2018年公共英语三级阅读模拟试题（十四）
Part B
Directions:
Read the texts from an article in which five people talked about smoking. For questions 61 to 65, match the name of each person (1 to 5) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Hadley
If you smoke and you still don't believe that there's a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. Just have a look at those people in hospital with these diseases and count how many of them do not smoke, you may be surprised at the number. Even these few people might be passive smokers without realising it.
Randy
Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It's 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 authorities point out ever so carefully that smoking may be harmful, it doesn't do to shout too loudly about it.
Sampson
The advertising of tobacco is one of the problems. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lings early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisements always depict handsome, cleanshaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy! Smoking is associated with the great openair life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness.
What utter nonsense!
Rowley
Of course tobacco can help government to raise money. However, while money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with 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.
Bernice
Smoking can provide constant consolation. When I feel worried or nervous, I just get a cigarette and everything seem to get right. After a day's hard work, the thing I want to do most is smoking. It can be even better with a cup of coffee. It's so enjoyable and relaxing that it relieves stresses of every day life. So why bother to ban it and take the pleasure from us.
Now match each of the people (1 to 5) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
61. Hadley
62. Randy
63. Sampson
64. Rowley
65. Bernice
Statements
[A] Smoking brings many psychological benefits.
[B] Tobacco is an important source of income to the government.
[C] Smoking is sure to cause diseases.
[D] It's a shortsighted policy to depend on tobacco for money.
[E] The advertisement for it is dishonest and harmful.
[F] The tobacco industry makes highquality advertisement for smoking.
[G] It's doubtful whether there is link between smoking and cancer.
参考答案
Part B
61. [C]Hardley主要讲了吸烟与疾病的关系，他的观点其实就是两者之间有必然的联系，所以C最合适。
62. [B]Randy从另外一个角度发表自己的观点，即烟草业给国家带来了很多税收，以及由此带来的好处，故选B。
63. [E]Sampson从香烟广告这一角度而谈，他认为广告里对吸烟者的形象塑造不符合实际情况，易产生误导，用“advertisement”作为关键词可首先把选择范围缩小，比较E、F选项，不难看出E较合适。
64. [D]Rowley的观点与Randy相对，他承认烟草为政府增加收入，但他更强调为治疗和研究吸烟带来的疾病所耗费的大量资金。所以他认为从长远利益考虑，应禁烟。D选项正是这一意思的另一种表达方式。
65. [A]Bernice对吸烟持肯定态度，他认为吸烟能使他消除紧张，进行放松。他所说的感受，即“worried”“nervous”等都是从心理角度来说的，所以总结起来，可以说他认为吸烟可以带来心理方面的益处。
