Question

【题目】Do you know the UK government has【1】(successful) passed a law banning branding on packs of cigarettes? That means tobacco manufacturers will be forced【2】(pack) their cigarettes in plain packets.

The motivation behind this【3】(decide) is to make smoking less appealing to people, especially children.

A similar law【4】was passed in Australia in 2012 has resulted【5】a fall in smoking rates from 15.1% to 12.8% for people aged 14.

As of January 2015, 22% of adult men and 17% of adult women smoke in Great Britain. The possibility of smoking in the UK increases with age so that by 15 years of age 8% of school children【6】(be) regular smokers. Children, it is thought, will be less attracted to cigarettes【7】(sell) in unbranded boxes.

Smoking is one of【8】biggest causes of preventable deaths in England. Every year about 80,000 die and over 450,000【9】(send) to hospital due to smoking. This places a large strain on the health service and is also a factor in why the government would like to prevent people from【10】(take) up smoking or help them quit.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】successfully

【2】to pack

【3】decision

【4】that/which

【5】in

【6】are

【7】sold

【8】the

【9】are sent

【10】taking

【解析】本文介绍吸烟给人带来的伤害。英国政府通过了一项禁止在香烟上打商标的禁令。

【1】副词修饰动词，可知答案为successfully。

【2】固定结构：force sb. to dio sth.强迫某人做某事，此句是被动语态，故答案为to pack。

【3】句意：这个决定背后。可知用名词形式，答案为decision决定（名词）

【4】句意：在2012年澳大利亚的一项被通过的相似的法律已经导致吸烟率的下降。此处law做先行词，指物，在后面的定语从句中做主语，故答案为that/which。

【5】句意：在2012年澳大利亚的一项被通过的相似的法律已经导致吸烟率的下降。result in导致，可知答案为in。

【6】句意：到十五岁为止，孩子的8%是定期的吸烟者。根据句意可知用一般现在时态，句子的主语是8% of school children，复数形式，谓语动词是复数形式，故答案为are。

【7】句意：孩子们被认为更少地被非品牌的香烟吸引。此处是过去分词做后置定语，故答案为sold。

【8】形容词最高级前用定冠词the，故答案为the。

【9】句意：每年由于吸烟而死的人大约80,000，超过450,000人被送到医院。根据句意可知句子用一般过去时态的被动语态，主语是复数，故答案为are sent.

【10】固定词组：prevent sb. （from） doing sth.阻止某人做某事，故答案为taking。