Everyone ____39____ that smoking is not good for health, but still more and more people begin to smoke. Every year about millions of smokers die from   __40__  . Most of the smokers are men. But more and more   __41__   also begin to smoke. The number of smokers is becoming larger and larger each year. Every year the government has to spend lots of money   __42____   the people with illness caused by smoking,   __43__   it also has to pay lots of money for the great loss(损失) in the  ___44__  caused by smoking. So the government wants people to give up(放弃) smoking, ____45_____ the tobacco (烟叶) companies want more young people, even students in middle schools, to  ___46__   because they want to make more money _____47_____ tobacco sales.

      Why do many smokers find _____48_____ hard to give up smoking? The ___ 49__   with tobacco is that it has a drug called nicotine inside. The drug gets them into the habit(习惯) of smoking and makes them find it  __ 50__   to stop.

    39. A. knows        B. sees            C. wants            D. likes

40. A. drinking       B. eating                  C. smoking               D. laughing

41. A. men         B. women       C. children               D. people

42. A. finding               B. following             C. looking for        D. looking after

43. A. but                     B. so                   C. and                      D. or

44. A. fire              B. water           C. building          D. sickness

45. A. but           B. and            C. so               D. or

46. A. stop smoking                    B. start smoking                  

C. go on smoking                      D. make more tobacco

47. A. to             B. from           C. of               D. in

48. A. this            B. that            C. /                D. it

49. A. question       B. result                     C. answer           D. problem

50. A. difficult               B. easy                  C. fun             D. interesting

　　In the U. S. and Canada, it is getting more and more difficult to smoke in any public place. Many restaurants and bars do not allow smoking any more, and some municipalities have even passed laws forbidding smoking in open-air places like street malls, plazas, parks, etc. The cost of a pack of cigarettes does not vary much between different brands in the West. The quality between different makes is more or less equivalent, and competition forces the tobacco companies to keep prices within a certain range. 

(1) Which of the following is true?

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A．It is easy to smoke in Canada.

B．It is difficult to smoke in public now.

C．In the past it was not easy to smoke in public.

D．It is always difficult to smoke in public.

(2) Where can't we smoke according to the passage?

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A．home	B．cinema
C．bars	D．taxi

(3) Different brands of cigarettes have ________ prices.

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A．different	B．the same
C．similar	D．one

(4) Different brands of cigarettes have ________ quality.

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A．different	B．the same
C．similar	D．one

(5) Can you describe competition?

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A．no.	B．great.
C．so so.	D．hard to say.

Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers store their breast milk (母乳) in banks.

There are ten breast milk banks across the United States, where mothers can donate their extra milk for other women’s babies.

Experts say breast milk is the best food for babies. The World Health Organization says it is the only food babies should get during the first six months of life, in most cases. Breast milk is especially important for babies born too early. Sometimes these premature babies must stay in the hospital for many weeks.

James Cameron is a doctor who treats newborns at Lutheran Children’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He says breast milk is almost like medicine. Doctor James Cameron says, “The fact is that there are so many different proteins and specialized sugars in the breast milk that the mom’s able to make that help provide immunity (免疫力). It’s very important for the health of the newborn.”

Lucy Baur lives near Fort Wayne. She breastfed both her children and always had more milk than they needed. She wanted to donate to the Indiana Mothers Milk Bank in Indianapolis. But freezing and shipping milk can be costly. Then, a donor station opened near her home.

Milk donations in the United States work like this. Donors must be willing to provide almost three liters of breast milk. They freeze the milk and take it to the station. There, employees warm the milk and mix it with other mothers’ milk. Then, the milk is heated to kill bacteria. After that, the technicians test samples of all the milk to make sure it is safe and healthful. The milk is re-frozen and sent to the main milk bank. The milk bank transports the milk to hospitals to feed premature or sick babies.

Donors are tested for diseases before any milk is accepted. They are not permitted to smoke tobacco, use illegal drugs or drink too much alcohol.

1.According to the passage, which thing can also be stored in banks except money, jewels and important documents?

A．Notes.            B．Diamonds.         C．Valuable papers.    D．Breast milk.

2.From the text we learn                            .

A．Lucy Baur wanted to donate her milk to the donor station near her home

B．the milk is frozen and sent to the milk station after killing bacteria

C．the milk bank transports the milk to babies’ home to feed them

D．James Cameron is a doctor who feeds the babies on the milk in the milk station

3. The breast milk is important for newborns because             .

A．only it can stop babies from developing diseases

B．it contains rich nutrients (营养) babies need

C．it is the only food suitable for babies

D．it benefits babies as the best medicine

4. Who is allowed to donate her extra milk of the following women?

A．A heavy smoker.                        B．A heavy drinker.

C．A fruit lover.                           D．A drug user.

5.The purpose of setting up breast milk banks is to                      .

A．store extra fresh milk for some school children

B．provide milk to the children who go hungry

C．help other mothers donate milk to their own babies

D．offer breast milk to early born and unhealthy babies