Question

Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family this winter/ if your dad smokes you may want to ask him to be careful. From January I, Hong Kong banned smoking in most public places.

The places included restaurants, workshops, schools or karaoke lounges(卡拉OK厅). Even smoking at some outdoor places is against the law. For example, beaches, sports grounds, museums and most areas of public parks.

Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent passive(被动的) smoking。What is passive smoking? When people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others are forced to breathe the smoke too. They don’t want to smoke but they have no choice. This is passive smoking. It does great harm to people’s health. And it’ll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking because of the ban.

Hong Kong has 7 million people. Among them, about 840,000 people aged 15 or above are smokers.Amy Choi, 27, a student, agrees to the smoking ban. ‘I don’t like people smoking next to me. It’s so smoky and smelly,” she said.If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to Hk$5,000.The ban does not include nightclubs, bars or bath-houses yet. But these places will have to ban smoking by July 1, 2009.

Hong Kong is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban. On January 1, 2006, Singapore banned smoking in most public places.

(    ) 1. In which place people can smoke before July 1, 2009 in Hong Kong?

A. restaurant, workplace and schools

B. Karaoke lounges, beaches and museums

C. most public places

D. bars, bathrooms and nightclubs

(    ) 2.Which is NOT bad for your health?

A. you often smoke

B. you don’t smoke but your father often smokes in your room

C. smoke sometimes, especially, when you feel tired

D. don’t smoke and keep away from the persons who smoke

(    ) 3.How many people smoke in Hong Kong?

A. seven million  B. 840 hundred     

C. 12 percent     D. all people above 15

(    ) 4.The smoking ban CAN”T         

A. help keep people health         

B. make the environment better

C. be carried out in other areas      

D. be carried out in all the parts of the world

(    ) 5.Which do you think CAN NOT be the reason of smoking?

A. maybe they want to make themselves active

B. perhaps some young children think smoking can make them look cool

C. they begin to smoke for fun, but it’s hard for them to give it up. So they continue

D. cigarette stands for honor and wealth

Answer 1

1D  2D  3C  4D  5D