Passage 2：

Most of the ill health we suffer could be prevented if people made more effort to change their life styles. Instead， many people continue to smoke， to drink excessively to eat unbalanced diets. How can governments help people protect their health and avoid premature death？

Well， many of the measures which need not be expensive. One of the first preventive health measures should be an increase in taxes on tobacco to the point at which consumption falls off. The aim should be to raise the same amount of revenue from a decreasing number of people. In the short term such a policy could even raise extra money， which could then be spent on subsidizing sport so that advertising tobacco through sports sponsorship could be banned.

Legislation is badly needed to ban all advertising of tobacco products as it persuades people to smoke more and so is in a larger part responsible for the ill health and thousands of premature deaths caused by cancer of the lung. Other measures should be enforced， such as a much tougher health warning on cigarette packets， and tobacco companies should be made to contribute to research into a cure for lung cancer.

Alcoholism could be prevented by making wines， spirits and strong beers more expensive and the revenue raised could be used to set up clinics to help the people who already have a drinking problem and want to give up. Similarly all advertising of alcohol should be banned and compensation paid to families of alcoholics who die of the liver disease.

6. Among the following statements， which one is not the life style that people should make more effort to change in order to suffer less？

A） stop smoking B） drink less C） eat balanced food D） collect stamps

答案： D

解析： 一段中都已经提到了吸烟和饮食，就是没有涉及到收集邮票的形式，所以不选D这是一道细节题。

7. What does “revenue” in the second paragraph mean？

A） the general income of a government

B） pocket money

C） broad street with trees on both sides

D） building built in memory of somebody or some event

答案： A

解析： revenue是税收的含义，第2段的第2句主要介绍了利用税收的方式来规范人们的行为。其它的选项不符合文章的要求。

8. Which of the following answers is wrong as to the result of new legislation on tobacco？

A） In a short term， the new legislation on tobacco？

B） Then， the money can stop tobacco sponsorship with sports.

C） In the long run， the new legislation will cause tobacco consumption to fall.

D） But in the long run， the new legislation may raise the falling number of smokers again

答案： D

解析： 第3段陈述了集中方法，法律收入和警告的形式，前三项都没有问题的，D错在无中生有new legislation作者没有提到。

9. Choose the one measure that the writer wants to carry out against both tobacco and alcohol companies.

A） higher taxes B） lower prices C） advertising banned D） tougher warning

答案： C

解析： 推论题。后一段的后一句是作者的建议，别出心裁其它的几项是说明常见和常用的方法，C是作者的建议。

10. How is the writer‘s attitude towards tobacco and alcohol？

A） positive B） slightly negative C） strongly opposing them D） objective

答案： C

解析： 判断作者态度题。A是支持的意思，B、D分别是“有点反对、客观的含义”C是明显的反对的意思，符合作者的观点。

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