Question

【题目】A: Do you still smoke, Paul?

B: No. I had to stop smoking because of a serious illness. The doctor told me that many 【1】 smoking had weakened my health.

A: Could you tell me how you started to smoke?

B: When I got my first job, I was very young. I couldn’t finish the tasks in time and even made many mistakes. You can’t imagine how helpless I was 【2】 I began to smoke as I felt 【3】 at work.

A: 【4】 it’s harmful to do so. It cannot lower the pressure 【5】 only to do harm both to own health and to that of people around you. The 【6】 and dangerous things from the smoke easily get into people’s body and the chances of being sick 【7】.

B: That’s true. I quite agree with you.

A: Some people start smoking at a young age because their parents smoke.

B: Exactly. People always say children like to 【8】 their parents.

A: Yes, children like to follow the examples of their parents in many ways.

B: But some parents don’t pay enough attention to their influence on children.

A: I agree. 【9】, smoking is one of the main reasons for fires. Sometimes those 【10】 smokers even cause dangerous fires.

B: Surely, smoking can cause lots of serious problems. I will never smoke again.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】years’

【2】then

【3】stressed/ nervous

【4】Actually

【5】but

【6】tiny

【7】increase

【8】copy

【9】Besides/ Also

【10】careless

【解析】

这是一段A和B之间的对话，内容是关于吸烟对健康的危害。

【1】

句意：医生告诉我，多年的吸烟削弱了我的健康。

根据下文When I got my first job, I was very young可知，B已经抽了很多年的烟。根据句意及句子结构，空格处应填入意为“多年的”名词所有格，故答案为years’。

【2】

句意：你无法想象我是多么无助，然后我开始抽烟，因为我觉得工作压力很大。

根据上文When I got my first job, I was very young. I couldn’t finish the tasks in time and even made many mistakes可知，B刚开始工作时经常无法按时完成工作，并且经常犯错，于是他感到压力很大，然后开始抽起了烟。空格处应填入意为“然后”的副词，故答案为then。

【3】

句意：你无法想象我是多么无助，然后我开始抽烟，因为我觉得工作压力很大。

根据上文When I got my first job, I was very young. I couldn’t finish the tasks in time and even made many mistakes可知，B刚开始工作时经常无法按时完成工作，并且经常犯错，于是他感到压力很大，然后开始抽起了烟。空格处应填入意为“有压力的、紧张的”形容词，故答案为stressed/ nervous。

【4】

句意：实际上这样做是有害的。

根据下文It cannot lower the pressure but only to do harm both to own health and to that of people around you可知，此处A说的是实际上想用吸烟来减压的方式对健康是有害的。空格处应填入意为“实际上”的副词，且位于句首首字母应大写，故答案为Actually。

【5】

句意：它不能降低压力，但只会对自己和周围人的健康造成伤害。

结合前后文It cannot lower the pressure和only to do harm both to own health and to that of people around you可知，从句意上两者为转折关系，故应填入表转折的连词，故答案为but。

【6】

句意：烟雾中微小而危险的东西很容易进入人体，导致生病的几率增加。

根据句中things from the smoke提示，烟雾中的一些物质通常是很微小的。空格处应填入意为“微小的”形容词，故答案为tiny。

【7】

句意：烟雾中微小而危险的东西很容易进入人体，导致生病的几率增加。

根据上文The tiny and dangerous things from the smoke easily get into people’s body可知，烟雾中微小而危险的东西很容易进入人体，导致生病的几率增加。空格处应填入意为“增加”的动词increase，且主语chances为复数，故动词increase应用原形，故答案为increase。

【8】

句意：人们总是说孩子喜欢模仿父母。

根据下文Yes, children like to follow the examples of their parents in many ways可知，此处B说的是人们总是说孩子喜欢模仿父母。空格处应填入意为“模仿”的动词copy，且位于like to do结构中，故答案为copy。

【9】

句意：此外，吸烟也是引起火灾的主要原因之一。

根据上文It cannot lower the pressure but only to do harm both to own health and to that of people around you可知，说到了吸烟的一个缺点，即对健康的危害，此处A说的是此外，吸烟也是引起火灾的主要原因之一。空格处应填入意为“除……之外”的副词besides和also，且位于句首首字母应大写，故答案为Besides/ Also。

【10】

句意：有时那些粗心的吸烟者甚至会引起危险的火灾。

根据句意及句子结构，空格处应填入意为“粗心的”形容词，作定语修饰名词smokers。careless作形容词，意为“粗心的”，符合句意，故答案为careless。