Question

 John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night. He fell into the5       of smoking a year ago. He smoked so 6       that he7       had a cigarette on his lips. He 8       while he read，while he watched television and 9      while he drank a cup of coffee or tea. He smoked nearly forty cigarettes a day，but he was happy. 

  John’s friend，Frank，10      many times to 11        him not to smoke. “Smoking is bad for your      12    !”

he said. “ You’d better give it up. ” But his advice didn’t 13       . Before long,John found that he often got a hard and 14      cough, 15      he went to see a doctor.

The doctor 16        him carefully and asked whether he often smoked. John told him the17       Then the doctor told him that his cough was18        by smoking and he wouldn’t get any better unless he stopped smoking.

“If not，” said the doctor，“your cough will never be and some other illnesses may also be19       caused. ”

John became 20       and made up his mind to give up smoking. At the beginning，it was very 21       for him. Every 22       H when he wanted to smoke，he got some other things to eat. At last,he was not 23      in smoking at all. And he no longer had        .

5. A.  hole   B. habit

   C.  interest   D. love

6.  A. much   B. hard

   C.  fast   D. thickly

7. A.  still   B. seldom

   C.  never   D. always

8.  A. stopped   B. smoked

   C.  ate   D. had

9. A.  still   B. just

   C.  even   D. right

10. A.  talked   B. ordered

   C.  worked   D. tried

11. A.  advise   B. tell

   C.  wish   D. take

12. A.  work   B. study

   C.  health   D. life

13. A.  continue   B. work

   C.  reply   D. answer

14. A.  wet   B. loud

   C.  dry   D. rapid

15. A.  but   B. so

   C. till   D. as

16. A.  saw   B. felt

   C.  cured   D. examined

17. A.  truth   B. reason

   C.  matter   D. thing

18. A.  shown   B. kept

   C.  caused   D. heard

19. A.  stopped   B. cured

   C.  repaired   D. mended

20. A.  angry   B. sad

   C.  sorry   D. worried

21. A.  sick   B. tired

   C.  difficult—   D. easy

22. A.  day   B. time

   C.  way   D. place

23. A.  seen   B. told

   C.  happy   D. interested

24. A.  smokes   B. problems

   C.  coughs   D. cigarettes

Answer 1

5. B fall into the hdbit of doing sth 是固定短語，意為“形成做某事的習慣”。

6. A much 修飾動詞 smoked。

7. D根據上文中的so much可知他嘴里總是叼著煙。

8. B由上下文可知，無論干什么，他都吸煙。

9. C他甚至喝咖啡或茶時也吸煙。表達“甚至”之意，故用 even.

10. D try to do sth努力做某事。

11. A advise sb not to do sth建議某人不做某事。根據下文中的“But his advice…”得知答案。

12. C吸煙對你的健康有害，故選C.

13. B他的建議沒起作用。

14. C dry cough 意為“干咳”。

15. B因為咳嗽得厲害，所以他去看醫生。上下文之間是因果關系，故用連詞so。

16. D醫生仔細檢查，故應用examined。

17. A tell sb the truth 告訴某人實情。

18. C醫生說他的咳嗽是由吸煙引起的。be caused by 由引起。由下一段中的 “ some other illnesses may also be caused. ”可知答案。

19. B表7K“治好某人的病”，應用cure;repair與mend意為“修理，修補”。

20. D從上一段醫生的話可以判斷，此處應為“擔心”。

21. C根據句意可知，一開始，戒煙很難，因為吸煙是他的習慣。

22. B every time每次。句意：每次當他想吸煙時，他就吃東西。

23. D 最后，他對吸煙不感興趣了。be interested in 對……感興趣。

24. C由上下文可知，咳嗽是由吸煙引起的，所以戒煙后他就不咳嗽了。