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Passage One
At many colleges, smokers are being run not just out of school buildings but off the premises. On Nov. 19 , the University of Kentucky, the tobacco state’s flagship public institution, Launched a campus wide ban on cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco on school grounds and parking areas. Pro-nicotine students staged a “smoke-out”to protest the new policy, which even rules out smoking inside cars if they’re on school property.
Kentucky joins more than 365 U. S. colleges and universities that in recent years have instituted antismoking rules both indoors and out. In most places, the issue doesn’t seem to be secondhand smoke. Rather, the rationale for going smoke-free in wide open spaces is a desire to model healthy behavior.
Purdue University, which has 30-ft. buffer zones, recently considered adopting a campuswide ban but tempered its proposal after receiving campus input. Smoking will now be restricted to limited outdoor areas.
One big problem with a total ban is enforcing it. Take the University of Iowa. In July 2008, the school went smoke-free in accordance with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, violations of which can result in a $50 fine. But so far, the university has ticketed only about 25 offenders. “Our campus is about 1, 800 acres, so to think that we could keep track of who is smoking on campus at any given time isn’t really feasible, ”says Joni Troester, director of the university’s campus wellness program. Instead, the school helps those trying to kick the habit by offering smoking-cessation programs and providing reimbursement for nicotine patches, gum and prescription medications like Zyban.
The University of Michigan will probably take a similar approach when its ban takes effect in July 2011. “We don’t have a desire to give tickets or levy punishments, ”says Robert Winfield, the school’s chief health officer. “We want to encourage people to stop smoking, set a good example for students and make this a healthier community. ”
Naturally, there has been pushback from students. “Where do we draw the line between a culture of health and individual choice?”asks Jnathan Slemrod, a University of Michigan senior and president of the school’s College Libertarians. “If they truly want a culture of health, I expect them to go through all our cafeterias and get rid of all our Taco Bells, all our pizza places. ”Students might want to enjoy those Burrito Supremes while they can. In today’s health-obsessed culture, those may be next.
单选题
We can infer that the “newness”of the antismoking policy at the University of Kentucky lies in _________ .
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题是细节题,考查对第一段最后一句话的理解。
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By setting the antismoking rules the University of Kentucky mainly aims for _________ .
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题是推理题,考查对第二段大意的归纳总结,并且提干中的“mainly”是答题的关键。
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One of the problems enforcing the ban on smoking at the University of Iows is _________ .
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】本题是细节题,考查对第四段中直接引语部分的理解。
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The word “levy”(in Paragraph 5)most probably means _________ .
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题是词汇题,这道题的关键是运用语法与搭配的知识,猜测出“levy”在短语“to give tickets or levy punishments”中的意思。
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According to Jonathan Slemrod, Taco Bell is _________ .
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本题是推理题,文中讲到“get rid of all our Taco Bells”, 可见Taco Bells 与吸烟一样,都是不健康的。