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In 1998 the Smoking Kills White Paper set out a national strategy (策略) to reduce smoking prevalence (流行) and passive smoking, including in public places. The measures were voluntary and poorly carried out. After a public conference in England in 2004, the Government decided to choose for lawmaking. Scotland went first, with a ban in 2006, followed by the other nations a year later.
What is the current law?
Any person who smokes in enclosed (封闭的) public places, including pubs, offices, on public transport and work vehicles, is breaking the law. It does not extend to private houses. It is also an offence for people in charge of premises (营业场所) to permit others to smoke in them.
How was it received?
It was welcomed by most organizations except for some pub owners and restaurateurs. Many workplaces in the UK had already introduced smoke-free policies consistent with the legislation (法律，法规) before it was carried out, while others have gone beyond its basic requirements.
All railway facilities, including platforms, footbridges and other areas--whether or not fitting the definition of an enclosed public space--are covered, as are all football grounds and some cricket and athletics stadiums. School grounds are not required to be smoke-free under the legislation, but the majority now are.
How has it been forced?
Compliance (服从) in public premises has been high, with inspections suggesting that 99 per cent of places were sticking to the rules. The number of people charged for smoking in cars has been very low, which was due to the problems defining and identifying "work" vehicles. They said that a total ban on smoking in vehicles would end this confusion.
Has it improved health?
Studies in early adopters of the law, including in Scotland, suggest a reduction in hospital admissions for heart disease, which has been shown to be linked to passive smoking. There is also strong evidence of improved rates of smoking end and a drop in the number of cigarettes consumed by those who continue to smoke.
小题1:When did the first law come out to ban smoking in public places?
| A．1987 | B．1998 | C．2004 | D．2006 |
| A．Jack often smokes in the office when he is alone. |
| B．A taxi driver is smoking with a lady in his car. |
| C．Tom smokes while thinking of his future at home. |
| D．Max smokes for relaxation during time-out in the stadium. |
| A．A restaurant owner. | B．A company manager. |
| C．A car owner. | D．A policy maker. |
| A．Most heart diseases have been proved to be linked to passive smoking. |
| B．A new law will soon come out with a total ban on smoking in vehicles |
| C．Cigarette-making factories will disappear soon. |
| D．Most of the school grounds are not smoke-free, as it is not banned in the law. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
解析
试题分析：文章介绍禁烟令的是什么时候开始的，以及对禁烟令的理解，实施情况和人们的反映。
小题1:细节理解题。从第二段的“Scotland went first，with a ban in 2006”可知公共场合的禁烟令是在2006年开始的，D项正确。
小题2:细节题：从第四段的句子：Any person who smokes in enclosed (封闭的) public places, including pubs, offices, on public transport and work vehicles, is breaking the law. It does not extend to private houses. 可知在家抽烟是不违法的，选C
小题3:细节理解题。根据第四个标题下except for some pub owners and restaurateurs可知禁烟令不受餐馆老板的欢迎。选A
小题4:推理判断题。根据第五个标题下due to the problems defining and identifying„work‟vehicles和最后一句They said that a total ban on smoking in vehicles would end this confusion.可推测一项关于汽车类不准抽烟的新法律很快就会出台，B项正确。
点评：本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。
核心考点
试题【How did a ban on smoking in public places come into place? In 1998 the Smoking 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before．Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West．In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university．Students must first pass the strict national examination．However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go．As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university．
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East．Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes．Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West．Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”．
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem．Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school．To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well．Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere．What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education．
小题1:Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________．
| A．they hope their children may easily find a job there |
| B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries |
| C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries |
| D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends |
| A．without patents |
| B．living abroad alone |
| C．with university education |
| D．speaking no English |
| A．want to leave their own country |
| B．want them to go to university |
| C．return to their countries to work |
| D．want them to be independent |
| A．Parents want better education for their kids． |
| B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families． |
| C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem． |
| D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family． |
Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, ”Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.”I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.
Several months ago I was racing to catch a him As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Grey hound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile ,”Oh that bus left five minutes ago.”Dreams of head-cutting!
