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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　If you walk to the far end of any school courtyard in the UK during the lunch break, you will find several teenagers trying to hide their cigarette smoke from the teachers at the other end.

　　Teenage smoking is a big problem in the UK, even though it is illegal to smoke before you reach 16 years of age. Children start smoking from as young as 11, and over a quarter of 15-year-olds are regular smokes , according to the Office of National Statistics(统计) or ONS in the UK.

　　Jonathan Williams, a 15-year-old boy from Hastings on the southeast coast of England, smoking four months ago.“All my friends smoke cigarettes,”he said.“It's easy to buy them because most people my age look 16 anyway. No one can tell the difference between a 15 and 16-year-old.”

　　Young girls living in the UK are much more likely to smoke than boys. They also smoke more frequently. This is because girls are more likely to“follow the crowd”. They want to feel included .

　　Jonathan's sister Paula is 17. She tried her first cigarette when she was just 12.“I didn't start smoking regularly until a year ago, because I was afraid of my mum finding out,”She said.“but now I'm over 16. There is nothing she can do, even though she doesn't agree to it.”

　　Parents, teachers and government are increasingly concerned (关注) about this trend (趋势) . The latest ONS research says that this habit will kill about 1 million of today's teenagers when they reach middle age.

　　In New Castle in northeast England, the local health expert is working with a secondary school to help teenagers stop smoking. They hold regular“stopping”meeting where students can talk openly about smoking and are given advice about why and how to stop.

　　Parents and experts are also concerned because there seems to be a relationship between smoking and educational achievement. Most students who pass fewer than five General Certificate of Secondary Education Exams( GCSEs) , which all students must take at the age of 16, are regular smokers. The national average for a good student is nine GCSE passes.

1．From Jonathan's experience we can conclude that some boys ________.

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A．are born smoking

B．are experienced at smoking

C．smoke only to help others

D．smoke only to follow others

2．What Paula said in the text means ________.

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A．she smokes mostly in her family

B．she doesn't like her parents

C．she can smoke freely when she's 16 years old

D．she can earn money to buy cigarettes

3．From this passage we may learn that ________.

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A．only teachers are worried about the problem of teenage smoking

B．teenage smoking is a serious problem in UK

C．smoking has little effect on teenagers' health

D．the writer suggests the government close cigarette factories

4．In the last paragraph the writer wants to show us ________.

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A．smoking is bad for students' studies, too

B．the age of 16 is very important for a teenager

C．students don't have exams before the age of 16

D．regular smokes mostly start smoking at the age of 16

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;A
解析：

1．D　　导解：在Jonathan的故事中我们看到，他抽烟只是因为“我的朋友都抽烟”，买烟也很容易，因为15岁与16岁难以区分，因此选D． 　　2．C　　导解：Paula说她12岁时开始抽烟，“怕妈妈发现”，“现在我16岁了”，“我”抽烟她反对，但“她管不了”。 　　3．B　　导解：从短文可知，父母、学校、政府对这件事都很关注，但没说要关闭烟厂。短文开始就说“在英国十几岁抽烟是个大问题”，因此选B，全文围绕这一问题展开讨论。 　　4．A　　导解：最后一段作者把抽烟与学习成绩联系起来，以证明抽烟对学习有害无益。