单选题 The California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. The measure is part of a larger package of laws aimed at reducing tobacco use. If Governor Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products. More than 100 cities in the U.S., including New York and Boston, have already raised the age limit.
A week ago, the California Assembly approved the measure, which—in addition to raising the age limit—treats electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products, expands smoke-free areas, increases smoking bans and allows counties to collect higher taxes on cigarettes than the 87-cent per pack state tax. The Assembly"s vote came a few days after the city of San Francisco increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21.
California lawmakers passed the bill despite lobbying (游说) from tobacco interests. The measure also faced opposition from many Republicans, who said the state should not be involved in policing people"s personal choices. "I don"t smoke. I don"t encourage my children to," said Republican Assemblyman Donald Wagner. "But they"re adults, and it"s our job to treat our citizens as adults."
But supporters of the bill say raising the age to 21 moves legally purchased tobacco that much farther from younger kids. "This will save the medical system millions of dollars," said Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood. (76) "It will save thousands of lives." A 2015 study by the Institute of Medicine "found that if the minimum legal age to buy tobacco were raised to 21 nationwide, tobacco use would drop by 12 percent by the time today"s teens reached adulthood. In addition, there would be 223,000 fewer premature(过早的) deaths and 50,000 fewer deaths from lung cancer."

单选题 Which of the following is the first state to raise smoking age to 21?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 第一段第三句话“...California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products.”。
细节题。题干问的是“哪个是第一个提高吸烟年龄到21岁的州?”根据定位句“加州将成为继夏威夷之后第二个提高购买香烟和其他烟草产品合法年龄的州”可以推断加州是第二个州，而夏威夷是第一个州，故选B。

单选题 The California law includes all the following measures EXCEPT ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 第二段第一句话“...treats electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products, expands smoke-free areas, increases smoking bans and allows counties to collect, higher taxes...”。
细节题。题干问的是“下列哪项规定不在加州法律范围内?”定位句指出加州法律范围内有四条附加规定，分别是将电子香烟视为与烟草产品同等的存在，扩大了禁烟区的范围(A项)，提高了禁烟令(C项)，并且允许各镇对香烟征收高税(B项)。由此可知，D项“对鼓励孩子抽烟的父母进行惩罚”不属于加州法律范围。故选D。

单选题 The word policing in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 第三段第二句话“...who said the state should not be involved in policing people"s personal choices.”。
词汇题。题干问的是“第三段中的policing的意思是?”根据定位句“…州政府不应policing人们的个人选择”可知，policing和政府行为有关，即用政策(policy)进行干涉和控制。A项“丰富”；B项“控制”；C项“了解”；D项“保护”。只有B项符合句意，故选B。

单选题 Who is against the bill?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 第三段第二句话“The measure also faced opposition from many Republicans，...”和第三句话“...said Republican Assemblyman Donald Wagner.”。
细节题。题干问的是“谁反对这项法案?”定位句“该项法案遭到了许多共和党人的反对”以及“共和党人唐纳德·瓦格纳说”表明唐纳德·瓦格纳属于反对法案的人群。A项“州长杰瑞·布朗”；B项“立法委员唐纳德·瓦格纳”；C项“立法委员吉姆·伍德”；D项“旧金山市长”。故选B。

单选题 Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 全文第一句话“The California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.”；第一段第三句话“...California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products.”；第二段最后一句话“The Assembly"s vote came a few days after the city of San Francisco increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21.”；第三段第二句话“The measure also faced opposition from many Republicans, ..”。
综合分析题。题干问的是“下列哪个最适合作为本文的标题?”根据定位句分别得出四个选项：A项“加州立法议员在周四投票决定将合法购买烟草的年龄从18岁提高到21岁。”；B项“加州立法委员会的投票是在旧金山将合法购买烟草产品年龄提高到21岁之后进行的。”；C项“加州将成为继夏威夷之后第二个提高购买香烟和其他烟草产品合法年龄的州”；D项“该项法案遭到了许多共和党人的反对”。B，C，D三个选项都是具体的表现并不能全面概括文章的主旨，故选A。