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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A，B，C和D）中選出最佳選項。

　　In the developing countries of Asia, Africa and South America, both women and men connect the smoking of cigarettes with wealth, leisure, development , and Western values . Advertising in many of these countries is not limited by the health conscious codes(準則) , laws and controls that trouble the North American and European tobacco advertisers. As a result, unaware of the long-term health costs, the developing countries' most wealthy citizens take up smoking as a sign of material success.

　　The transnational tobacco companies are currently engaged in aggressive development of the only market left—the developing countries. It is recognized that the market in developed countries is full, and in many areas decreasing, while the market in developing countries is increasing markedly. The British American Tobacco Company, for instance, reported in 1979 a drop of 1.2% in the North American market but an increase in size of 2.1% in the developing world. The tobacco industry is not dying, rather, its challenge, which is being met, is to move both the growth, production, and marketing to the developing countries. It is proved possible to create tobacco dependency in increasing numbers of women and men through clever advertising in countries yet to develop regulatory(調(diào)整的) codes on the advertising, sales, and production of cigarettes.

　　Since the richer people require the smoking habit fist, more men than women at present smoke in the developing countries. However, the irony (諷刺意味的) of“progress”for women is clear as most of the women liberated from unfair cultural and religious customs and beliefs in the developing countries are also those most likely to smoke.

1．The passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．tobacco marketing techniques in developing countries

B．a(chǎn)bout the drop in the North American tobacco market

C．a(chǎn) growing tobacco market in the developing countries

D．the proportion(比例) of men and women smoking in developing countries

2．The passage implies that the tobacco market is going down in North America and Europe because of ________.

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A．the religious and cultural beliefs

B．improper advertising

C．the decreasing of population

D．the health conscious codes, laws and controls

3．The irony of“progress”for women in developing countries refers to the fact that ________.

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A．many people in South America smoke

B．the liberated women are the most likely to smoke

C．the more wealthy women will get used to smoking first

D．through advertising, tobacco dependency is increased

4．From the passage we learn that, in the opinion of the writer, ________.

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A．smoking must be forbidden by governments

B．the tobacco companies of the western countries are kind and clever

C．cigarette smoking shows one's material success

D．smoking is stupidly wrong no matter where it is

Answer 1

答案：C;D;B;D
解析：

1．C　　導解：整篇短文講述在北美及歐洲煙草市場日益萎縮的背景下，國際煙草公司向發(fā)展中國家推進，以及發(fā)展中國家抽煙人群的發(fā)展，C項概括性最強。 　　2．D　　導解：短文開頭就說，在發(fā)展中國家的煙草廣告不受人們的健康準則、法律法規(guī)的制約，而這些制約困擾著北美及歐洲煙草廣告商，由此可推斷D正確。 　　3．B　　導解：短文最后提到發(fā)展中國家婦女解放具有諷刺意味，“從不公正的文化宗教習俗中解放出來的婦女最有可能會去抽煙”。 　　4．D　　導解：從文中的描述可知，在北美市場煙草商受到諸多限制，在發(fā)展中國家開始“侵略性”開拓，具有諷刺意味的是婦女剛從文化傳統(tǒng)中解放出來就抽煙，由此種種可推斷D正確。