Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. 1.________”

Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. 2.________ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.

3.________ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.

4.________ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. 5.________

A. It is very hard to quit smoking.

B. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.

C. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.

D. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.

E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.

F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.

G. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.

Answer

1.C

2.G

3.E

4.A

5.F

【解析】

试题分析：Ali来自一个中东国家，在他的祖国，周围很多人都抽烟，因此他很难戒掉烟。他现在住在美国，美国没那么多人抽烟，他觉得这回应该比较好戒烟。实际上难以戒掉烟是因为香烟中有一种物质，叫尼古丁，这种物质容易使人上瘾，而且很难戒掉。因此最好的方式就是不要开始吸烟。

1.C 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据前几句可知，阿里认为他戒不掉烟是因为身边的人都在抽烟，但是前一句说美国吸烟的人不多，那么应该容易戒烟了。故选C。

2.G 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后一句They know it can cause cancer and heart disease.可知，应该选G。

3.E 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后面的The nicotine makes him sick.可知，刚刚开始抽烟的人感觉并不好。故选E。

4.A 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后一句Many people who quit will soon smoke again.可知，很多戒烟的人很快又开始抽烟，说明了戒烟很难。故选A。

5.F 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据这一段可知，戒烟很难，所以最容易的方法就是不要开始抽烟！故选F。

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