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.
Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter mainly told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming .Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, ” Oh, that’s all right I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded（被轰炸的）person is sure to have.
小题1:In Paragraph 1,the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to ____.
| A．make a comparison | B．describe a scene |
| C．introduce a topic | D．offer an argument |
| A．was mad at the sales agent |
| B．was reminded of the cruel pharaoh |
| C．wished that the sales agent would have had dreams |
| D．dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night. |
| A．Learning ancient traditions can be useful. |
| B．Receiving bad news requires great courage. |
| C．Helping others sincerely is the key to business success. |
| D．Delivering bad news properly is important in communication. |
Young people often make their parents angry at their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles make their parents angry, this gives them extra enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to agree what you do. If they agree, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are supposing that you are the underdog; you cannot win but at least you keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents" contro1. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can attract others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility, so that they will let you choose what you want to do.
小题1:The first paragraph is mainly about_________.
| A．the teenagers" criticism of their parents |
| B．misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents |
| C．the control of the parents over their children |
| D．the teenagers" ability to deal will problems |
| A．want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own |
| B．have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste |
| C．have no other way to enjoy themselves better |
| D．want to make their Parents angry |
| A．have already been accepted into the adult world |
| B．feel that they are superior to the adults |
| C．are not likely to win over the adults |
| D．have a desire to be independent |
| A．attractive | B．positive | C．cooperative | D．productive |
We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses, By 1932. when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn"t mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn"t afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone.
Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities, A 1940 book. The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job "with tireless search for work."He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.
The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.
Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.
Today"s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined. So it"s only when the economy is healthy again that we"ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.
小题1:In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to __________.
| A．tear many troubled families apart |
| B．contribute to enduring family ties |
| C．bring about a drop in the divorce rate |
| D．cause a lot of conflicts in the family |
| A．starting a new family would be hard |
| B．they expected things would turn better |
| C．they wanted to better protect their kids |
| D．living separately would be too costly |
| A．Mounting family debts |
| B．A sense of insecurity |
| C．Difficulty in getting a loan |
| D．Falling housing prices |
| A．It will force them to pull their efforts together |
| B．It will undermine their mutual understanding |
| C．It will help strengthen their emotional bonds |
| D．It will irreparably damage their relationship |
| A．The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate |
| B．Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships |
| C．A stable family is the best protection against poverty. |
| D．Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage |
Most Facebook users don"t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they"re paying for Face book because people don"t really know what their personal data is worth.
The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules Early on you keep everything private. That was the great thing about facebook you could create own little private network. Last year. The company changed its privacy rules so that many things your city. Your photo, your friends" names-were set, by default (默认)to be shared with every one on the Internet.
According to Facebook"s vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don"t share information They have a "less satisfying experience".
Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. In original business model, which involved selling ads and putting then At the side of the pages totally Who wants to look at ads when they"re online connecting with their friends?
The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April. Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites."I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them," Schrage admits.
I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it"s only the beginning. Which is why I"m considering deactivating(撤销)my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I"m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don"t trust. That"s too high a price to pay.
小题1:What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph?
| A．It is a website that sends messages to targeted users. |
| B．It makes money by putting on advertisements. |
| C．It profits by selling its users" personal data. |
| D．It provides loads of information to its users. |
| A．They are reluctant to give up their personal information. |
| B．They don"t know their personal data enriches Facebook. |
| C．They don"t identify themselves when using the website. |
| D．They care very little about their personal information. |
| A．To render better service to its users. |
| B．To conform to the Federal guidelines. |
| C．To improve its users" connectivity. |
| D．To expand its scope of business. |
| A．Setting guidelines for advertising on websites. |
| B．Banning the sharing of users" personal information. |
| C．Formulating regulations for social-networking sites. |
| D．Removing ads from all social-networking sites. |
| A．He is dissatisfied with its current service. |
| B．He finds many of its users untrustworthy. |
| C．He doesn"t want his personal data abused. |
| D．He is upset by its frequent rule changes. |
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