevertheless smoke at home.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段第二句提到“MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007...",由此可以得知该信息正确。
    文章第一段提到2008年将在所有的工作场所禁烟,而官员工作的地方也属于工作场所,该禁令对他们也不例外,所以该信息错误。
    第二段说“Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes",人们可以在自己家里吸烟,所以,该信息正确。
    在文中第五段提到:"The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes",很显然,政府可以提高购买香烟的年龄限制。
    本题给出的信息文中没有提及。作者虽然提到了禁烟法案以及各种违反禁令的处罚措施,但并没有谈到政府要关闭制烟厂。
    本问题同上,政府实行严厉的惩罚措施,但文中没有提到要对烟草业征收更高的税收。
    文中最后一段提到:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke.",更多的人在卫生法案的影响下戒烟,但“政府采取必要措施帮助吸烟者戒烟”在文中没有提及。

  • 第7题:

    Smoking will be banned in all public places here.

    A:forbidden
    B:allowed
    C:permitted
    D:promoted

    答案:A
    解析:

  • 第8题:

    Smoking will be banned in all public places here.

    A:forbidden
    B:allowed
    C:permitted
    D:promoted

    答案:A
    解析:

  • 第9题:

    共用题干
    Creating a World without Smoking

    Smoking will be banned in all pubs,clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night. After last-minute appeals from health campaigners,MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007,ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only.They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184,a surprisingly large majority of 200.Smoking will still be allowed in home and in places considered to be homes,such as prisons, care homes and hotels.Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of£50 and spot fines of £200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs,with the possible penalty,if the issue goes to court,increasing to£1,000.
    Carpline Flint,the Public Health Minister,also announced that the fine for failing to stop peopie smoking in banned areas would be increased to£2,500一more than ten times the£200 originally proposed.The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes.Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
    Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.Patricia Hewitt,the Health Secretary,said the Health Bill would ban smoking in"virtually every enclosed public place and workplace"in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places"will become the norm".She said:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."Peter Hollins,Director-general of the British Heart Foundation,said:"The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."

    The Government will definitely impose a much heavier tax on tobacco.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章的第一段的第二句提到“MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007",由此可以得知该信息正确。
    文章第一段提到2007年将在所有的工作场所禁烟,而官员工作的地方也属于工作场所,该禁令对他们也不例外,所以该信息错误。
    第二段说“Smoking will still be allowed in home and in places considered to be homes",人们可以在自己家里吸烟,所以,该判断的信息正确。
    在文中第五段提到“The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes",很显然,政府可能提高购买香烟的年龄限制。
    本题给出的信息文中没有提及。作者虽然提到了禁烟法案以及各种违反禁令的处罚措施,但并没有谈到政府要关闭制烟厂。
    文中没有提到要对烟草业征收更高的税。
    文中最后一段提到“An additional 600 ,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke",更多的人将在卫生法案的影响下戒烟,但是没有提及政府是否要采取措施帮助人们戒烟。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death. Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised. First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent . Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth. What is implied but not stated by the author is that ().
    A

    smoking rates among youth have declined very little

    B

    there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

    C

    high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealth

    D

    smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    What’s the assumption of the author about smoking restriction according to the last paragraph?
    A

    People can try out some gentler smoking bans.

    B

    The municipality could try extending the smoking bans to homes.

    C

    It will not be a personal choice to decide whether or not to smoke.

    D

    It must still be necessary to restrict smoking after several generations.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    事实细节题。文章末尾一段第五句意思是也许国家或市政府可以尝试将禁令的有效范围扩展到家中,所以B正确。第三、四句意思是,为什么不尝试一些更严厉的禁烟令?有些地区已经限制和孩子在一起的父母在车内抽烟,但是还未看到评估这些措施的报告。这显示出作者希望尝试一些更为严厉的禁烟令,所以A错误。第七句谈到,我们可能会决定在某种程度上抽烟是否仍是个人选择,所以C错误。本段最后一句指出因为没有吸烟者,可能在几代人之后不需要禁烟了,所以D也是错误的。正确答案为B。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    Which of the following statements is CORRECT about smoking restriction according to the passage?
    A

    Municipal bans on smoking in restaurants and bars are effective.

    B

    Scribbler50 himself did some research on the effectiveness of the bans on smoking.

    C

    Christian Jarrett found the morbid signs on cigarettes play an important role for all smokers.

