Question

 John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night. He fell into the5       of smoking a year ago. He smoked so 6       that he7       had a cigarette on his lips. He 8       while he read，while he watched television and 9      while he drank a cup of coffee or tea. He smoked nearly forty cigarettes a day，but he was happy. 

  John’s friend，Frank，10      many times to 11        him not to smoke. “Smoking is bad for your      12    !”

he said. “ You’d better give it up. ” But his advice didn’t 13       . Before long,John found that he often got a hard and 14      cough, 15      he went to see a doctor.

The doctor 16        him carefully and asked whether he often smoked. John told him the17       Then the doctor told him that his cough was18        by smoking and he wouldn’t get any better unless he stopped smoking.

“If not，” said the doctor，“your cough will never be and some other illnesses may also be19       caused. ”

John became 20       and made up his mind to give up smoking. At the beginning，it was very 21       for him. Every 22       H when he wanted to smoke，he got some other things to eat. At last,he was not 23      in smoking at all. And he no longer had        .

5. A.  hole   B. habit

   C.  interest   D. love

6.  A. much   B. hard

   C.  fast   D. thickly

7. A.  still   B. seldom

   C.  never   D. always

8.  A. stopped   B. smoked

   C.  ate   D. had

9. A.  still   B. just

   C.  even   D. right

10. A.  talked   B. ordered

   C.  worked   D. tried

11. A.  advise   B. tell

   C.  wish   D. take

12. A.  work   B. study

   C.  health   D. life

13. A.  continue   B. work

   C.  reply   D. answer

14. A.  wet   B. loud

   C.  dry   D. rapid

15. A.  but   B. so

   C. till   D. as

16. A.  saw   B. felt

   C.  cured   D. examined

17. A.  truth   B. reason

   C.  matter   D. thing

18. A.  shown   B. kept

   C.  caused   D. heard

19. A.  stopped   B. cured

   C.  repaired   D. mended

20. A.  angry   B. sad

   C.  sorry   D. worried

21. A.  sick   B. tired

   C.  difficult—   D. easy

22. A.  day   B. time

   C.  way   D. place

23. A.  seen   B. told

   C.  happy   D. interested

24. A.  smokes   B. problems

   C.  coughs   D. cigarettes

Answer 1

5. B fall into the hdbit of doing sth 是固定短语，意为“形成做某事的习惯”。

6. A much 修饰动词 smoked。

7. D根据上文中的so much可知他嘴里总是叼着烟。

8. B由上下文可知，无论干什么，他都吸烟。

9. C他甚至喝咖啡或茶时也吸烟。表达“甚至”之意，故用 even.

10. D try to do sth努力做某事。

11. A advise sb not to do sth建议某人不做某事。根据下文中的“But his advice…”得知答案。

12. C吸烟对你的健康有害，故选C.

13. B他的建议没起作用。

14. C dry cough 意为“干咳”。

15. B因为咳嗽得厉害，所以他去看医生。上下文之间是因果关系，故用连词so。

16. D医生仔细检查，故应用examined。

17. A tell sb the truth 告诉某人实情。

18. C医生说他的咳嗽是由吸烟引起的。be caused by 由引起。由下一段中的 “ some other illnesses may also be caused. ”可知答案。

19. B表7K“治好某人的病”，应用cure;repair与mend意为“修理，修补”。

20. D从上一段医生的话可以判断，此处应为“担心”。

21. C根据句意可知，一开始，戒烟很难，因为吸烟是他的习惯。

22. B every time每次。句意：每次当他想吸烟时，他就吃东西。

23. D 最后，他对吸烟不感兴趣了。be interested in 对……感兴趣。

24. C由上下文可知，咳嗽是由吸烟引起的，所以戒烟后他就不咳嗽了。