北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2016.05ReadingComprehensionDirections:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomeques-tionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.TheCalifornialawmakersvotedThursdaytoraisethelegalagetobuytobaccoproductsfrom18to21.Themeasureispartofalargerpackageoflawsaimedatreducingtobaccouse.IfGover-norJerryBrownsignsthebill,Californiawillbecomethesecondstate,afterHawaii,toraisetheagelimitforbuyingcigarettesandothertobaccoproducts.Morethan100citiesintheU.S.,inclu-dingNewYorkandBoston,havealreadyraisedtheagelimit.Aweekago,theCaiifomiaAssemblyapprovedthemeasure,which--inadditiontoraisingtheagelimit--treatselectroniccigarettesthesameastobaccoproducts,expandssmoke-freeareas,in-creasessmokingbansandallowscountiestocollecthighertaxesoncigarettesthanthe87-centperpackstatetax.TheAssembly'svotecameafewdaysafterthecityofSanFranciscoincreasedtheagetobuytobaccoproductsto21.Californialawmakerspassedthebilldespitelobbying(游说)fromtobaccointerests.Themeas-urealsofacedoppositionfrommanyRepublicans,whosaidthestateshouldnotbeinvolvedinpo-licingpeople'spersonalchoices."Idon'tsmoke.Idon'tencouragemychildrento,"saidRe-publicanAssemblymanDonaldWagner."Butthey'readults,andit'sourjobtotreatourcitizensasadults."Butsupportersofthebillsayraisingtheageto21moveslegallypurchasedtobaccothatmuchfartherfromyoungerkids."Thiswillsavethemedicalsystemmillionsofdollars,"saidDemocraticAssemblymanJimWood.(76)"Itwillsavethousandsoflives."A2015studybytheInstituteofMedicine"foundthatiftheminimumlegalagetobuytobaccowereraisedto21nation-wide,tobaccousewoulddropby12percentbythetimetoday'steensreachedadulthood.Inaddi-tion,therewouldbe223,000fewerpremature(过早的)deathsand50,000fewerdeathsfromlungcancer."第1题Whichofthefollowingisthefirststatetoraisesmokingageto21?A.California.B.Hawaii.C.NewYork.D.Washington.答案：B第2题TheCalifornialawincludesallthefollowingmeasuresEXCEPT__________.A.enlargingno-smokingareasB.allowingcounties.tocollecthighertaxesoncigarettesC.increasingsmokingbansD.punishingparentswhoencouragetheirchildrentosmoke答案：D第3题ThewordpolicinginParagraph3probablymeans__________.A.enrichingB.controllingC.understandingD.protecting答案：B第4题Whoisagainstthebill?A.GovernorJerryBrown.B.AssemblymanDonaldWagner.C.AssemblymanJimWood.D.ThemayorofSanFrancisco.答案：B第5题Whichofthefollowingisanappropriatetitleforthepassage?A.CalitbrniaLawmakersVotetoRaiseSmokingAgeto21B.SanFranciscoIncreasedtheAgetoBuyTobaccoProductsto21C.HawaiiHasAlreadyRaisedtheAgeLimittoBuyTobaccoD.ACaliforniaBillFacesOppositionfromManyRepublicans答案：ADr.JamesBarrywasthefirstwomaninEnglandtogotomedicalschool.Whenshewasgrow-ingup,womencouldnotgotomedicalschool.(77)Sohowdidshebecomeadoctor?Shesimplypretendedthatshewasaman.NooneknowsDr.Barry'srealname,herbirthdate,ofherfamily'sbackground.Somere-cordsshowthatshewasbornin1795inLondon.Somepeoplesayshewasthedaughterofarichmanoraroyalprince.Onefactweknowisthatin1810,JamesBarrybecameamedicalstudentattheUniversityofEdinburgh.JamesBarry'sclassmatesmadefunofherbecauseshedidn'thaveabeardandshewasonlyfivefeettall.Butnoonethoughtshewasagirl.Attheageof20,JamesBarrygraduatedfromtheUniversityofEdinburghasaDoctorofMedicine.Shewasoneoftheyoungeststudentstocompleteherstudies.Dr.BarrythenwenttoworkinaLondonhospitalandstudiedsurgery.Ayearlater,...
