Question

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

1.B

2.D

3.E

4.A

5.F

【解析】

试题分析： 吸烟者一旦开始吸烟就很难戒掉，也许唯一可以戒烟的方式是：永远不要开始吸烟。

1.前面说到阿里在家乡时周围亲戚朋友们全都吸烟，戒烟很难Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. 而在美国吸烟人不多，因此在美国改变吸烟的习惯更容易些。填B。

2.根据空格前后内容得知，很多像阿里的人想要戒烟，她们知道吸烟会有很多疾病产生，对身体不好。填D。

3.根据下文，尼古丁一开始使吸食者虚弱，几天后，身体就适应尼古丁了，因此前面在讲一开始吸食尼古丁的情况。选E。

4.根据下文得知很多刚戒烟的人很快又开始吸烟，因此得知前面在讲很难戒烟。选A。

5.吸烟的人洗完一根又想吸另一根，最后总结出也许戒烟只有一条容易的路：永远不要开始吸烟。选F。

考点：社会现象类文章