问答题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

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Health Hazards of Smoking

Tobacco is the leading cause of lung disease. / Studies have found that nicotine can be as powerful as alcohol. / Nicotine is a poison. / But it is also the major substance in cigarettes that gives pleasure to smokers. / When a former smoker smokes a cigarette, / the nicotine reaction may start again, / forcing the person to keep smoking. / So experts say it is better not to start smoking / and become dependent on nicotine than it is to smoke with the idea of stopping later.