Question

“China now has 350 million smokers, accounting for one-third of the world total. Chinese smokers now become addicted to nicotine at the age of 19, five years earlier than the average starting age of 24 in 1997,” a report said a couple of years ago.

Of the 1.1 billion smokers all over the world. more than 800 million are in developing countries. And as the world's largest developing country, China also has the largest number of smokers.

Some frightening facts start to appear when we examine who China’s smokers are. Of the 350 million addicts, more than 100 million are under the age of 18, while more than 50 percent of male teachers and doctors are smokers.

Such a high rate of addicts among male teachers and doctors will certainly have a bad impact on the young generation.

Teachers are usually expected to be role models for students who tend to consider whatever they do is right and follow their example. It is very likely that the number of teenage smokers will increase in the near future unless measures are taken to forbid teachers from smoking in front of their students or designate schools as no-smoking zones.

What is truly puzzling is why so many doctors smoke. They are aware of the results of the habit, such as high blood pressure and lung cancer. Their example only helps justify the addiction of so many others.

If educated people set an example by stopping smoking at least in public places. it would be much easier to drive home the notion that it is uncivilized to smoke in public places.

In China, there should also be a national law to ban smoking in public places. These would make a massive contribution to cutting the number of people in China who are smoking themselves into early grave.

1.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?

A. Time to Kick the Habit

B. China Bans Smoking in Public Places

C. Smokers in China

D. Make People Aware of Smoking

2.In developing countries, China has the largest number of smokers, which covers .

A. one-third of its total

B. one-eighth of its total

C. 1ess than half its total

D. more than half its total

3.In the writer's opinion, who have influenced young smokers, especially those under l8?

A. Parents. B. Teachers only.

C. Advertisements. D. Teachers and doctors.

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. In China. those who get into the habit of smoking seem to be younger and younger.

B. More than half of the teachers and doctors are smokers in China.

C. The writer suggests schools should be designated as no-smoking zones.

D. It is of great benefit to forbid smoking in public places.

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：中國現在有3.5億吸煙者，占全世界吸煙者人數的三分之一。其中有一億多吸煙者的年齡低于18歲，對年輕人影響最大的是男性教師和男性醫生。國家應該制定全國性的法律來禁止人們在公共場合吸煙。

1.In China, there should also be a national law to ban smoking in public places.”可知，作者認為中國應該制定法律來禁止在公共場合抽煙，說明中國還沒有制定相關法律，排除B；文章前兩段介紹了中國吸煙者的人數，第三至第六段講的是男性教師和醫生對年輕人產生不好的影響，并提出了應對的辦法；最后兩段講的是怎樣減少吸煙的人數，說明文章主要講的是，現在是時候采取措施來減少吸煙者的數量了，故選A。

2.China now has 350 million smokers”和第二段“more than 800 million are in developing countries”可知，中國的吸煙者所占的比例不到發展中國家的一半，故選C。

3.Such a high rate of addicts among male teachers and doctors will certainly have a bad impact on the young generation.”可知，男性教師和男性醫生中的抽煙者對年輕人有不好的影響，根據第五段“Teachers are usually expected to be role models for students”和第六段“Their example only helps justify the addiction of so many others.”可知，學生會模仿老師抽煙，醫生的抽煙行為讓其他人認為抽煙是正當的，說明醫生和老師都對年輕人產生影響，故選D。

4.while more than 50 percent of male teachers and doctors are smokers”可知，這里說的是超過一半的男性老師和男性醫生，B項說的是超過一半的老師和醫生，其中包括了女教師和女醫生，這個說法是不準確的，故選B。

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