Should e-cigarettes (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 e-cigarettes should be controlled by the US Food and Drug Administration, but 47 percent believe the e-cigarettes should be available to the smokers who want to quit.
“In the hunt for a safter cigarette, e-cigarettes 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 e-cigarettes, which are battery-powered, 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, e-cigarettes were first made in China.
Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against using e-cigarettes, saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit. The WHO said people who smoke e-cigarettes breathe in a fine fog of nicotine into the lungs.
Nearly a third of people questioned in the survey think that e-cigarettes 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 e-cigarettes were more likely than woman 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 e-cigarettes. Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable death worldwide, according to the WHO.
小題1:What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A.American smokers ought to try e-cigarettes.
B.Americans have different opinions about e-cigarettes.
C.Every kind of cigarettes should be forbidden in America.
D.Most of the Americans don’t like e-cigarettes.
小題2:According to Zogby International, e-cigarettes        .
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
小題3:What do we know about e-cigarettes 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.
小題4:What’s the attitude of the WHO towards e-cigarettes?
A.NegativeB.SupportiveC.Doubtful.D.Indifferent

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析:本文敘述了現(xiàn)在人們用電子煙的戒煙的方法,對于這種做法不同的人有不同的觀點,短文用調(diào)查的一些數(shù)字來表名對這事的支持力度,世界衛(wèi)生組織對這種做法不支持,它說沒有證據(jù)證明它們是安全的或者能幫助吸煙者戒掉煙。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Reactions from Americans are mixed.故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In the hunt for a safter cigarette, e-cigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those either trying to quit.他說電子煙越來越受想戒煙人的歡迎,故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)Sold mostly on the Internet, e-cigarettes were first made in China.
大部分是在網(wǎng)上買的,故選D。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against using e-cigarettes, saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit.可知世界衛(wèi)生組織不支持這個做法,故選A。
點評:推理判斷就是根據(jù)作者的意圖和傾向來完成相關的問題。 根據(jù)你對文章的理解,來判斷各個選項的正誤。最重要的就是讀懂句子的意思,找出文章的中心,這種閱讀是深層閱讀,但是你最重要的就是找出文章的中心意思,抓住主要句子和相關句子的意思就可以解決了,要注意題目中的一些關鍵詞和文章中的句子的對比,尤其是一些轉折詞、連詞等等。
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