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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 1 -2016 南京市高考英语二轮阅读理解选练（1 ）答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A.B.C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。If you smoke and you still dont believe that theres a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. No one will accuse you of h
2、ypocrisy. Let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of wishful thinking. This neednt make you too uncomfortable because you are in good company. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised, the governments of most countries hear no evil, see no evil and smell no evil. Admittedl
3、y, a few governments have taken timid measures. In Britain for instance, cigarette advertising has been banned on television. The conscience of the nation is appeased, while the population continues to puff its way to smoky, cancerous death.You dont have to look very far to find out why the official
4、 reactions to medical findings have been so lukewarm. The answer is simply money. Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. Its almost like a tax on our daily bread. In tax revenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the
5、 authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may, conceivable, be harmful, it doesnt do to shout too loudly about it.This is surely the most short-sighted policy you could imagine. While money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with
6、the other. Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether.Of course, we are not ready for such a dr
7、astic action. But if the governments of the world were honestly concerned about the welfare of their peoples, youd think theyd conduct aggressive anti-smoking campaigns. Far from it! The tobacco industry is allowed to spend staggering sums on advertising. Its advertising is as insidious as it is dis
8、honest. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisement always depict virile, clean-shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy! Smoking is associated with the great open-air life, with
9、beautiful girls, true love and togetherness. What utter nonsense!For a start, governments could begin by banning all cigarette and tobacco advertising and should then conduct anti-smoking advertising campaigns of their own. Smoking should be banned in all 高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 2 -public places
10、 like theatres, cinemas and restaurants. Great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit. A horrific warning say, a picture of a deaths head should be included in every packet of cigarettes that is sold. As individuals, we are certainly
11、weak, but if governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.1.Why do a few governments take timid measures toward smoking?A because they are afraid of people.Because diseases cost a lot.C Because they are afraid of the cutting down of their revenue.D Because they a
12、re afraid of manufacturers.2.The tone of this passage isA critical.ironical.C distaste.D amusing.3.What does the sentence “because you are in good company” mean?A you are backed by the government.You are not alone.C You have good colleagues.D Governments are blind to evils of smoking too.4.What is t
13、he best title of this passage?A World Governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking.World governments take timid measures against smoking.C smoking is the most important source of income to many countries.D tobacco industry spends a large sum of money on medical research.Vocabulary1.a
14、 wishful thinking 根据愿望的想法，不顾事实的想法2.puff 喷高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 3 -puff its way to 一路吞云吐雾走向（指抽烟抽到死）3.lukewarm 冷淡/漠然4.insidious 阴险的，狡猾的5.virile 年富力强的写作方法与文章大意这是一篇“要求政府禁烟” 的论说文，采用因果对比手法。先以讽刺口吻指出政府对禁烟的态度软弱无力。然后点明软弱的原因大量税收。再以抽烟大严重后果，机器所花去的钱说明得不偿失。而烟草工业广告泛滥，毒化人们。从而提出政府应从禁止烟广告作起。答案详解1.C 因为他们害怕收入减少。答案见第二段。 “你不用看得很远就能发现为什么官方对医学成果的反应如此冷淡，答案就是钱。烟草是征税的最奇妙的商品，几乎就像日用面包的税收。光烟草税收一项，英国政府就从抽烟人身上征到足以支付整个教育措施的费用。所以在当局那么谨慎地指出吸烟有害时，可以想象，喊叫得太响时不行的。 ”A.他们害怕人民。D.他们害怕厂商。文中没有。B.疾病花费很大和软弱无力的禁烟措施有关。不是花费大而采取弱政策。2.B 讽刺语气。特别表现在第一段、第四段。A.批评语气，整篇文章都在批评，这不是什么语气问题。这里时以讽刺的口吻加以批评政府软弱的禁烟政策。C.
