Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers．He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry．The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products．
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday．
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit．Every now and then he still smokes in secret．
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time．Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes．Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No．” Obama said at a news conference．
“I don' t do it in front of my lads．I don 't do it in front of my family．I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said．
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important．The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up．What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said．
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases．
小題1:The new law makes life difficult for             ．
A．ObamaB．tobacco industry
C．White HouseD．US Food and Drug Administration
小題2:What do we know about Obama?
A．He no longer smokes．
B．He still smokes as usual．
C．He began to smoke at eighteen．
D．He is trying hard to give up smoking．
小題3:According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about           ．
A．childrenB．officialsC．his familyD．businessmen

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
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A．a(chǎn)sB．sinceC．whileD．when
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c．Michael joined the family musical group.
d．His father began to organize a family musical group.
e．Thriller became a hit.
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A．handed out cash to the needy
B．collected money for poor people
C．visited poor people’s homes with gifts
D．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row
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B．Working in Loyola Marymount University．
C．Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped．
D．Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row to help people there．
小題3:What’s the source of the money Chase used to help people?
A．All his savings．
B．His earnings as a Catholic priest．
C．Donations from the wealthy and celebrities(名人)．
D．Donations from Loyola Marymount University．
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A．he was the luckiest person on that day
B．the disabled need to be taken care of
C．Chase is greatly appreciated by the needy
D．even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday
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A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase．
B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions．
C．Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return．
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Nothing was going right for Dr.Turner at the hospital. He made a mistake while operating on a patient. He felt sure he was no longer trusted and decided to change his job . One day he learned from the paper that a doctor was looking for a partner (合作者). The doc-tor, whose name was Johnson , lived in Thorby, a small town in the north of England.
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A．he had never been trusted
B．it demanded too great skills
C．he believed it offered little hope for his future
D．he thought the hospital would like him to leave
小題2:The two doctors spent most of the afternoon talking about        .
A．things of no interest to Dr. Johnson
B．things of no importance to Dr. Turner
C．health matters
D．food and drink
小題3:The story suggests that               .
A．Dr. Johnson did notlike Dr. Turner
B．the two doctors would become friends
C．the two doctors would not work together
D．Dr. Turner decided to stay at his present job
小題4:The words did so  in the last sentence mean               .
A．caught the train back to LondonB．felt in his pocket
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