Question

Did you know that 11，000 people die from smoking every day? Did you know that people die from breathing smoke _______ other people's cigarettes every day?

Tobacco smoke has ingredients that may _______ cancer. If smokers had learned these _______ when they were young, they probably would never have started smoking.

Most smokers try _______ first cigarette when they are teenagers. Often, they start smoking because they think that it makes them look more _______. Sometimes they start smoking because their friends tell them that it's cool. If teenagers are told that half of them will die before the age of 65 from smoking cigarettes, how can they still think it's cool to smoke?

One of the biggest problems is cigarette advertisements. Tobacco companies _______ tell the truth to teenagers about cigarettes. After watching the advertisements on TV or looking at the posters in which people ride horses or play in a rock band, young people often think that smoking _______ be cool.

Sadly, cigarettes are very difficult to _______ once a person has started smoking. Most teenagers start smoking _______ they are influenced by friends or cigarettes advertisements. And often, the teenagers regret the decision to start smoking later in life.

Teenagers need to know ________bad cigarettes are for their health. If they are told that cigarettes kill more people than guns do, they probably will never start smoking.

1.A. from    B. with    C. by    D. to

2.A. produce    B. devote    C. cause    D. lead

3.A. facts    B. information    C. message    D. news

4.A. theirs    B. their    C. them    D. themselves

5.A. out-going    B. hard-working    C. easy-going    D. grown-up

6.A. never    B. often    C. sometimes    D. always

7.A. need    B. might    C. must    D. may

8.A. look up    B. put up    C. set up    D. give up

9.A. so    B. although    C. because    D. but

10.A. what    B. how    C. why    D. if

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了吸烟对人们的身体有害。年轻人吸烟往往是受周围朋友或香烟广告的的影响。青少年需要知道香烟对他们的健康多么的有害，这有利于他们远离香烟。

1.句意：你知道每天有人死于呼吸来自别人的香烟的烟雾吗？A. from 从……，来自；B. with 和，用；C. by 通过……D. to朝……根据句意可知，这里表示“来自别人的香烟的烟雾”，故选A。

2.句意：香烟中含有可以致癌的物质。A. produce 生产B. devote 奉献C. cause 造成，导致D. lead引导，根据句意可知，这里表示 “导致”，故选C

3.句意：如果吸烟者在他们年轻时了解了这些事实，可能他们就不会吸烟。A. facts 事实B. information 信息，不可数名词 ，C. message 信息可数名词，D. news消息，是不可数名词。根据句意可知这里表示“事实”，且these这些，后加可数名词复数，故选A。

4.句意：大部分烟民是在他们是青少年时尝试的第一支烟。A. theirs 名词性物主代词 B. their形容词性物主代词 C. them 宾格D. themselves他们自己，反身代词。根据句子可知，空后有名词“first cigarette”，所以用形容词性物主代词修饰名词，故选B。

5.句意：通常情况下,他们开始吸烟,因为他们认为这让他们看起来更成熟。A. out-going 外向的B. hard-working 勤奋的 C. easy-going 随和的D. grown-up长大的。根据句意可知这里表示“看起来成熟的，长大的”，故选D。

6.句意：关于香烟的害处，香烟公司从来不对青少年说实话。A. never从不B. often经常C. sometimes有时D. always总是，一直。根据句意，这里表示“从不”，故选A。

7.句意：年轻人们常常认为吸烟肯定是酷的。A. need 需要 B. might 可能C. must 必须D. may可以根据上文描述，可知当青少年看到电视上或海报上的广告场景，会认为那肯定很酷。故选C。

8.句意：可悲的是一旦一个人开始吸烟,香烟就很难戒掉。A. look up查阅B. put up 张贴C. set up 建立D. give up放弃，戒除，根据句意，这里表示“戒除”，故选D。

9.句意：大多数青少年开始吸烟是因为他们受到朋友或香烟广告的影响。A. so所以B. although尽管 C. because 因为D. but但是，根据句意，这里表示“因为”，故选C。

10.句意：青少年需要知道香烟对他们的健康多么的有害。A. what 什么 B. how怎样/ 多么（用于感叹句），C. why 为什么D. if如果。根据句意，这里表示“多么”，故选B。