17．Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect．But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled-to﹩1.01per pack-smokers have jammed telephone"quit lines"across the country seeking to kick the habit．
This is not a surprise to public health advocates．They've studied the effect of state tax increases for years，finding that smokers，especially teens，are price sensitive．Nor is it a shock to the industry，which fiercely fights every tax increase．
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message．Tobacco taxes improve public health，they raise money and most particularly，they  deter people from taking up the habit as teens，which is when nearly all smokers are addicted．Yet the rate of taxation varies widely．
In Manhattan，for instance，which has the highest tax in the nation，a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost﹩10.06at one drugstore Wednesday．In Charleston，S．C．，where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation，the price was﹩4.78．
The influence is obvious．
In New York，high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys-13.8%，far below the national average．By comparison，26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky．Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records．
Hal Rogers，Representative from Kentucky，like those who are against high tobacco taxes，argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans"who choose to smoke．"
That's true．But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place．As for today's adults，if the new tax drives them to quit，they will have more to spend on their families，cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better．

61．The text is mainly aboutC．
A．the price of cigarettes                   B．the rate of teen smoking
C．the effect of tobacco tax increase        D．the differences in tobacco tax rate
62．What does the author think is a surprise？B
A．Teen smokers are price sensitive．
B．Some states still keep the tobacco tax low．
C．Tobacco taxes improve public health．
D．Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise．
63．The underlined word"deter"in Paragraph 3most probably meansA．
A．discourage       B．remove       C．benefit       D．free
64．Rogers'attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that ofD．
A．tolerance       B．unconcern       C．doubt       D．sympathy
65．What can we learn from the last paragraph？A
A．The new tax will be beneficial in the long run．
B．Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill．
C．Future generations will be hooked on smoking．
D．Adults will depend more on their families．

分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，文章主要講述了煙草稅收增加后帶來的影響．從長遠來看，這種稅收能夠避免低收入勞動者吸煙成癮，使成年人把錢更多的用于家庭．此外，它能降低患癌和心臟病的幾率．

解答 61．C主旨大意題，根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要介紹了煙草稅收增加后帶來的影響．故選C．
62．B細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第三段"The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing up their ears to the message．"可知有那么多的州對這種信息充耳不聞，仍然保持著低的煙草稅．故選B．
63．A猜測詞意題，根據(jù)they deter people from taking up the habit as teens，可知they指的是tobacco taxes，即煙草稅阻止人們吸煙．所以這兒deter這個詞的意思應(yīng)為"阻止，制止"．故選A．
64．D細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段"…argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans"who choose to smoke"．可知Rogers對低收入家庭的態(tài)度是同情．sympathy譯為同情，憐憫．故選D．
65．A推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段的內(nèi)容可知，煙草稅避免低收入勞動者吸煙成癮；使成年人把錢更多的用于家庭；同時降低患癌和心臟病的幾率．由此可以看出，這種新的稅收從長遠來看是有好處的．故選A．

點評 本文考察學生的理解推斷能力以及細心程度，只要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵詞，采用尋讀的方法查找細節(jié)，就能找到正確答案．

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