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.
　　16. 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
　　17. 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
　　18. 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
　　19. 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
　　20. How is the writer‘s attitude towards tobacco and alcohol?
　　A.positive B.slightly negative C.strongly opposing them D.objective
　　答案： C

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