单选题 China plans to increase taxes on mid-and low-end cigarettes (67) curb expanding tobacco (68) in the country. The move follows the tax hike targeting high-end cigarettes in 2009, (69) hasn't met the country's target of (70) the rising use of tobacco, Chen said. "We notice that most of the growing proportion of smokers are young adults, who (71) low-end cigarettes and are (72) to prices. As such, I'm confident that the tax hike will effectively help reduce the number of smokers without affecting fiscal (73) ," Chen said on the sidelines of the plenary sessions of the ongoing National People's Congress. The tax charge is (74) given the growing health and environmental concerns (75) smoking, Chen said.
China National Tobacco Corp, the country's State-owned cigarette monopoly, reported an (76) net profit of 117.7 billion Yuan ($18.6 billion) in 2010. The profit has triggered widespread public (77) of the company's windfall (78) Chinese people's health.
China, (79) tobacco producer and consumer, (80) has 350 million smokers and more than one million people on the mainland die of (81) diseases each year, official statistics showed that number (82) rise to two million by 2020.
The mounting health concerns have pushed authorities to (83) the levy on cigarettes by6 to 11 percent in May 2009. But the tax didn't curb cigarette use (84) some experts expected.
The retail price of cigarettes didn't go up (85) as the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau reacted by absorbing the tax hike and maintaining cigarette prices, said Wu Yiqun at the Think-Tank Research Center for Health Development, a non-governmental organization (86) smoking control.

单选题 A. in order B. in addition C. in a bid to D. in contribution to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] in order为错误的搭配,正确的搭配应为:in order to do sth.(为了);in addition(此外,而且)不合题意;in contribution to(贡献,捐献,促成)不合题意。只有C项in a bid to do sth.(为了)符合题意。
单选题 A. conservation B. cafeteria C. campaign D. consumption
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] A.B.C.D选项均为名词。conservation:保存,保护;cafeteria,自助食堂;campaign(战役;运动)不合题意,只有D项(consumption(消费、消耗)符合题意。
单选题 A. that B. what C. who D. which
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] which引导的非限定性定语从句是用来说明前面整个句子的情况或主句的某一部分,不能用what、that、who引导。例如:He seems not to have grasped what I meant,which greatly upsets me.他似乎没领会我的意思,这使我心烦。
单选题 A. easing B. ease C. easy D. easily
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 在介词of后须用V-ing形式,排除B.easy,形容词,easily为副词,均不能与of搭配。只有A项easing符合题意,意为减轻,减少。
单选题 A. comment B. consume C. consent D. conquer
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] comment n./vt.评论;consent n./vi准许,同意;conquer vt.征服,均不合题意,只有B项consume vt.消耗,消费,耗尽,符合题意。
单选题 A. sensible B. sensitive C. similar D. simple
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] A.B.C.D选项均为形容词,sensible.感觉得到的,明智的;similar.相似的,类似的;simple简单的,朴素的,均不合题意。只有B项be sensitive to表示对……敏感,符合题意。
单选题 A. revenge B. revolt C. revenue D. revolution
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] revenge vt.替……报仇n.报仇;revolt vi.&n.反抗,造反;revolution n.革命,旋转,均不合题意。只有C项revenue表示收入,收益,税收,符合题意。
单选题 A. identical B. ignorant C. imperative D. unimportant
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] identical a.完全相同的,同一的;ignorant a.不知道的,无知的;unimportant不重要的,以上三个词均不合题意。只有imperative a.必要的,紧急的,极重要的符合题意。
单选题 A. attribute in B. attributing to C. arise from D. arising from
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处应填动词短语作定语,修饰前面的名词the growing health and environmental concerns,意为由吸烟引起的对健康和环境的关心。attibute指把……归因于,认为是……的结果,正确搭配为be attributed to,故排除A,B;arise from产生于,起因于,在该句子中需用arising from的结构作定语,故选D。
单选题 A. annual B. alloy C. additional D. adequate
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] alloy n.合金,(金属的)成色;additional a.附加的,追加的;adequate a.足够的,可以胜任的,均不合题意。只有A项annual a.每年的,符合题意。
单选题 A. critics B. comment C. compliment D. criticism
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] critics n.评论、评论家;comment n.评沦;compliment n.赞美;三个词均不合题意。只有D项criticism表示批评,符合题意。
单选题 A. at the risk of B. at the cost of C. at the expend ofD. regardless of
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] at the risk of冒着……的危险;regardless of不管,不顾,均不合题意。expend vt.花费,无at the expend of这种搭配。只有B项at the cost of以…为代价,符合题意。
单选题 A. the world small B. the world's smallest
C. the world's biggest D. the world big
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据题意,此处的同位语名词指中国是世界上最大的香烟生产和消费国家,the world's biggest正确。名词作定语与名词所有格作定语有时是有区别的。一般来说,名词作定语通常说明被修饰的词的性质,而名词所有格作定语则强调对被修饰的词的所有(权)关系或表示逻辑上的谓语关系。例如:在“the Party members(党员)”中,名词定语表示members的性质;在“the Party's calls(党的号召)”中,Party具有动作发出者的作用,calls虽然是名词,却具有动作的含义。
单选题 A. central B. certainly C. current D. currently
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据题意,此处需填入副词作状语currently,目前、当前,符合此语法结构。central a.中心的;主要的,certainly ad.一定,必定;current a.目前的,当前的,均不符合。
单选题 A. smoking-related B. relate smoke
C. smoking-relate D. smoke-relation
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] smoking-related为复合形容词,意为与吸烟有关的,符合题意。该结构为名词+过去分词的结构,例如:hand-made手工制的,其它选项的结构均不正确。
单选题 A. except to B. expect to C. is expected to D. in expectation of
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据题意,需填入谓语动词。be expected to期望,为固定搭配,符合题意。except vt./prep.把……除外;免除不合题意。expectation n.期望,in expectation of为介词短语,不能作谓语。
单选题 A. rise B. arise C. decrease D. raise
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] rise vi.升高,上升,上涨;arise vi.呈现,出现,发生;decrease vt.&vi.(使)缩短,减小,减少,不合题意。只有D项raise vt.提起,举起,竖起,符合题意,此处指政府要提高税收之意。
单选题 A. while B. as C. whenever D. since
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] as引导非限制性定语从句,指代整个主句内容,从句可置于句首,句中或句尾,例如:Grammar,as has been said before,is not a set of dead rules.语法,就像以前所说,不是一套死规则。
单选题 A. actually B. accordingly C. apparently D. approximately
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] accordingly ad.因此,所以,符合题意。而actually ad.实际上,竟然;apparently adv.表面上的,明显的;approximately ad.近似地,大约,均不合题意。
单选题 A. is committed to B. committed
C. committed to D. committed with
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] be committed to致力于,忠于某一立场;坚定的。此处需用V-ed形式作定语修饰前面的名词a non-governmental organization,意为致力于控制烟草的非政府机构,C选项正确。