Today, cigarette smoking is a common habit. About forty-three percent of the adult men and thirty-one percent of the adult women in the United States smoke cigarettes regularly. It is encouraging to see that millions of people have given up smoking.
　　It is a fact that men as a group smoke more than women. Among both men and women the age group with the highest proportion of smokers is 24-44.
　　Income, education, and occupation all play a part in determining a person’’s smoking habit. City people smoke more than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high incomes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes. On the other hand, if a well-educated man with a higher income smoked at all, he is likely to smoke more packs of cigarettes per day.
　　The situation is somewhat different for women. There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family income and higher education than among the lower income and lower educational groups. These more highly educated women tend to smoke more heavily.
　　Among teenagers the picture is similar. There are fewer teenaged smokers from upper-income, well-educated families, and fewer from families living in farm areas. Children are most likely to start smoking if one or both of their parents smoke.
　　11. What do we know from the first paragraph ?
　　A More and more people take up the habit of smoking.
　　B There are more smoking women than smoking men in U.S.A.
　　C It is good news that more people have given up smoking.
　　D The U.S. has more smoking people than any other country.
　　答案:C
　　很多人戒烟是个好消息。在文章的段，作者便提到，看到有数百万的人戒烟是令人振奋的。所以选C．
　　12. What factors determine a person’s smoking habits ?
　　A Age, income and education.
　　B Age, sex and income.
　　C Occupation, income and sex.
　　D Occupation, income and education.
　　答案:D
　　文章第三段的开头，Income，education，and occupation all play a part in determining a person’s smoking habit．收入、教育和职业都在人们的吸烟习惯中起到决定性的作用。
　　13. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?
　　A City people are less likely to smoke.
　　B People in rural areas are more likely to smoke.
　　C Men with higher income tend to smoke.
　　D Well-educated men with high incomes are generally less likely to smoke.
　　答案:D
　　高知识、高收入的男人不太容易吸烟。文章第三段提到，Well-educated men with high incomes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes．文化程度和教育程度越高，吸烟的人越少。所以选D。
　　14. What is the smoking situation for women ?
　　A The situation is quite the same for women as for men.
　　B Better-educated women are likely to smoke heavily.
　　C There are more women smokers with low incomes.
　　D Women with higher incomes and higher education do not tend to smoke.
　　答案:B
　　文章第四段提到，女性的情况跟男性相反。These more highly educated women tend to smoke more heavily．教育程度越高，吸烟数量越多。
　　15. What can we say about teenaged smokers ?
　　A The picture about the teenage smokers is similar to that of women smokers.
　　B The situation among teenagers is quite the same with men.
　　C High school students are more likely to smoke than college students.
　　D Farmers’ children tend to smoke more.
　　答案:B
　　青少年的情况与成年男人相似。后一段提到These more highly educated women tend to smoke more heavily．那些来自高收入、高知识家庭和乡村家庭的孩子吸烟的人数较少。

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