    D

    The measure that parents are restricted from smoking in cars with children is useful


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    推理判断题。第一段开头提到,市政府在餐馆和酒吧的禁烟令虽然极具争议,但是历史表明它们非常有效。所以A正确。第三段中提到,Scribbler50的贴激发了博客名为PalMD的医师对禁烟的有效性进行调查的灵感。由此可见,B错误,是PalMD进行的调查。第六段中提到不是所有反对吸烟的标语都同等有效,而要看针对谁,有时候可能会适得其反,所以C不准确。最后一段中提到,一些地区已经限制和孩子在一起的父母在车内抽烟,但还没有看见有关评估这些结果的报告,所以D错误。正确答案为A。

  • 第13题:

    Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.
    Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.
    First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .
    Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.
    What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.


    a.smoking rates among youth have declined very little
    b.there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors
    c.high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealth
    d.smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第14题:

    Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.
    Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.
    First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .
    Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.
    The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that _____.

    a.NCI has taken effective measures
    b.smoking is prevented among high school seniors
    c.there are many smokers who have died of cancer
    d.none of these

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    Smoke Gets in Your Mind

    1.Lung cancer,hypertension,heart disease,birth defects一we are all too familiar with the dangers of smoking. But add to that list a frightening new concern一mental illness.According to some controversial new findings,if smoking does not kill you,it may,quite literally,drive you to despair.
    2.The tobacco industry openly pushes its product as something to lift your mood and soothe anxiety.But the short-term feel-good effect may mask the truth that smoking may worsen or even trigger anxiety disorders,panic attacks and depression,perhaps even schizophrenia.
    3.Cigarettes and mental illness have always tended to go together. An estimated 1.25 billion people smoke worldwide.Yet people who are depressed or anxious are twice as likely to smoke,and up to 88 percent of those with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are smokers.A recent American survey concluded that around half of all cigarettes burn in the fingers of those with mental illness.
    4.But the big question is why?The usual story is that the illness comes first. Mentally ill people take up smoking,or smoke more,to alleviate some of their distress.Even when smoking seems to start before the illness,most doctors believe that early but invisible symptoms of the disorder spark the desire to light up.But perhaps something more sinister is going on.
    5.A growing number of researchers claim that smoking is the cause,not the consequence of clinical depression and several forms of anxiety."We know a lot about the effects of smoking on physical health,and now we are also starting to see the adverse effects in new research on mental illness,"says Naomi Breslau,director of research at the Henry Ford Health Care System in Detroit.
    6.Breslau was one of the first to consider this heretical possibility.The hint came from studies, published in 1998,which followed a group of just over 1.,000 young adults for a five-year period.The 13 percent who began the study with major depression were around three times more likely to progress from being light smokers to daily smokers during the course of the study,though there was no evidence that depression increased the tendency to take up smoking. But a history of daily smok-- ing before the study commenced roughly doubled the risk of developing major depression during the five-year period. Smoking,it seems,could pre-date illness.
    7.At first Breslau concluded that whatever prompts people to smoke might also make them depressed.But as the results of other much larger studies began to back the statistical link,she became more convinced than ever that what she was seeing were signs that smoking,perhaps the nicotine itself,could somehow affect the brain and cause depression.
    8.One of these larger studies was led by Goodman,a pediatrician.She followed the health of two groups of teenagers for a year. The first group of 8,704 adolescents were not depressed,and might or might not have been smokers,while the second group of 6,947 were highly depressed and had not been smokers in the past month.After a year her team found that although depressed teenagers were more likely to have become heavy smokers,previous experimentation with smoking was the strongest predictor of such behaviour,not the depression itself. What is more important is that teenagers who started out mentally fit but smoked at least one packet per week during the study were four times more likely to develop depression than their non一smoking peers.Goodman says that depression does not seem to start before cigarette use among teens."Current cigarette use is,however,a powerful determinant of developing high depressive symptoms."
    9.Breslau,too,finds that smokers are as much as four times more likely to have an isolated panic attack and three times more likely to develop longer-term panic disorder than non-smokers.It's a hard message to get across,because many smokers say they become anxious when they quit,not when they smoke.But Breslau says that

    Paragraph 6_______
    A:Doubt about the Usual Belief.
    B:Researchers' Opinion Divided.
    C:Positive Effects of Smoking as Advertised.
    D:Close Association Between Depression and Smoking.
    E:Breslau's Conclusion Supported by Another Larger Study.
    F:Effect of Smoking on Mental Health Initially Proved.

