Question

【題目】Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says,“I tried to quit (停止) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____【1】___”

Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ___【2】____. They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.

___【3】___ . The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.

___【4】____. Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ___【5】____

A. It is very hard to quit smoking.

B. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.

C. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.

D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.

E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.

F. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.

G. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】E

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了吸煙的人成癮的原因以及吸煙的害處。香煙里有一種叫作尼古丁的毒。許多人剛開始吸煙，感到難受，過了一些日子他們就習慣了尼古丁。然后就離不開它了。吸煙容易引起癌癥和心臟病。但是戒煙很難，很多人戒了煙不久又吸起來了。

【1】G根據(jù)第一段的I tried to quit (停止) smoking in my hometown,but it was impossible.和Here in the United States, not as many people smoke.可知Ali因為家鄉(xiāng)的人都吸煙，所以戒煙是不可能的，比較一下，在美國，吸煙的人沒那么多，因此可以推測此處要說戒煙要容易,，故選G項。

【2】D根據(jù)第二段的They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. 可知吸煙的人知道吸煙有害健康，故選D項。

【3】E根據(jù)第三段的這些時間短語 In a few days, Later,可知暗示將按時間來描述，所以此處應是剛開始（first），故選E項。

【4】A根據(jù)最后一段的Many people who quit will soon smoke again.可知戒了煙的人不久很快又開始吸煙，因此此處要說戒煙很難，故選A項。

【5】C根據(jù)最后一段的Soon they become smokers again. 可知他們又成為煙民，沒有有效的戒煙方法，因此說，最好的方法就是一開始就不吸煙，故選C項。