Question

Held on the second Wednesday of March each year, No Smoking Day helps people across the UK who want to stop smoking. The activity encourages and helps smokers to give up, and publicizes(宣傳) the many sources of help offered to people. Each year over a million smokers take part in the day, while about 40,000 actually give up smoking.
The much-publicized effects of smoking include increased risk (風(fēng)險(xiǎn)) of heart disease, lung cancer and asthma. However, smoking also causes dull skin and wrinkles. The reducedamount of oxygen getting to the skin accelerates (加速)aging, and makes the skin look sallow (病黃色的). And while many smokers believe that cigarettes help them to cope with stress (對(duì)付壓力), scientific research has shown that worry levels actually go down after giving up smoking.
Set a date and time to stop, and keep to it .Talk to your doctor about whether any kind of medicines might suit you.
Find out if there is a stop-smoking health center near you .Try to get the help of your friends and family.
Keep away from situation in which you used to reach for cigarette. If you need to, use nicotine patches (尼古丁戒煙貼片) or gum.
NHS Stop-smoking Centers are all over the UK, providing free services. They have specially trained employees who can advise you on the best way to stop smoking. There are also a number of free national helpline in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, where expert counselors can discuss with you how to give up smoking step by step.
【小題1】How many people don’t give up smoking among those who take part in No Smoking Day every year according to the passage?

A．About 1,000,000.	B．About 40,000.
C．About 960,000.	D．About 1,040,000.

【小題2】According to the passage, place the following titles in the correct orders.
A.What are the health risks of smoking?
B.A few tips on giving up smoking:
C.What is No Smoking Day?
D.What help is offered for giving up smoking?
A. a; b; c; d      B. b; a; d; c       C. d; a; b; c       D. c; a; b; d
【小題3】Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

A．No Smoking Day is held on the second Wednesday on March.

B．Smoking can make skin look dull.

C．If you give up smoking, your worry levels will increase.

D．You can get treatment in NHS Stop-smoking Centers for free.

【小題4】The underline word “counselors” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

A．nurses

B．a(chǎn)dvisers

C．employees

D．doctors

【小題5】 How many tips on giving up smoking are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了吸煙對(duì)我們身體的危害，并就此提出了幾點(diǎn)建議。
【小題1】根據(jù)第一段Each year over a million smokers take part in the day, while about 40,000 actually give up smoking.計(jì)算可知，1,000,000-40,000=960,000，選C。
【小題2】根據(jù)短文描述，可知本文首先介紹了什么是無(wú)煙日，最后介紹的是為戒煙活動(dòng)提供的幫助，故選D。
【小題3】根據(jù)短文第二段scientific research has shown that worry levels actually go down after giving up smoking.描述，可知選項(xiàng)C描述錯(cuò)誤。
【小題4】根據(jù)本段描述，可知本段主要內(nèi)容就是給戒煙者提供建議，聯(lián)系下文can discuss with you how to give up smoking step by step.可知此處指的是專業(yè)的指導(dǎo)員，故選B，顧問(wèn)，指導(dǎo)教師。
【小題5】根據(jù)短文三四段描述，可知作者主要針對(duì)戒煙問(wèn)題，提出了六條建議，故選D。
考點(diǎn)：關(guān)于戒煙問(wèn)題的說(shuō)明文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文淺顯易懂，各個(gè)小題都能在文中找到適當(dāng)依據(jù)。只要認(rèn)真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。對(duì)于有關(guān)數(shù)字的問(wèn)題，要認(rèn)真分析，并進(jìn)行必要的計(jì)算。