Question

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.

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.

2.According to Zogby International, e-cigarettes        .

A．are much safer than common cigarettes

B．are popular among people who want to quit smoking

C．will take the place of traditional cigarettes

D．are produced in a safer way by manufacturers

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.

4.What’s the attitude of the WHO towards e-cigarettes?

A．Negative          B．Supportive         C．Doubtful.          D．Indifferent

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了现在人们用电子烟的戒烟的方法，对于这种做法不同的人有不同的观点，短文用调查的一些数字来表名对这事的支持力度，世界卫生组织对这种做法不支持，它说没有证据证明它们是安全的或者能帮助吸烟者戒掉烟。

1.细节理解题。根据Reactions from Americans are mixed.故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据In the hunt for a safter cigarette, e-cigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those either trying to quit.他说电子烟越来越受想戒烟人的欢迎，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据Sold mostly on the Internet, e-cigarettes were first made in China.

大部分是在网上买的，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据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.可知世界卫生组织不支持这个做法，故选A。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。