题目内容
Smoking ______ one’s health.
- A.is great harm to
- B.does great harm to
- C.greatly harms to
- D.does great harm for
People have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe . In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes popular.
Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, causes the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate. Nicotine in large can kill a person by stopping a person’s breathing muscles. Smokers usually take in small amounts that the body can quickly break down.
Nicotine can make new smokers feel dizzy(头晕) or sick to their stomachs. The heart rate for young smokers increases 2 to 3 beats per minute. Nicotine also lowers skin temperature and reduces blood flow in the legs and feet. It plays an important role in increasing smokers’ risk of heart disease and stroke.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. Cigarette smoking was the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases.
【小题1】.
Tobacco first appeared in_________.
A.Asia | B.Africa |
C.Europe | D.America |
What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To tell us the bad effects caused by smoking cigarettes |
B.To introduce the history of smoking |
C.To let us know what the cigarettes are made from |
D.To tell the readers that Columbus found the Indians smoking |
._________doesn’t make one’s heart beat as usual.
A.Tar | B.Nicotine |
C.Lung disease | D.Leave |
The following effects are caused by Nicotine EXCEPT that________.
A.It can make new smokers feel dizzy or sick to their stomachs |
B.It lowers skin temperature |
C.It causes the heart to beat less fast |
D.Nicotine will probably kill a person if a smoker takes in too much of it. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
A.Where did cigarettes come from? |
B.The effect of smoking on your body. |
C.How to smoke is healthy? |
D.Who is the first smoker? |
阅读下面短文,从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
People who smoke could lose around one third of their daily memory, researchers say.
A study by a team at Northumbria University showed that smokers lost more of their memory when compared to non-smokers.
And the research also found that those who kicked the habit saw their ability to recollect information restored to almost the same level as non-smokers.
The study involved more than seventy 18-to-25-year-olds and included a tour of the university’s campus. Those who took part were asked to recall small details, such as a list of songs played at a campus concert and tasks completed at various points-known as real world memory test. Smokers performed badly, remembering just 59 percent of tasks. But those who had given up smoking remembered 74 percent and those who had never smoked recalled 81 percent of tasks.
Dr. Tom Heffernan, who leads Northumbria University’s Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research Group, said the findings would be useful in anti-smoking campaigns. He said, “Given that there are up to 10 million smokers in the UK and as many as 45 million in the United States, it's important to understand the effects smoking has on everyday cognitive(认知的)function-of which prospective memory is an excellent example. ”
“This is the first time that a study has set out to examine whether giving up smoking has an impact on memory. We already know that giving up smoking has huge health benefits for the body, but this study also shows how stopping smoking can have knock-on benefits for cognitive functions too. ’’
The research will now investigate the effects of passive smoking on memory, while Dr. Heffernan and Dr. Terence O’Neil will look into the effects of third-hand smoking-toxins left on curtains and furniture.
【小题1】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Smoking does harm to health. |
B.Smokers take a tour to the University’s campus. |
C.Smoking can affect one’s memory. |
D.Smokers are compared to non-smokers. |
A.Smokers did the worst among the participants. |
B.Non-smokers could recall about half of them. |
C.Smokers could recall nothing at all. |
D.Those who gave up smoking did best. |
A.would be really a surprise to the public |
B.would contribute to fighting against smoking |
C.would be used in real world memory test |
D.would be nothing new to the researchers |
A.order | B.impression | C.expression | D.effect |
A.Investigate the effects of third-hand smoking. |
B.Do research on how smoking affects passive smokers. |
C.Find ways to persuade people to quit smoking. |
D.Study whether giving up smoking affects memory. |
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have invented a new term that describes dangers associated with cigarette smoke: third-hand smoke. Study results published in January, 2009 discuss how third-hand smoke is especially dangerous for children.
Have you ever walked into a room that had the smell of cigarette smoke, regardless of the fact that a fan was moving the air and no one was smoking at the time? This is what researchers are calling third-hand smoke — and it represents the poisonous deposits (存积物) that are left behind long after a cigarette is put out.
Cigarette smoke contains gases and small particles that are deposited on every surface it comes in contact with, for example, the smoker’s hair and clothing, or the environment the cigarette was smoked in. It’s dangerous for young children who may crawl on polluted surfaces. Third-hand smoke is a serious health risk for our kids, especially those who live in the homes of smokers.
Jonathan Winickoff, lead author of the study, explains, “When you come into contact with your baby, even if you’re not smoking at the time, he or she comes in contact with those poisons. And if you breast-feed, the poisons will transfer to your baby in your breast milk.” Winickoff adds however, that nursing a baby if you’re a smoker is still a better choice than bottle-feeding.
Researchers involved in the study also surveyed more than 1,500 families in an effort to learn about adult attitudes regarding the danger third-hand smoke represents to their children and how that might affect smoking in the home.
Approximately 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers believe that secondhand smoke is dangerous for children.
On the issue of whether third-hand smoke threatens the health of children, 65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers felt that third-hand smoke harms kids. When asked about rules regarding smoking in the home, approximately 88 percent of nonsmokers said they don’t allow smoking, while only 27 percent of smokers forbid smoking in the home.
However, both non-smokers and smokers who felt that third-hand smoking was harmful to children’s health were more inclined to (倾向于) restrict smoking in their homes.
1.The study led by Jonathan Winickoff focused on _______.
A.bad influences long after a cigarette is smoked |
B.third-hand smoke and secondhand smoke |
C.the bad effects of smoking on common people |
D.the terrible smell of cigarette smoke |
2.How does the text explain what third-hand smoke is?
A.By telling results of a survey. |
B.By giving statistics. |
C.By making comparisons. |
D.By giving an example. |
3.The following measures to prevent the effect of third-hand smoke are effective except _______.
A.keeping kids out of room when you smoke |
B.cleaning the house to get rid of poisons |
C.making yourself clean before contacting kids |
D.trying to forbid smoking in home |