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1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（54）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AShould Smoking Be Banned in Public Places?Saki Kwoda, 24Schoolteacher （Japanese nonsmoker）Yes. It should be bannedSmoking is not only bad for the smokers health, but also for nonsmokers through passive smokingIn public people
2、 should think about othersAlex Wright, 23Teacher （American nonsmoker）I dont smokeHowever, I dont really care if people smoke around meLeave them alone They have the right, and let them be.Masako Imai, 24Phone engineer （Japanese smoker）I smoke but I think it should be banned, I really want to give up
3、 and I think that if everywhere became nonsmoking, it would make it much easier for me to do soLuke Collings, 35Musician （British smoker）Im a smoker but am against others having to share my addictionIts only a matter of time before society wakes up and realizes how addictive and destructive nicotine
4、 is.Jenny Wilcox, 31Civil servant （British smoker）I smoke but I agree with a banIt forces people, including me, to smoke lessIm from London, and although smokers were against the ban at first, it now feels totally normalChris Kennedy, 23Student （British nonsmoker）Walking past a smoking area, like th
5、e one by Hachiko, feels and smells absolutely awfulAt least if smokers could smoke anywhere, then it would be spread out1How many of the above smokers may now regret having picked up the bad habit?AAll. BNone, CTwo DFour2Which of the four people are very tolerant of smoking?AChris Kennedy BLuke Coll
6、sngs CSaki Kuroda DAlex Wright3The underlined word Hachiko in the last part probably refers to _ .Asomeone who dislikes smelly smokersBsomeone who smokes but agrees with a banCa place near which there is an area for smokersDalegal smoking area which may spread outBDriving a large truck over mountain
7、 roads is not the usual way that a schoolteacher begins her dayespecially if she is a preschool teacherBut Mrs Beth Miller does this five days every weekHer unusual schoolhouse on wheels is actually a truckThe back of the truck has been made into a classroom in order to carry the advantages of moder
8、n education to remote areas of the state of West VirginiaIn many rural areas of this state it is impossible for small children to go to regular schools because of the many hills and valleys of Appalachian MountainsThe purpose of the schoolhouse on wheels project is to develop basic skills and social
9、 behavior in children three to five years of ageThis is done through games, exercises, toys and simple handcraftsThe schoolhouse on wheels concept also teaches the young children to recognize 300 to 400 words on the printed pageThis is a great advantage in helping the pupils to learn to read when th
10、ey begin regular schoolIn its three-year history the project has helped about 350 children in an area made up of five counties, an area of 20, 000 square kilometersThe schoolhouse on wheels is part of the Appalachian Educational Laboratory, a research effort paid for by the governmentBesides the mob
11、ile classroom, other parts of the program include lessons by television and visits to the homes of the studentsThe technique is very effective, and one teacher can do the work of seven in a traditional educational systemAs a result the program costs about 50% less than the regular kindergartenAll th
12、ese advantages of the schoolhouse on wheels have made both parents and school officials happyWest Virginia plans to increase the program and to include it in the public school system so that more than 4, 500 preschool children can have this valuable learning experience4Mrs Beth Miller usually _Awalk
13、s to begin her workBdrives a large truck to begin her workCdrives her car to the schoolDcarries the classroom to the school5Children in many rural areas of West Virginia cannot go to regular schools because _Alarge trucks cannot go in mountainous areasBthere are no schoolhouses on wheels thereCthere
14、 are many hills and valleys thereDpreschool teachers dont like to work there6The best title for this passage is _ASchoolhouse on wheelsBWest VirginiaCEffective educational systemDEducational laboratoryCWe have seen that pesticides（杀虫剂） now pollute soil, water and food, and that they have the power t
15、o make our rivers fishless and our gardens and woodlands silent and birdlessMan, however much he may like to pretend the opposite, is part of natureCan he escape a pollution that is now so thoroughly spread throughout our world?We know that even single exposure to these chemicals, if the amount is large enough, can cause extremely severe poisoningBut this is not the major problemThe sudden illness or death of farmers, farm workers and others exposed to enough quantities of pesticides is very sad and should not happenFor t
