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阅读理解 The fighting against youth smoking 　　Since I took office I’ve done everything in my power to protect our children from harm．We’ve worked to make their streets and their schools safer, and to give them something positive to do after school before their parents get home．We’ve worked to teach our children that drugs are dangerous, illegal and wrong． 　　Today, I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our nation’s children from an even more deadly threat：smoking．Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined．Nearly 90 percent of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18．Consider this：3000 children start to smoke every day illegally, and 1000 of them will die sooner because of it．This is a national tragedy(悲剧)that every American should be honor-bound to help prevent．For more than five years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they start, launching(发动)a nationwide campaign(运动)to educate them about the dangers of smoking, to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to severely restrict(限制)tobacco companies from advertising to young people．If we do these, we’ll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years．That means if we act now, we have it in our power to stop 3 million children from smoking and to save a million lives as a result． (1) What has the author done in his power? [　　] A． To look after our children． B． To clean the streets． C． To teach our children． D． To protect our children from harm． (2) Compared with other disasters, what kills more people every day? [　　] A． Smoking． B． Car accidents． C． Drugs． D． Murders． (3) How many children start to smoke every day illegally? [　　] A． 1000． B． 3000． C． 90． D． 18． (4) For more than five years what have they done to stop their children from smoking? [　　] A． To educate them about the dangers of smoking． B． To reduce their access to tobacco products． C． To restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people． D． All of the above． (5) How many children will be stopped from smoking if we act now? [　　] A． 1 million． B． 1.5 million． C． 3 million． D． 3000．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．D;5．C;
解析：

(1)	从文章第一句话可知，作者上任以来，力所能及地保护孩子们不受伤害，这是作者的主要业绩。
(2)	从第二段第二句话可知，每天吸烟致死的人比艾滋病、酗酒、交通事故、谋杀、自杀、吸毒和火灾合起来致死的人还要多。
(3)	从第二段第四句话可知为3000名儿童。
(4)	从第二段第六句话可知答案为D项。
(5)	从最后一句话可知，如果我们现在行动起来，可以阻止三百万儿童吸烟，挽救一百万个生命。