Question

【题目】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 (停止) 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. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.

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

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

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

F. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】E

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文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。然后就离不开它了。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。

【1】G根据第一段的I tried to quit (停止) 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，因此可以推测此处要说戒烟要容易,，故选G项。

【2】D根据第二段的They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. 可知吸烟的人知道吸烟有害健康，故选D项。

【3】E根据第三段的这些时间短语 In a few days, Later,可知暗示将按时间来描述，所以此处应是刚开始（first），故选E项。

【4】A根据最后一段的Many people who quit will soon smoke again.可知戒了烟的人不久很快又开始吸烟，因此此处要说戒烟很难，故选A项。

【5】C根据最后一段的Soon they become smokers again. 可知他们又成为烟民，没有有效的戒烟方法，因此说，最好的方法就是一开始就不吸烟，故选C项。