Question

Promised yourself to quit smoking in the new year, but just can't stop lighting up? You're not alone, with an Australian survey showing that only 3 percent of smokers who made such resolutions stuck with them．

An online poll of just over 1,000 people, conducted ahead of the launch of a video game designed to help smokers quit, showed one in four Australians made New Year's resolutions to quit —— but more than half went back on their word within a week．Some 15 percent lit up within hours of making the pledge, the survey showed,

The research revealed that seven out of ten smokers have tried to kick the habit at some point．

"Our research shows that the majority of smokers in Australia want to quit but are struggling to stick to their resolution．For most people, the desire to stop smoking is not enough, "Edward Fong, general manager of Ubisoft, the videogame manufacturer selling the anti— smoking software, said in a statement．

According to the survey, Australian smokers light up an average of 13．8 cigarettes every day or 5,037 cigarettes a year．There are currently 2．63 million smokers in Australia, which equates to 16 percent of the population over the age of 18, with women on average making more attempts to quit than men．The World Health Organization says smoking kills about 4 million people each year, causing a quarter of deaths related to heart disease．The organization estimates that by 2030, more than 8 million people will die from tobacco - related causes each year, mainly in developing countries．

1.According to the passage, _______ succeeded in giving up smoking．

A．most of the smokers B．None of the smokers

C．a(chǎn) few of the smokers D．a(chǎn) quarter of the smokers

2.The research shows that ______．

A．some 70% of smokers have quitted smoking

B．a(chǎn)bout 15% of smokers give up smoking only a few hours

C．the number of men smokers are more than that of women ones

D．a(chǎn)ll the smokers want to quit smoking

3.What is the population over the age of 18 in Australia?

A．2．63million． B．4 million．

C．16．44 million．D．8 million．

4.The number of smokers dying from tobacco — related causes each year by 2030 is ．

A．a(chǎn)bout one million B．a(chǎn)bout two million

C．more than 4 million D．more than 8 million

5.Where do you suppose this passage is probably taken from?

A．Health magazine． B．Evening paper．

C．Office Report． D．Science-Journal．

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：新年戒煙你能堅(jiān)持嗎?從而介紹世界戒煙的現(xiàn)狀。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到with an Australian survey showing that only 3 percent of smokers who made such resolutions stuck with them僅有百分之三的人在堅(jiān)持戒煙，故選C項(xiàng)。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到Some 15 percent lit up within hours of making the pledge, the survey showed約15%的受訪者立誓戒煙還不到幾個(gè)小時(shí)，就又開始吞云吐霧了，故選B項(xiàng)。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到According to the survey, Australian smokers light up an average of 13．8 cigarettes every day or 5,037 cigarettes a year．There are currently 2．63 million smokers in Australia, which equates to 16 percent of the population over the age of 18, with women on average making more attempts to quit than men．調(diào)查顯示，澳大利亞煙民平均每人每天吸13.8根香煙，合每人每年吸5037根。目前澳大利亞共有263萬(wàn)煙民，相當(dāng)于18歲以上成年人的16%，女性煙民試圖戒煙的次數(shù)要多于男性，故選C項(xiàng)。

4. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到The World Health Organization says smoking kills about 4 million people each year, causing a quarter of deaths related to heart disease．The organization estimates that by 2030, more than 8 million people will die from tobacco - related causes each year, mainly in developing countries世界衛(wèi)生組織稱，全球每年有400萬(wàn)人死于吸煙引發(fā)的疾病， 其中四分之一死于心臟病。據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織估計(jì)，截至2030年，全球每年將有超過(guò)800萬(wàn)人死于吸煙引發(fā)的疾病，且主要集中在發(fā)展中國(guó)家，故選D項(xiàng)。

5. 推斷題。本文主要在講述在新年，戒煙你能堅(jiān)持嗎，從而引出對(duì)于世界抽煙現(xiàn)狀的分析，故出自健康雜志。

考點(diǎn)：健康類閱讀。