    答案:F
    解析:
    文章第三段分析的是精神疾病同抽烟之间的关系。只有选项D符合题意。
    文章第四段第一句就提出了与传统观点相悖的新观念,认为吸烟是临床沮丧和几种形式的焦虑的原因而不是结果。因此选择A项。
    文章第六段提到布雷斯劳通过研究得出吸烟影响了大脑并且引起了沮丧的结论。因此选择F项。
    文章第七段通过另外一个实验证明布雷斯劳的结论是正确的。因此选择 E项。
    句子主干中出现not only说明后面填空处应该出现but/but also,和physical health相时应的是mental health。因此选择B项。
    文章第二段告诉我们现实情况与烟草公司的宣传是相反的。因此选择 A项。
    通过对文章中布雷斯劳与古德曼的实验对比我们可以发现选项D是正确的。
    本句前半段说与布雷斯劳的结论相悖,那么后半句肯定是说跟她的结论相反的情况,‘也就是跟吸烟导致沮丧相反的情况,因此选项F符合题意。

  • 第16题:

    Many governments are now taking?to reduce smoking in public places.

    A.Steps
    B.sides
    C.Effect
    D.change

    答案:A
    解析:
    【考情点拨】考查固定搭配。
    【应试指导】句意:许多政府正在采取措施,减少公共场所的吸烟行为。take steps意为“采取措施”,故选A。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    Creating a World without Smoking

    Smoking will be banned in all pubs,clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night.Afler last-minute appeals from health campaigners,MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will startin summer 2007,ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only.They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184,a surprisingly large majority of 200.
    Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes,such as prisons,care homes and hotels.
    Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of £50 and spot fines of £ 200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs,with the possible penalty,if the issue goes to court,increasing to £1,000.
    Carpline Flint,the Public Health Minister,also announced that the fine for failing to stop people smoking in banned areas would be increased to£2,500 more than ten times the£200 originally proposed.
    The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes.Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.
    The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
    Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.
    Patricia Hewitt,the Health Secretary,said the Health Bill would ban smoking in"virtually every enclosed public place and workplace"in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places"will become the norm".
    She said:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."
    Peter Hollins,director-general of the British Heart Foundation,said:"The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."

    A ban on smoking in all pubs,clubs and workplaces will begin in summer 2007.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段第二句提到“MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007...",由此可以得知该信息正确。
    文章第一段提到2008年将在所有的工作场所禁烟,而官员工作的地方也属于工作场所,该禁令对他们也不例外,所以该信息错误。
    第二段说“Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes",人们可以在自己家里吸烟,所以,该信息正确。
    在文中第五段提到:"The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes",很显然,政府可以提高购买香烟的年龄限制。
    本题给出的信息文中没有提及。作者虽然提到了禁烟法案以及各种违反禁令的处罚措施,但并没有谈到政府要关闭制烟厂。
    本问题同上,政府实行严厉的惩罚措施,但文中没有提到要对烟草业征收更高的税收。
    文中最后一段提到:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke.",更多的人在卫生法案的影响下戒烟,但“政府采取必要措施帮助吸烟者戒烟”在文中没有提及。

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    Creating a World without Smoking

    Smoking will be banned in all pubs,clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night.Afler last-minute appeals from health campaigners,MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will startin summer 2007,ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only.They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184,a surprisingly large majority of 200.
    Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes,such as prisons,care homes and hotels.
    Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of £50 and spot fines of £ 200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs,with the possible penalty,if the issue goes to court,increasing to £1,000.
    Carpline Flint,the Public Health Minister,also announced that the fine for failing to stop people smoking in banned areas would be increased to£2,500 more than ten times the£200 originally proposed.
    The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes.Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.
    The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
    Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.
    Patricia Hewitt,the Health Secretary,said the Health Bill would ban smoking in"virtually every enclosed public place and workplace"in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places"will become the norm".
    She said:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."
    Peter Hollins,director-general of the British Heart Foundation,said:"The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."

    The Government will take necessary measures to help smokers give up smoking.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章第一段第二句提到“MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007...",由此可以得知该信息正确。
    文章第一段提到2008年将在所有的工作场所禁烟,而官员工作的地方也属于工作场所,该禁令对他们也不例外,所以该信息错误。
    第二段说“Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes",人们可以在自己家里吸烟,所以,该信息正确。
    在文中第五段提到:"The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes",很显然,政府可以提高购买香烟的年龄限制。
    本题给出的信息文中没有提及。作者虽然提到了禁烟法案以及各种违反禁令的处罚措施,但并没有谈到政府要关闭制烟厂。
    本问题同上,政府实行严厉的惩罚措施,但文中没有提到要对烟草业征收更高的税收。
    文中最后一段提到:"An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke.",更多的人在卫生法案的影响下戒烟,但“政府采取必要措施帮助吸烟者戒烟”在文中没有提及。

  • 第19题:

    Many cities have restricted smoking in public places.

