Smoking is a
bad habit. And it is very harmful 36 people’s health. But many people like
smoking and some of them are addicted to it. They think it is very 37 to have a cigarette 38 a period of hard work 39 study. So they cannot give up 40 easily.
In Europe,
smoking was not 41 people before Columbus arrived in the New
World in 1492. When Columbus and his 42 arrived, they were greeted 43 the people there. They gave Columbus some
dried leaves and 44 him inhale(吸气)the smoke out of the leaves. They smelled sharp and strange.
However, soon Columbus and his men took up the habit. They called the 45 “tobacco”.
When Columbus 46 Spain, he took back some dried leaves and
seeds. Soon the leaves
47 used in cigarette and
pipe(烟斗)smoking.
When Sir Walter
Raleigh, the English explorer, went to the New World, he, also took tobacco
back. 48 is said that he persuaded Queen Elizabeth
I to try smoking. But the smoking habit in England did not spread as 49 as that in Spain. Many people felt it was
harmful to the body. Still, smoking became very 50 .
36. A. towards
B. for C. able
to D. of
37. A. relax B. relaxes C. relaxing D. relaxing in
38. A. before B. after C. when D. while
39. A. and B. also C. but D. or
40. A. smoke
B. smokes C.
smoking D. smoked
41. A. well-known B. famous C. unknown D. known to
42. A. men B. parents C. people D. boys
43. A. of B. by C. at D. to
44. A. let B. allow C. tell D. ask
45. A. leaf B. leaves C. leave D. cigarette
46. A. went back B. came back C. returned D. returned to
47. A. was B. were C. is D. are
48. A. It B. They C. People D. That
49. A. more quickly B. most quickly C. fast D. fastest
50. A. well B. popular C. bad D. afraid
C. It’s not easy
for you to say so
D. It doesn’t matter