Question

A young man is lying in hospital sadly. The 24-year-old lost his right leg. The doctor said that his long history of smoking was the reason. “I first smoked when I was 14. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was wrong,” said the young man.

It is a mistake many young people make. According to the survey, 40 million of China’s 130 million young people aged between 13 and 18 smoke. Fifteen million of them are addicted (上癮的). The survey also found that about 68% of young smokers first smoked before the age of 13.

Many young people see people smoke in the movies, but in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing and not cool at all.

Doctors say that if a person starts smoking very young, he or she may live 22 years less than those who don’t smoke.

1.How long did the young man smoke?

A. For 10 years. B. For 13 years.

C. For 14 years. D. For 18 years.

2.What did the young man think of smoking when he first smoked?

A. It was wrong. B. It was bad.

C. It was boring. D. It was cool.

3.What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?

A. Smoking. B. Getting ill.

C. Lying in hospital. D. Stopping smoking.

4.The number of young people who smoke in China is ____ million.

A. 15 B. 40 C. 68 D. 130

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Many stars think smoking is cool.

B. People who smoke can only live to be 22.

C. It’s a big problem that many young people smoke.

D. Many young smokers first smoked before the age of 10.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：年輕人吸煙是個大問題。據調查，中國有40000000年輕人在吸煙煙。調查還發現，大約68%的青少年吸煙先是在13歲之前。許多年輕人看到人們在電影中吸煙，但在現實生活中，成龍等人認為吸煙是壞事，一點都不酷。醫生說，如果一個人開始吸煙很年輕，他或她可能比不吸煙的人要少活22年。

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2.It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool.可知該年輕人開始抽煙時，他認為很酷，所以選 D。

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考點：健康生活類閱讀。