Question

【题目】Are you going to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family? If your father smokes, you must ask him to be careful, because on January 1st, 2007, Hong Kong began to ban(禁止）smoking in most public places, such as restaurants, workplaces, schools, public parks, museums and so on. That’s to say, if someone smokes in those places, he is breaking the law. And then he will have to pay up to HK $5000.

The ban is to stop passive smoking. What is passive(被动的）smoking? When people smoke in a restaurants or on the bus, others have to breathe the smoke too. They don’t want to breathe but they have no choice(选择）. This is passive smoking. It is very bad for people’s health.

Hong Kong is not the first to have a smoking ban. On January 1st, 2006,Singapore(新加坡）began to ban smoking in most public places.

【1】What does “law” mean in Chinese?

A. 法律 B. 责任 C. 风俗 D. 承诺

【2】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. For most people, passive smoking isn’t bad for their health.

B. You can smoke when you are in Hong Kong.

C. If someone smokes in public parks in Hong Kong, he will have to pay up to HK $5000.

D. Hong Kong banned smoking in most public places before Singapore did.

【3】Why did Hong Kong ban smoking in most public places？

A.Because people in Hong Kong hate smoking.

B.Because it want to stop passive smoking which is bad for people’s health.

C.Because smoking is good for people’s health.

D.Because passive smoking is only/span> bad for some people.

【4】 What’s the meaning of “passive smoking”?

A. 吸烟 B.递烟 C.烟囱 D.二手烟

【5】把文中划线句子翻译成中文。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】香港不是第一个开始禁烟的地方。

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了香港在2007年已经颁布了禁烟令，尤其是在餐馆、公园、学校等地方，如果你违反这些禁令要受到惩罚。

【1】A词义猜测题。根据句意如果某人在这些地方吸烟，他就是违反了法律。可知law的意思是法律的意思。故选B。

【2】C细节理解题。通读整篇短文可知只有C是正确的。如果有人在香港的公共场所吸烟，他将必须罚款5000美元。故选C。

【2】C细节理解题。通读整篇短文可知因为吸二手烟对身体不好，所以颁布这条禁令。可知选B。

【4】D词义猜测题。通读整篇短文可知passive smoking是二手烟的意思，可知选D。

【5】B英汉互译题。Hong Kong is not the first to have a smoking ban，根据短语be the first to do sth表示第一次做……；故答案填香港不是第一个开始禁烟的地方。