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【題目】One day I was driving home with a woman. She rolled down the window, fifty feet away from the driveway and spit her gum （口香糖）out of the window. “Couldn’t you just wait five seconds and put your gum where it belongs?” I asked, annoyed.

She was not the only one who was gum-lazy. Consider the following. Every time I brush chewed gum under my desk, I shake with fright. At Folsom Middle School, whenever I had to walk by the gum wall next to the girls’ locker room, I felt totally disgusted. When I was young, I walked outside during my dance show in my ballet shoes, always stepping right on a big and juicy piece of bubble gum. I was extremely upset.

The worst part of all these incidents is that a trash can is located near. But some people are too lazy to walk towards it.

If you can’t be a responsible gum chewer, don’t chew at all. That’s all I’m going to say.

Take Singapore as a good example. The chewing gum ban in Singapore was placed. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore, whether for the purpose of trade or personal chewing. However, the ban has been partly lifted with some types of gum, such as medical gum, allowable. This comes with the warning that it is sold only by a druggist, who has to take down the names of buyers. Obviously, the Singapore government gets angry at gum stuck in keyholes of mailboxes and on elevator buttons.

Not only is it annoying, but chewing gum can actually do harm to the health. Most gum contains aspartame （阿斯巴甜）, a chemical sweetener（增甜劑）that the US government is now deciding whether or not it is a deadly chemical. If it is, it may cause cancer. Other studies suggest that aspartame may cause neurological（神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的）disorders. Therefore, aspartame is not allowed to use in the US.

So just say no to chewing gum.

【1】What did the author think of the woman’s behavior?

A. It was strange. B. It was unacceptable.

C. It was dangerous. D. It was violent.

【2】According to Paragraph 2, the author _________.

A. stepped on a piece of gum while dancing

B. cleaned gum under her desk sometimes

C. was troubled by chewed gum

D. often found chewed gum in her locker

【3】What do we know about aspartame?

A. It is proved to be a harmless chemical.

B. It is the cause of many kinds of cancer..

C. It is being refused by the US government.

D. It is the main ingredient of chewing gum.

【4】What is the main purpose of the text?

A. To advise people against chewing gum.

B. To criticize people who are lazy.

C. To persuade people to buy medical gum.

D. To make comments on the ban in Singapore.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文通過(guò)在作者親身看到一些吐口香糖的人所造成的困擾，從健康角度論證所含的一種增甜劑有致癌功能，說(shuō)服人們要抵制口香糖

【1】B 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段提到“Couldn’t you just wait five seconds and put your gum where it belongs?” I asked, annoyed你就不能等五秒，把你的口香糖吐在它應(yīng)該在的地方嗎，我生氣的問(wèn)，可見(jiàn)作者認(rèn)為這種行為是不能接受的，故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到She was not the only one who was gum-lazy. Consider the following. Every time I brush chewed gum under my desk, I shake with fright她不是唯一一個(gè)吐口香糖的人，想到每當(dāng)我清除桌子下的口香糖時(shí)，我就非常生氣，可見(jiàn)這個(gè)問(wèn)題困擾作者，故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Most gum contains aspartame （阿斯巴甜）, a chemical sweetener（增甜劑）that the US government is now deciding whether or not it is a deadly chemical. If it is, it may cause cancer. Other studies suggest that aspartame may cause neurological（神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的）disorders. Therefore, aspartame is not allowed to use in the US口香糖中含有阿斯巴甜，一種化學(xué)增甜劑，美國(guó)政府正在研究是不是致命的化學(xué)物質(zhì)，如果是的話，會(huì)導(dǎo)致癌癥，一些研究表明它會(huì)導(dǎo)致神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)紊亂，因?yàn)樵诿绹?guó)禁止使用，故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】A 考查推理判斷題。本文通過(guò)在作者親身看到一些吐口香糖的人所造成的困擾，從健康角度論證所含的一種增甜劑有致癌功能，說(shuō)服人們要抵制口香糖，故選A項(xiàng)。

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