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A single cigarette sold on a street corner may not cost a lot; however, the whole costs of smoking are huge.
First, consider the cost of human life. About 10 people die of a tobacco-related disease every minute. Most of these preventable deaths happen in low-income and middle-income countries. The World Bank says each of these countries has a total national income of less than $ 12,746.
The World Health Organization says tobacco kills 6 million people yearly -a number that is expected to rise to 8 million by 2030 unless immediate action is taken.
But smoking costs more than the life of a person. It can affect the health of the whole country. The World Health Organization says low-income countries depend heavily on taxes from cigarettes. They use the money, in part, to pay the costs of health care for tobacco-related diseases.
But the illegal trade in tobacco products is further testing the economies of low-income countries. WHO officials say the illegal trade earns about $ 31 billion every year.
Douglas Bettcher is the director of the W HO s Department for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases. He calls the illegal trade a monster with many heads. He says the trade enables young people to buy cigarettes at low prices, become addicted to tobacco and suffer from serious health problems. It also increases crime and reduces taxes.
The World Health Organization is strongly suggesting that the U. N. member states sign an agreement to end the illegal trade in tobacco products. Eight countries have agreed to the agreement. But the agreement of 32 other countries is still needed for it to become an international law.
If the agreement succeeds, governments could put people who trade illegal tobacco products in prison-another cost to countries budgets.
1.Where are people dying of a tobacco related disease mostly from?
A.Developed countries. B.Old countries.
C.Underdeveloped countries. D.New countries.
2.Which of the following about the whole costs of smoking is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Destroying the environment.
B.Being harmful to human life.
C.Affecting the whole country’s economy.
D.Causing the illegal trade.
3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 6?
A.Some action has been taken by the WHO.
B.The illegal trade in tobacco products is harmful.
C.Young people who are addicted to smoking may commit a crime.
D.An agreement to end the illegal trade in tobacco products is being signed.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Smoking Costs More than You Think
B.Different Ways to Stop Smoking
C.The Illegal Trade in Tobacco Products
D.Immediate Action to Stop Smoking
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A single cigarette sold on a street comer may not cost a lot; however, the total costs of smoking are huge.
1.. The World Health Organization says about 10 people die of a tobacco-linked disease every minute. That rate adds up to almost six million people dying from such diseases every year. Most of these preventable deaths happen in low-income and middle-income countries. The World Bank says each of these countries has a total national income of less than $ 12,746.2.. The number is expected to rise to 8 million by 2030 unless immediate action is taken.
3.. For most people, stopping smoking is hard. Many began smoking as teenagers. They are used to it. Also, tobacco contains the powerful drug nicotine. Studies show people who want to stop smoking can do so with different treatments. Some get help from electronic cigarettes or medicine that reduce one’s desire for the drug. Dr. Nancy Rigotti works at Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. She says she finds that medicine and services together work best of all.
4.. It can influence the health of an entire country. The World Health Organization says low-income countries depend heavily on taxes from cigarettes. They use the money, in part, to pay the costs of health care for tobacco-related diseases.
The World Health Organization is pushing United Nations member states to sign an agreement to end the illegal trade in tobacco products.5.. But the agreement of 32 other countries is needed for it to become international law.
A. Stopping smoking
B. It isn’t necessary to take action
C. Consider the cost of human life
D. Other countries also sign the agreement
E. Eight countries have agreed with the agreement
F. But smoking costs more than the life of a person
G. The World Health Organization says tobacco kills 6 million people yearly
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Many smokers aren't finding the cost of cigarettes a laughing matter. The federal tax(联邦税) on a pack jumped Wednesday -- April Fools' Day -- from 39 cents to $1.01. The tax increase is so big, it's being called "historic."Higher federal taxes apply to(适用于) other tobacco products, so even those smokers who have taken to rolling their own to save money can't escape them. The tax is expected to cause about 1 million smokers to quit.
New York leads the pack, so to speak, with a combined $3.76. Any smokers planning to visit New York City should bring cigarettes from home. A pack there now costs more than $9.
Some tobacco companies raised their prices several weeks ago. For example, the price of a pack of Marlboros jumped 71 cents. Where the price settles depends on the company. Some may absorb part of the tax and others will make smokers carry the entire weight and more.
However, some people think the tax unfair. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only one in five Americans smokes, and over half of all smokers are low income, and one of four is officially classified as poor.
What do you think? Is the tax unfair? We think cancer sticks should have been taxed into disappearance years ago, combined with a very strong public and private effort to help smokers quit.
1.Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage?
A. Cigarettes as well as other tobacco products are affected by the tax increase.
B. More and more smokers have to stop smoking as a result of tax increase on tobacco.
C. Cigarettes in New York must be very expensive.
D. smokers will carry all the tax increase on tobacco.
2. The author’s attitude toward the tax increase is ________.
A. showing agreement with the tax
B. showing disagreement with the tax
C. could not be seen
D. keeping his own ideas
3. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A. The Federal Tax
B. New Cigarette Tax Is No April Fools’ joke
C. Stop Smoking Immediately!
D. Unfair Tax on Tobacco
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On arrival in the downtown El Paso, I came across an old man, a bum(流浪汉) on the street corner. He me and asked if I was running away from home. I him, “Not exactly, sir.” The old man wanted me to follow him to see great. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public .
