【2011·江西新余市二模】

B

Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $ 1.01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kick the habit.

    This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.

    The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.

    In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost $10. 06 at one drugstore Wednesday. In Charleston, S.C. , where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation, the price was $ 4.78.

    The influence is obvious.

    In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky. Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.

    Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.”

    That’s true. But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place. As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.

61．The text is mainly about        .

   A．the price of cigarettes                      B．the rate of teen smoking

   C．the effect of tobacco tax increase             D．the differences in tobacco tax rate

62．What does the author think is a surprise?

   A．Teen smokers are price sensitive.

   B．Some states still keep the tobacco tax low.

   C．Tobacco taxes improve public health.

   D．Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise.

63．The underlined word “deter” in Paragraph 3 most probably means         .

   A．discourage           B．remove              C．benefit               D．free

64．Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of       .

   A．tolerance             B．unconcern         C．doubt                D．sympathy

65．What can we learn from the last paragraph?

   A．The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.

   B．Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.

   C．Future generations will be hooked on smoking.

   D．Adults will depend more on their families.

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Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged．It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours．

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Elliot Day wrote：“Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air．Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers．”

From Caroline Scott, we read：“I didn’t expect it, but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but It’s not something I would like to do again！”

And Charlotte Gay wrote：“I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been  my mobile；not only is it a social device, it’s my main access point of communication．”

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       D．Only volunteers in the UK took part in Unplugged experiment．

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       A．Anxious．              B．Lonely                C．Bored．                D．Despaired．

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       B．His work went on smoothly without the media．

       C．His work was carried on hard without the media．

       D．His life was empty without the radio or newspapers．

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       B．People can easily survive the media devices addict．

       C．People can spend more time sleeping in the future．

       D．People spend about half the time using the media devices．

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       A．newspaper ad                                          B．book review           

       C．news report                                               D．science fiction story

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