    A:allowed
    B:kept
    C:limited
    D:stopped

    答案:C
    解析:
    这句话的意思是:许多城市已限制在公共场合抽烟。句中“restrict”意为“限制”。四个 选项中A项意为“允许”;B项意为“(使)保持”;C项意为“限制”;D项意为“停止”。因此只有 C项最为合适。

  • 第20题:

    共用题干
    The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

    Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health.Scientific research shows that it
    causes many kinds of diseases.In fact,many people who smoke get lung cancer. However,Edward Gilson
    has lung cancer,and he has never smoked cigarettes.He lives with his wife Evelyn,who has smoked about
    a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage.________(46)
    No one knows for sure why Mr. Gilson has lung cancer. Nevertheless,doctors believe that secondhand
    smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke
    from other people's cigarettes.________(47)The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that about
    53,000 people die in the United States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.
    The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals.In the past,
    scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker's health._________(48)They
    discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic chemicals in their bodies.As a matter
    of fact,almost all of us breathe tobacco smoke at times,whether we realize it or not. For example,we can
    not avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants,hotels and other public places.Even though many public places
    have nonsmoking areas,smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted.
    It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke._________(49)Research shows that chil-
    dren who are exposed to secondhand smoke are sick more often than children who live in homes where no one
    smokes and that the children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer when they are
    adults as are children of nonsmokers.The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where both
    parents smoke.
    People are becoming very aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke._________(50)

    __________(50)
    A:Recently,though,scientists changed their opinion after they studied a large group of nonsmokers.
    B:The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.
    C:This smoke is called secondhand smoke.
    D:However,secondhand smoke is dangerous to all people,old or young.
    E:As a result,they have passed laws which prohibit people from smoking in many public places.
    F: In the United States,nine million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker.

    答案:E
    解析:
    前一句主要讲的是,Gilson先生与妻子Evelyn生活在一起,而Evelyn自他们结婚以来 一直是每天差不多抽一包烟。接下来显然应选表示他们结婚年限的句子。再者,只有B项提 到了Gilsons。
    前一句提到,不吸烟者时常吸人吸烟者吸烟时呼出的烟,后面应跟这种烟的定义,故选C。
    前一句讲的是过去科学家们对二手烟的看法,接下来的句子应表示他们改变了看法, 因为后面的句子表明他们所持的观点已与过去截然不同。
    前一句提到儿童与二手烟,接下来的句子自然仍然与儿童有关。
    前一句讲的是人们逐渐意识到二手烟的危害,因此接下来的句子应表示人们采取措 施,禁止在公共场所吸烟。第6部分:完形填空

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    What does the passage mainly talk about?
    A

    Scribbler50’s attitude towards smoking bans.

    B

    The research on how people can stop smoking.

    C

    The effectiveness of smoking bans.

    D

    Smoking bans in restaurants and bars.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    主旨大意题。纵观全文,第一段提出了一个问题:“所有的禁令都是同等有效的吗?”后面段落都是围绕这个问题展开的;第二段介绍Scribbler50非常反感禁烟令以及他的观点;第三段说的是PalMD对禁烟令的调查,结果表明有一定的好处;第四段继续发问:政府的其他措施是否有所帮助?第五段和第六段阐述了对香烟盒上警告语的研究,表明不是所有的禁烟令都有效,而且有的香烟盒上的警告语会有反作用;第七段讲述Scribbler50现在支持禁烟;最后一段是作者对禁烟令的一些假想。所以文章行文都是围绕C“禁烟令的有效性”这一主题展开的。正确答案为C。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    —Don’t smoke here, Dad. Smoking ______ in public places.—Oh, sorry. I’ll stop right now.
    A

    isn’t allowed

    B

    aren’t allowed

    C

    doesn’t allow

    D

    won’t allow


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    句意:——别在这儿抽烟,爸爸。公共场合不允许抽烟。——噢,很抱歉,我马上就停下。本题考查被动语态。主语“smoking”和动词“allow”之间为被动关系,应使用被动语态,即“be (not)+allowed”形式。“smoking”为单数形式,应用“is”。故正确答案为A项。

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    Write a composition of no fewer than 120 words,giving your opinion on the following topic:  Smoking should be banned in public places.  Please write your composition on the Answer Sheet. (20 marks)

    正确答案:
    Many people are against the opinion that smoking should be banned in public places for it takes away the smokers’ rights, however, in my mind, it protects more people’s rights and we should strongly support it.
    Smoking in public places has many bad effects. On the one hand, it harms the health of the people around, for as we know, smoking can cause more damage to the passive smokers than to the smokers. On the other hand, it pollutes the environment by giving off poisonous gas into the air, which may make other people feel uncomfortable.
    Banning smoking in public places is very important and necessary to protect our health and environment. The smokers do have their rights to smoke, but they should enjoy their rights on the basis of not harming that of the others.
    解析: 暂无解析