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    Policymakers need to step up efforts to cut smoking rates in Asia to prevent an “epidemic(流行病)” of tobacco - related lung disease, medical experts said at a conference in Mumbai.

    Many Asian countries have seen a sharp increase in tobacco use in the last decade, particularly among the young and in urban areas as a result of economic growth. A rise in smoking by women has also been noted.

    But ignorance of the health risks remains, especially among the rural poor, while overall tobacco use is adding an economic burden to countries in terms of health care and insurance costs plus lost productivity through illness.

    Matthew Peters, head of thoracic(胸腔的)medicine at Sydney’s Concord Hospital, told the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health that there were “real and material health care benefits”  for countries to encourage people to quit.

     “Stopping smoking is a very simple way” of cutting tuberculosis(肺结核) rates, he said, adding that quitting also meant the region’s poor, who are most affected by the disease, could use the money that previously went on tobacco for food and clothing.

    “These benefits are real. They are seen quickly and have effects on the most important health risks in this region. . . and the especially complex issue of economic deprivation(贫困) and nutrition, ” he added.

    Many at the conference expressed concern about the increases in smoking and tobacco use in Asia, as big tobacco companies look to the region for new markets with more people giving up smoking in developed countries. Health professionals want antismoking legislation(法规)，including bans on tobacco advertising.

    Some 1. 25 billion people worldwide use tobacco in some form every day. China and India account for more than half of that total, according to the World Lung Foundation statistics presented at the conference.

56. We can learn from the second paragraph that _______.

A. more and more people in Asian countries smoke

B. the young smoke more than the old in Asia

C. fewer people smoke in urban areas in Asia

D. there are more women smokers than men smokers

57. What do “real and material health care benefits” refer to?

A. The benefits that countries can get by encouraging people to smoke.

B. Cutting down the cost of health care and getting better food and clothes.

C. Good economy from tobacco, better food and clothes.

D. Health risks and the economic burden.

58. Why do big tobacco companies look to Asia for new markets according to the passage?

A. Because the largest population is in Asia and its economy is growing fast.

B. Because Asians concern about the danger of increases in smoking.

C. More and more people are giving up smoking in developed countries.

D. Health professionals want to ban tobacco advertising.

59. How many people use tobacco in China and India every day according to the World Lung Foundation statistics?

A. About 1. 25 billion.

B. More than 2. 50 billion.

C. About 0. 51 billion.

D. More than 0. 625 billion.

Answer 1

   专家呼吁亚洲国家应立法降低吸烟率，以阻止与吸烟相关的疾病的流行。

56.解析：选A。推理判断题。由第二段可知，亚洲的许多国家在过去十年里，烟草消费急剧增加，妇女吸烟的比率也在上升，从而可推断出越来越多的亚洲人在吸烟，故选A项。

57.解析：选B。句意理解题。Matthew Peters 所说的好处在第五段中有明确的解释说明，即降低肺结核患病率与衣食上的改善，故选B项。

58.解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段中的as big tobacco companies look to the region for new markets with more people giving up smoking in developed countries. 可知，发达国家中更多人戒烟导致了烟草公司寻求亚洲国家作为其新的烟草市场，所以选C项。

59.解析：选D。数字计算题。由文章最后一段可知，中国和印度的烟民占世界的一半还要多，即1. 25 billion的一半多一些，所以选D项。