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LONDON (AP) — England joins on Sunday the growing list of places that ban smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places including even Buckingham Palace with a tough law.
Pubs, clubs and restaurants will all be smoke-free. Taxi and delivery drivers have been warned that they too could be fined 50 pounds, or about $100, if caught lighting up inside work vehicles.
Experts say the bans have become an irreversible (不可逆轉的) tread because of greatly rising health costs and public uneasiness over second-hand smoke. Some of the strictest smoking bans are in the United States, even though there is no federal anti-smoking policy. New York and Florida have strict bans, while California has certain outdoor smoking bans.
Spain, Italy, Iran, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Uruguay and new Zealand have passed legislation(立法) to restrict smoking. France banned smoking in many public places in February and plans to extend the ban to cafes and restaurants next year. Finland is introducing a ban in 2009.
Despite the spread of bans, the World Health Organization predicts a steady rise in tobacco sales. In its Tobacco Atlas, the WHO said that by 2030 there will be “at least another two billion smokers in the world” and an expected decrease in male smokers “will be offset by an increase in female smoking rates, especially in developing countries.”
In advance of the English ban, anti-smoking ads have coated bus stops and the British government has subsidized(資助) programs to help people quit. The rest of Britain—Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland —already have smoking bans in place

1. 1.
   The first two paragraphs mainly tell us_______
   1. A.
      Buckingham Palace bans smoking
   2. B.
      smoking ban comes into force in England
   3. C.
      there’s no smoking in Buckingham Palace
   4. D.
      smoking is against the law in England
2. 2.
   Which of the following places may still be smoking areas in England?
   1. A.
      Private houses
   2. B.
      Taxis
   3. C.
      Restaurants
   4. D.
      London clubs
3. 3.
   The underlined word “offset” in paragraph 5 probably means “________”
   1. A.
      decreased
   2. B.
      raised
   3. C.
      encouraged
   4. D.
      balanced
4. 4.
   What do we know from the passage?
   1. A.
      Smoking has strictly been forbidden in cafes in France
   2. B.
      There is an extremely strict smoking ban everywhere in America
   3. C.
      Smoking situation is still serious across the world
   4. D.
      Related ads didn’t appear in England until the English ban was lifted.（解除）

Answer 1

BADC
試題分析：本文介紹了在世界各地展開的禁煙活動，但雖然各國都展開了活動，抽煙的人數(shù)仍然不少，形式仍然很嚴峻。
1.B 段落大意題。前兩段講述的是在英國很多的地方都禁止吸煙。說明的禁煙令的實施，故B正確。
2.A 細節(jié)題。根據文章第二段Pubs, clubs and restaurants will all be smoke-free. Taxi and delivery drivers have been warned that they too could be fined 50 pounds, or about $100, if caught lighting up inside work vehicles.說明BCD三個地方都不允許抽煙，A項文章沒有提及，故A正確。
3.D 推理題。根據本句an expected decrease in male smokers “will be offset by an increase in female smoking rates, especially in developing countries.說明男性抽煙的下降和女性抽煙的上升形成平衡，故D正確。
4.C 段落大意題。根據文章倒數(shù)第二段說明雖然在世界上很多的地方都禁止抽煙了，但是整個的形式仍然不樂觀，抽煙的人仍然很多，故C正確。
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