全国职称英语等级考试样题--卫生类第一部分阅读理解(75分)Passage1Untilthetwentiethcenturycigaretteswerenotanimportantthreat(威胁)topublichealth
Menusedtobaccomainlyintheformofcigars(雪茄烟),chewingtobacco,pipetobacco(烟草),andsnuff(鼻烟)
Mostwomendidnotusetobaccoatall
Thecigaretteindustrybeganinthe1870swiththedevelopmentofthecigarettemanufacturingmachines
Thismadeitpossibletoproducegreatnumbersofcigarettesveryquickly,anditreducedtheprice
Todaycigarettessmokingisawidespreadhabit
Aboutforty-threepercentoftheadultmenandthirty-onepercentoftheadultwomenintheUnitedStatessmokecigarettesregularly
Itisencouragingtonote,however,thatmillionsofpeoplehavegivenupthesmokinghabit
Seventy-fivepercentofthemalepopulationandforty-sixpercentofthethesemenandelevenpercentofthewomenhavestoppedsmoking
Thenumberofpersonswhohavegivenupsmokingisincreas