Stopping teens from smoking is a big challenge many communities face today. Many communities can only watch without being able to act while local businesses continue to sell tobacco products to children, even under the risk of punishment by law.

Recent studies show that a large percentage of teens today are getting their cigarettes from stores, mostly gas stations or convenience stores. As teens continue to be able to buy their own cigarettes, more and more communities begin to punish those who sell cigarettes to the teens.

One community has experienced success in their attempts to stop the sale of tobacco products to children. Woodridge, Illinois, started a program seven years ago which forbade and strictly punished the sale of tobacco products to children. The entire program includes local licensing of vendors (小贩), repeated undercover inspections to see if the sale to children has stopped, and education programs in schools. Woodridge has become a model community as other communities are moving to stop teen tobacco use.

A recent national study showed that 36.5% of females, and 40.8% of males buy their cigarettes from stores, whether it is a gas station or a supermarket. Hopefully, as more and more sellers see the trouble they face if caught selling to children, they will stop selling.

True, tightening down on stores that sell tobacco to children isn’t going to completely stop the problem of teen tobacco use. Teens continue to get them from other sources. But it definitely does prevent their efforts. With more education in schools, and perhaps stronger punishments for teens caught with tobacco, more and more teens will see the problems with the tobacco usage, and will stop the habit.

1. To stop teens from smoking, more and more communities are ________.

A. punishing those who sell cigarettes to teens more severely

B. punishing teens caught with tobacco more severely

C. educating those who sell cigarettes about the danger of teen smoking

D. stopping the sale of tobacco products in stores

2. Which of the following is NOT a way Woodridge uses to stop tobacco sale to children?

A. Local licensing to tobacco sale.        B. Repeated undercover inspections.

C. Education programs in schools.              D. Stronger punishment of teens caught smoking.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that _____________.

A. teens can only buy cigarettes from gas stations and convenience stores

B. more communities have succeeded in stopping teen tobacco use

C. More males than females have the habit of smoking in America

D. Punishment alone cannot solve the problem of teen tobacco use

4. What attitude does the writer have towards stopping teen tobacco abuse?

A. Negative        B. Optimistic     C. Uncertain      D. Uncaring

 

第二卷 非选择题(两部分,共35分)

第四部分:任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意:每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应的横线上。

It is said that English speakers fall into three groups: those who have learnt it as a mother tongue, those who have learnt it as a second language through exposure(显露) in a society where it is spoken, and those who are forced to use it for administrative(管理的), professional or educational purposes.

This third group, along with the supremacy(至高地位) of English in the business world, has created a fast development in institutions offering English for business. However, the average business person, while happily accepting the challenge, does not have any idea how long the process may take.

Duncan Ford, a specialist in language teaching theory, partly puts the blame on misleading publicity and says that you have to think in terms of hundreds of hours while people still think learning a language is a three-hour-a-week job.

According to him, the key is lots of variety of the activities similar to the happiness of the class. The communicative way has replaced the old–fashioned note-taking method and for those people who think that a couple of hours with the latest CD-ROM is not to replace for English classes, they should think again. While seen as a useful back-up, they are not teacher replacement.

Learning English for a Special Purpose

Classification of English speakers

English speakers are  71  up of three groups:

Those who have learnt it as a mother   72  ;

Those who have learnt it as a second language in society;

Those who are forced to use it for a special  73 .

The present situation of English for  74

Even though the third group has made institutions which offer English for business   75   fast, the average business people don’t

76   how long the process may take.

 

Specialist’s opinion

in learning English

It takes long to learn English-hundreds of hours   77   of three hours a week.

Language learners should take part in classroom   78   where they can  79   with others as much as possible.

English classes can’t be   80  by CD-ROMs.

 

 

第二节根据所给句子意思以及汉语或首字母提示,写出下列各句中所缺单词的正确形式。(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)

11. If you _______________(违反) the regulations, you shall be fired. Be responsible for your job.

12. His father always reminded him to look out for ________________(潜在的)dangers ahead.

13. Leaving the doors unlocked is a(n) ________________ (诱因) to burglars.

14. At the end of each term, teachers are required to __________(评估)the performance of students.

15. I believe Mary will turn up at eight. I know she is always very ______________ (准时的)for meetings.

16. We shouldn’t change lanes without _________________(发信号) or giving wrong signals.

17. We cannot put the theory into practice because of the fact that it has been based on a series of wrong _________________. (假设)

18. His father a__________________(陪伴)him to school every day; he is too young to go alone.

19. Ann likes to buy goods in large q__________________ so that she needn’t go shopping often.

20. A sore throat and fever were the s__________________ of serious flu.

21. She has mastered English grammar and a__________________ a large vocabulary without the help of a teacher.

22. We had to p________________ going to France because the children were ill.

23. The young fellow is a__________________ and likely to quarrel with anyone at any time.

24. Time p_________________, I would like to go fishing with you this weekend.

25. On hearing the terrible accident, you could never imagine how I worried when I was told that you two went home s________________ on such a rainy night.

 

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