He asked me to sit down while he was looking for something between the shelves. A few moments , he returned with a couple
of old books. He then sat down, , “There are two things that I want to teach you Number one is to judge a book by its cover, for a cover can you. As a matter of fact, I am one of the men in the world and have all the things that money can buy. a year ago, my wife died, and since then l have been thinking about my life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet in life, one of which was it would be like to live like a on the streets. I promised to do that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a by its cover, for a cover can fool you ““Number two is to learn how to read, my boy. For there is one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your .” At that moment, he put my right hand in his and put them upon the books he had from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato(柏拉图) and Aristotle(亚里斯多德)—great classics from ancient times.
1.A. hit B. stopped C. blamed D. rewarded
2.A. refused B. warned C. told D. prevented
3.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
4.A. Factory B. School C. Library D. Hospital
5.A. special B. normal C. rich D. favorite
6.A. before B. late C. later D. ago
7.A. crying B. saying C. reading D. laughing
8.A. ever B. always C. never D. often
9.A. attract B. fool C. protect D. teach
10.A. wealthiest B. happiest C. loneliest D. stupidest
11.A. So B. Simply C. But D. Since
12.A. finally B. aimlessly C. thankfully D. deeply
13.A. experienced B. saw C. paid D. used
14.A. where B. what C. how D. why
15.A. bum B. beggar C. policeman D. driver
16.A. busily B. easily C. freely D. exactly
17.A. picture B. book C. person D. price
18.A. always B. hardly C. only D. rarely
19.A. opinion B. clothes C. wisdom(智慧) D. appearance
20.A. opened B. pulled C. placed D. filled
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The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had fallen down while crossing the street , and an ambulance rushed him to the nearest hospital. There, when he came to now and again, the old man repeatedly called for his son.
From a worn letter located in his pocket, an emergency-room (急救室) nurse learned that his son was a sailor stationed in North Carolina Camp. Obviously there were no other relatives.
Someone at the hospital called the Red Cross office in Brooklyn, and a request for the son to rush to Brooklyn was sent. Because time was short—the patient was dying, so they found the young man and rushed him to the airport in time to catch the only plane that night enable him to reach his dying father.
It was dusk when the nurse took the tired, anxious sailor to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. The medicine he had been given because of the pain from his heart attack made his eyes weak and only saw the young man in uniform(制服 ) standing outside the oxygen tent. He extended his hand. The sailor wrapped his strong fingers around the old man’s, releasing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought him a chair, so the sailor could sit by the bed.
Nights are long in hospitals, but all through the night the young sailor sat there, holding the old man’s hand and offering words of hope and strength. It was nearly dawn when the patient died. The sailor placed his lifeless hand he had been holding on the bed, and went to inform the nurse.
“Who was the man?” the sailor asked.
“He was your father.” the nurse answered surprisingly.
“No, he wasn’t,” the sailor replied.” I never saw him before in my life.”
“Why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?” she asked.
“I knew immediately there‘d been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I guessed he really needed me. So I stayed.”
Two days later a message came in that there had been two sailors with the same name and similar number in the Camp. Someone in the personnel office had pulled out the wrong record.
But the wrong sailor had become the right son at the right time. And he proved, in a very human way, that there are people who care what happens to their fellow men.
1.An emergency-room nurse found out that the old man’s son was a sailor__________.
A. by calling the Red Cross office in Brooklyn
B. because the old man repeatedly called for his son
C. from a letter found in the old man’s pocket
D. from someone in hospital
2.In the hospital__________ .
A. the nurse stayed by the old man’s bed through most of the night
B. the dying man said a few words to his son
C. the son offered love in the last few hours of the old man’s life
D. the old man knew the young man wasn’t his son
3.The young sailor told the nurse that he was not the real son of the old man__________ .
A. after the old man died
B. when the nurse sensed something strange
C. before the sailor came to the nurse’s station
D. when holding the old man’s hand
4.The sentence “the wrong sailor had become the right son at the right time” in the last paragraph means that__________ .
A. the sailor was wrong in fooling the dying old man
B. The sailor made the right decision about what he should do
C. the sailor told the real story about him and the old man
D. the right son hurried to the hospital in time
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Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched ___ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would ____ a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a ____ day for begging. The men were able to ____ enough for a big meal. As it was getting dark, they started to ___ their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they ___ a man walking toward them. He was a ___ man they could tell that from his fine clothes. The first beggar said to the second with ___ , “He’s coming our way!” The man stopped, ___ into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard ___ , wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and ___ his way.
