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Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

If you smoke and you still don't believe that there's a definite between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. No one will accuse you of hypocrisy. Let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of wishful thinking.This needn't make you too uncomfortable because you are in good company. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised, the governments of most countries hear no evil, see no evil and smell no evil. Admittedly, a few governments have taken timid measures. In Britain, for example, cigarette advertising has been banned on television. The conscience of the nation is appeased, while the population continues to puff its way to smoky, cancerous death.

You don't have to look very far to find out why the official reactions to medical findings have been so lukewarm. The answer is simply money. Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It's almost like a tax on our daily bread. In tax revenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may, conceivably, be harmful, it doesn't do to shout too loudly about it.

This is surely the most short-sighted policy you could imagine. While money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other.Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether.

Of course, we are not ready for such drastic action. But if the governments of the world were honestly concerned about the welfare of their peoples, you'd think they'd conduct aggressive antismoking campaigns. Far from it! The tobacco industry is allowed to spend staggering sums on advertising. Its advertising is as insidious as it is dishonest. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisements always depict virile, clean-shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy! Smoking is associated with the great open-air life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness. What utter nonsense!

For a start, governments, could begin by banning all cigarette and tobacco advertising and should then conduct anti-smoking advertising campaigns of their own. Smoking should be banned in all public places like theatres, cinemas and restaurants. Great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit. A horrific warning -- say,a picture of a death's head -- should be included in every packet of cigarettes that is sold. As individuals we are certainly weak, but if governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.

单选题

The best title of the text may be ________.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

题干问:“这篇文章的最佳标题为……”。 本文的主旨是批评全世界的国家政府没有很严肃地进行反对抽烟的宣传活动和运动, 因此选项 B“全世界的国家政府应严肃地进行反对抽烟的运动” 为正确选项。 而选项 A“马上放弃抽烟的习惯”, 选项 c“继续强有力地进行反对抽烟的游说” 和选项 D“全世界的国家政府应该拨更多的资金给癌症研究” 都是一些其他角度的理解, 不是文章的中心, 因此都不能作为整篇文章的高级中心和主旨。

单选题

As pointed out in the text, governments are reluctant to exercise total ban on cigarette and tobacco advertising ________.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

题干问: “如文章所指出, 各国政府都不愿完全禁止烟草广告……”。 正确选项为 A“出于经济回报的考虑”, 此题是对 2、 3、 4 段的归纳。 而选项 D“为公共福利着想”,选项 C“不考虑税收” 和选项 D“为抽烟者的游说作好准备” 都不符合原文的题意。

单选题

The word "hypocrisy" ( Paragraph 2) denotes ________.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

题干问: “这个词‘hypocrisy’ 的大概意思是……”。 根据上下文, 该词与上文中的"deceiving” 构成一种照应关系, 正确选项为 A“不诚恳”, 而不诚实的不是抽烟者, 而是政府本身。 而选项 B “困境”, 选项 C“犹豫不决” 和选项 D“威胁” 都不是这个词上下文的含义。

单选题

It can be concluded that anti-smoking campaigns should be conducted________.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】

题干问:“从文章可得出的推论是反对抽烟的运动应该以怎样的方式进行?” 此题考察的是作者的观点, 正确选项为 D“相当诚恳地和积极地”, 这在文中多次提及。 而选项 A“阴险地和谨慎地”, 选项 B“生动地和有吸引力地” 和选项 C“激进地以及极端地”都不是作者所提倡的, 作者所提倡的要点为诚实这一点。

单选题

The author is most critical of________.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

题干问: “作者最为批判的是……”。 这篇文章作者批判了很多人, 但最为批判的是世界各政府的这种很缓慢的或者不冷不热的暧昧态度, 因此选项 C“世界的各国政府”为正确选项。 而选项 A“反对抽烟的游说者”, 选项 B“烟草广告商” 和选项 D“收税者”都不是作者最为批判的对象。