Hong Kong Bans (禁止) Smoking 
         Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family? If your dad smokes, you must ask him
to be careful. From January 1, 2007, Hong Kong bans smoking in most public places.
        The places include restaurants, workplaces, schools and karaoke rooms. Even smoking in some outdoor
places like beaches, sports grounds, museums and parks is against the law. 
         Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent passive smoking. It does great harm to people's health. And it'll be
better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking because of the ban.
         Hong Kong has 7 million people. Among them, about 840,000 people aged 15 or above are smokers.
         Amy Choi, 27, a student, agrees to the smoking ban."I don't like people smoking next to me. It's so smoky
and smelly," she said.
         If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to HK$5,000.The ban does not include nightclubs, bars
or bathhouses yet. But these places will have to ban smoking by July, 2009.
         Hong Kong is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban. On January 1, 2006, Singapore banned
smoking in most public places.

1. Now people can smoke __________ in Hong Kong.

A. in restaurants
B. in schools
C. in karaoke rooms
D. none of the above

2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

3. How many people under 15 in Hong Kong smoke?

A. 0.84 million people.
B. 6.16 million people.
C. 7 million people.
D. The text does not tell us.

4. When you stay with a smoking person, you will feel_________.

A. smoky
B. smelly
C. light-hearted
D. A and B

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. If you break the ban, you will have to pay as much as HK$5,000.
B. You can still smoke in nightclubs, bars or bathhouses at present.
C. You can never smoke anywhere in Hong Kong in 2009.
D. So far more than one city have banned smoking in the world.

     All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked, he didn't want me to smoke, but my friends kept
saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started to smoke when I was sixteen
and after a month I couldn't stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I
couldn't run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn't easy, but now I've done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things.
     If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier
the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old person who smokes more than 20 cigarettes
a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age.
     What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart
has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke.
     So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy, not to smoke.
Don't copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn't
easy, but you'll be healthier, and…
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Who is more likely to have heart disease?
A. A smoker.                              
B. A non-smoker.                  
C. A 50-year-old person.       
2. What does the writer think of smoking?
A. It is good for his health.
B. Smoking is bad for him.
C. It is neither good nor bad for his health.
3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking?
A. He becomes rich.
B. He has more friends.
C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.
4. Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer started smoking when he was twenty.
B. Smoking makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure.
C. The writer thinks stopping smoking is easy.
5. What's the writer's purpose to write the passage?
A. To persuade people not to smoke.
B. To tell us his story at school.
C. To tell us the harm of a heart attack.