“He could have easily left us a few ___ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar. He looked at the offering ___ .“There’s no way we can ___ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away. Then he collected his things and ___ .
The second beggar wanted to do the same, ____ a second thought made him change his ___ .“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “How ____ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his ____ , there was no hard rock candy inside. ____ , a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
1.A. helplessly B. happily C. uselessly D. quickly
2.A. steal B. lose C. drop D. send
3.A. cloudy B. bad C. rainy D. cold
4.A. collect B. pick C. buy D. find
5.A. carry B. hide C. place D. pack
6.A. felt B. heard C. noticed D. believed
7.A. kind B. strong C. tall D. rich
8.A. worry B. excitement C. fear D. politeness
9.A. turned B. looked C. went D. reached
10.A. candy B. cake C. rock D. bread
11.A. forgot B. changed C. missed D. continued
12.A. books B. coins C. sweets D. flowers
13.A. angrily B. proudly C. nervously D. quietly
14.A. smell B. eat C. like D. put
15.A. slept B. sat C. left D. cried
16.A. if B. although C. after D. but
17.A. habit B. way C. mind D. rule
18.A. nice B. funny C. clever D. strange
19.A. interest B. sadness C. surprise D. pity
20.A. Besides B. Instead C. However D. Again
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On a _____ morning the little girl was found _____ at the corner of the street.
A. freezing; freezing B. freezing; frozen C. frozen; frozen D. frozen; freezing
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Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city．They watched ____ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them．Sometimes, a kindhearted woman or a small child would ____ a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a ____ day for begging．The men were able to ____ enough for a big meal．As it was getting dark, they started to ____ their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they ____ a man walking toward them．He was a ____ man — they could tell that from his fine clothes．The first beggar said to the second with ____, “He’s coming our way！” The man stopped, ____ into his pocket and took something out．What looked like a piece of hard ___, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats．The rich man turned and ____ his way.
“He could have easily left us a few ____ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar．He looked at the offering ____．“There’s no way we can ____ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away．Then he collected his things and ____.
The second beggar wanted to do the same, ____ a second thought made him change his ____．“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought．“How ____ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper．To his ____, there was no hard rock candy inside．____, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
1.A．helplessly B. happily C． uselessly D． quickly
2.A．steal B. lose C． drop D． send
3.A．cloudy B. bad C． rainy D． cold
4.A．collect B. pick C． buy D． find
5.A．carry B. hide C． place D． pack
6.A．felt B. heard C． noticed D． believed
7.A．kind B. strong C． tall D． rich
8.A．worry B. excitement C． fear D． politeness
9.A．turned B. looked C． went D． reached
10.A．candy B. cake C． rock D． bread
11.A．forgot B. changed C． missed D． continued
12.A．books B. coins C． sweets D． flowers
13.A．angrily B .proudly C． nervously D． quietly
14.A．smell B. eat C． like D． put
15.A．slept B. sat C． left D． cried
16.A．if B. although C． after D． but
17.A．habit B. way C． mind D． rule
18.A．nice B. funny C． clever D． strange
19.A．interest B. sadness C． surprise D． pity
20.A．Besides B .Instead C． However D． Again
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Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched _______ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would _______ a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a _______ day for begging. The men were able to _______ enough for a big meal. As it was getting dark, they started to _______ their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they _______ a man walking toward them. He was a _______ man. They could tell that from his fine clothes. The first beggar said to the second with _______, “He’s coming our way!” The man stopped, _______ into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard ________, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and ________ his way.
“He could have easily left us a few ________ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar. He looked at the offering ________. “There’s no way we can ________ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away. Then he collected his things and ________ .
The second beggar wanted to do the same, ________ a second thought made him change his ________.“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “How ________ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his ________, there was no hard rock candy inside. ________, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
1.A.helplessly B.happily C.uselessly D.quickly
2.A.steal B.lose C.drop D.send
3.A.cloudy B.bad C.rainy D.cold
4.A.collect B.pick C.buy D.find
5.A.carry B.hide C.place D.pack
6.A.felt B.heard C.noticed D.believed
7.A.kind B.strong C.tall D.rich
8.A.worry B.excitement C.fear D.politeness
9.A.turned B.looked C.went D.reached
10.A.candy B.cake C.rock D.bread
11.A.forgot B.changed C.missed D.continued
12.A.books B.coins C.sweets D.flowers
13.A.angrily B.proudly C.nervously D.quietly
14.A.smell B.eat C.like D.put
15.A.slept B.sat C.left D.cried
16.A.if B.although C.after D.but
17.A.habit B.way C.mind D.rule
18.A.nice B.funny C.clever D.strange
19.A.interest B.sadness C.surprise D.pity
20.A.Besides B.Instead C.However D.Again
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The saying “________ Brother is smoking is not a cigarette(香烟), but loneliness.” is popular on the Internet.
A. That B. What C. Whether D. Which
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of old books. He then sat down, , “There are two things that I want to teach you Number one is