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【题目】任务型阅读 七选五阅读 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. 【1】 ”

Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. 【2】 They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.

【3】 The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.

【4】 Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. 【5】

A. It is very hard to quit smoking.

B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.

C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.

D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.

E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.

F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.

G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】E

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】文章大意：本文通过作者自己很难戒烟的痛苦经历，告诉读者戒烟很困难。文章还叙述了吸烟的人成瘾的原因以及吸烟的害处。香烟里有一种叫作尼古丁的毒，许多人刚开始吸烟，感到难受，过了一些日子他们就习惯了尼古丁，然后离不开它了。吸烟容易引起癌症和心脏病，但是戒烟很难，很多人戒了烟不久又吸起来了。所以最好是永远不要开始吸烟。

【1】考查上下文理解判断能力。根据上文I tried to quit smoking in my hometown，but it was impossible．和Here in the United States，not as many people smoke．可知，Ali因为家乡的人都吸烟，所以戒烟是不可能的，比较一下，在美国，吸烟的人没那么多，所以此处应是：在这里戒烟要容易得多；故答案选B。

【2】考查上下文理解判断能力。根据下文They know it can cause cancer and heart disease．他们知道它会导致癌症和心脏病，可知，吸烟者知道吸烟有害健康；故答案选D。

【3】考查上下文理解判断能力。根据下文The nicotine makes him sick尼古丁使人恶心，可知，前文应是：第一次吸烟让人感到难受；故答案选E。

【4】考查上下文理解判断能力。根据下文Many people who quit will soon smoke again.许多戒烟的人很快就会再次吸烟，可知，前文应是：戒烟很难；故答案选A。

【5】考查上下文理解判断能力。根据前文Soon they become smokers again．可知，很快他们又成为了吸烟者，所以说没有有效的戒烟方法，因此这里应是说，最好的方法就是一开始就不吸烟；故答案选F。