Question

Should e­cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) be a new choice for the smokers trying to get rid of the habit? Reactions from Americans are mixed．More than half of the people questioned in a survey think e­cigarettes should be controlled by the US Food and Drug Administration，but 47 percent believe the e­cigarettes should be available to the smokers who want to quit．

“In the hunt for a safer cigarette，e­cigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those either trying to quit or looking to replace standard tobacco smoke with an alternative that manufacturers claim to be safer，” Zogby International，which conducted the survey，said in a statement．

About half of the 4,611 adults who took part in the survey had heard about e­cigarettes，which are battery­powered，or rechargeable cigarettes that vaporize a liquid nicotine solution．They do not produce smoke but a water vapor without smell．Sold mostly on the Internet，e­cigarettes were first made in China．

Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against using e­cigarettes，saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit．The WHO said people who smoke e­cigarettes breathe in a fine fog of nicotine into the lungs．

Nearly a third of people questioned in the survey think that e­cigarettes should be allowed in places where smoking is forbidden，because they don’t produce smoke，but 46 percent disagree．Men who were aware of the availability of e­cigarettes were more likely than women to say they should be a choice available to smokers who want to quit．Young people，aged 18－29，and singles were the groups most open to trying e­cigarettes．Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable death worldwide，according to the WHO．

1.What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．American smokers ought to try e­cigarettes．

B．Americans have different opinions about e­cigarettes．

C．Every kind of cigarettes should be forbidden in America．

D．Most of the Americans don’t like e­cigarettes．

2.According to Zogby International，e­cigarettes ______．

A．a(chǎn)re much safer than common cigarettes

B．a(chǎn)re popular among people who want to quit smoking

C．will take the place of traditional cigarettes

D．a(chǎn)re produced in a safer way by manufacturers

3.What do we know about e­cigarettes from the passage?

A．Most Americans are familiar with them．

B．They are a good choice as there is no nicotine．

C．They produce a water vapor that can’t be seen．

D．Most people buy them on the Internet．

4.What’s the attitude of the WHO towards e­cigarettes?

A．Negative     B．Supportive       C．Doubtful     D．Indifferent

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】文章想打架展示了人們對(duì)待電子煙的不同態(tài)度一句WHO的觀點(diǎn)。

1.B 段落大意題。第一段主要討論的就是每個(gè)人對(duì)電子煙的不同態(tài)度，有人同意有人反對(duì)。

2.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段1,2行In the hunt for a safer cigarette，e­cigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those either trying to quit可知B正確。

3.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句Sold mostly on the Internet，e­cigarettes were first made in China可知D正確。

4.A 推理題。根據(jù)最后兩段特別是第四段第一句Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against using e­cigarettes，saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit．可知WHO是持反對(duì)態(tài)度的。故A正確。