Question

Smoking in indoor public places including public working place, public transportation vehicles and some other special outdoor working spaces has been banned in China since January 2011. Should smoking be banned in public places? Of course, it should be. First, banning smoking in public places will not only help in saving smokers from various kinds of heath conditions and diseases, but will also be beneficial for passive smokers.

Second, banning smoking in public places will put pressure on smokers to quit. Since a smoker is forbidden from smoking in public places, he will learn how to live without smoking a cigarette for long hours. Moreover, when a smoker doesn’t see anybody around him smoking or smelling of cigarette, it might reduce his urge to smoke too. Thus, people have to quit smoking as a result of smoking ban.

Smoking in public places influences non­smokers to take up smoking, especially adolescents. Since teens are in an impressionable age, when they see people around them smoking, they get encouraged to try it and then it becomes a habit, increasing the incidence of teen smoking. Moreover, asthma(哮喘) and ear infections are commonly seen in children who live around smokers, so if it’s banned in public places, these places will become safe for children and teens, healthwise.

Looking from the economic point of view, since smoking is a major contributing factor to many diseases, it leads to absence from work. Moreover, employees who smoke tend to take breaks now and then to smoke, thus cutting back on their working hours. So, if employers want to increase work productivity and want to make sure that their employees remain healthy, they should ban and stop smoking in and around offices.

At last, smoking cigarettes adds to the pollution of the air, so if it is banned, it will help in saving the environment from further deterioration(惡化)．

1.According to the passage, in what situation do smokers reduce their urge to smoke? (No more than 11 words)

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2.Seen from the environmental point of view, why shouldn’t people smoke in public places? (No more than 7 words)

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3.How does smoking in and around offices affect work productivity? (No more than 13 words)

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4.What is the main idea of the passage？(No more than 8 words)

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Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.When seeing nobody around them smoking or smelling of cigarette.

2.Because smoking adds to air pollution.

3.Smoking can cause employees’s absence from work and reduce employees’ working hours.

4.Advantages /Benefits of banning smoking in public places .

【解析】

試題分析：應(yīng)該禁止在公共場所吸煙嗎？作者在文中不僅給出肯定的答復(fù)，而且從正反兩個方面講述了這樣做的必要性。比如禁止在公共場合吸煙可以產(chǎn)生讓吸煙者戒煙的壓力，而且對被動吸煙的人也是有好處的，此外在公共場所吸煙也會給青少年帶來不良影響，這些都表明禁止公共場合吸煙是正確的。

1.信息查找題。根據(jù)第二段第三句when a smoker doesn’t see anybody around him smoking or smelling of cigarette, it might reduce his urge to smoke too.可以判斷作答。答案為When seeing nobody around them smoking or smelling of cigarette。

2.信息查找題。根據(jù)文章最后一段smoking cigarettes adds to the pollution of the air, so if it is banned, it will help in saving the environment from further deterioration 可以判斷答案可填Because smoking adds to air pollution.

3.信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中it leads to absence from work. Moreover, employees who smoke tend to take breaks now and then to smoke, thus cutting back on their working hours可以判斷作答。答案為.Smoking can cause employees’s absence from work and reduce employees’ working hours.

4.信息歸納題。文章開頭提出政府發(fā)布的公共場所的禁煙令，然后提出問題Should smoking be banned in public places? Of course, it should be.，再圍繞禁煙的好處展開敘述，由此判斷文章中心是在公共場所禁煙的好處，所以答案為Advantages /Benefits of banning smoking in public places .

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