2018高级会计师《职称英语》基础班：阅读判断3

1. Since1939, numerous studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is ahealth hazard. The trend of the evidence has been consistent and indicates thatthere is a serious health risk. Research teams have conducted studies that showbeyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking is associated with a shortenedlife expectancy.

2. Cigarettesmoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an importantfactor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat andis believed to be related to cancer of some other organs of the body. Malecigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smokingmales. Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do notbreathe in the smoke so deeply.

3. Apartfrom statistics，it might be helpful to look atwhat smoking tobacco does to the human body. Smoke is a mixture of gases,vaporized chemicals, minute particles of ash and other solids. There is alsonicotine, which is powerful poison, and black tar. As smoke is breathed in, allthose components form deposits on the membranes of the lungs. One point ofconcentration is where the air tube and bronchus divides. Most lung cancerbegins at this point.

4. Filtersand low tar tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but theycan only slightly reduce，not eliminate the hazards.

Q1.Itis easy to determine whethersmoking is hazardous.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Notmentioned

【题意】判断吸烟是否危害健康是很容易的。

【出处】原文第一段

1. Since1939, numerous studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is ahealth hazard. The trend of the evidence has beenconsistent and indicates that there is a serious health risk.

【判断】题干和原文都提到了确定吸烟是否危害健康。题干说：判断吸烟是否危害健康是很容易的。但原文说：自1939年以来，人们进行了无数次研究，以确定吸烟是否危害健康。根据原文信息“无数次研究”可判断，确定吸烟是否危害健康不是件容易之事。由此可知，题干的内容与原文的信息不符，是对原文进行的错误改写。所以本题是错误的。

【答案】B

Q2.Smoking reducesone's life expectancy.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

【题意】吸烟会缩短人的预期寿命。

【出处】原文第一段

1. Research teams have conducted studies thatshow beyond all reasonable doubt that tobaccosmoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy.

【判断】题干和原文都提到了缩短人的预期寿命。题干说：吸烟会缩短人的预期寿命。而原文说：吸烟与人的预期寿命的缩短有关。题干的内容与原文信息表达一致。显然，题干是对原文信息的正确改写。所以，本题是正确的。

【答案】A

Q3.Smoking may inducelung cancer.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

【题意】吸烟可以诱发肺癌。

【出处】原文第二段

2. Cigarettesmoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be animportant factor in the development of cancer of the lungs andcancer of the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of some otherorgans of the body.

【判断】题干和原文都提到了诱发肺癌。题干说：吸烟可以诱发肺癌。而原文说：吸烟是诱发肺癌的重要原因。题干的内容与原文信息表达一致。

【答案】A

Q4.There is evidence that smokingis responsible for breast cancer.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

【题意】有证据表明吸烟可以诱发乳腺癌。

【出处】原文第二段提到了吸烟能诱发各种癌症

2. Cigarettesmoking is believed by most research workers in thisfield to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs andcancer of the throat and is believed to berelated to cancer of some other organs of the body.

【判断】原文提到与其他某些器官的癌症有关，但是是否包含乳腺癌，文中未提及。

【答案】C

Q5.Malesmokers have a lower death rate from heart diseasethan female smokers.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

【题意】患有心脏病的男性吸烟者死亡率小于患有心脏病的女性吸烟者。

【出处】原文第二段

2. Malecigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smokingmales. Female smokers are thought to be less affectedbecause they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply.

【判断】原文提到了“男性吸烟者心脏病的死亡率高于男性不吸烟者，女性吸烟者受到的影响小”。由此可判断出，患有心脏病的男性吸烟者死亡率大于患有心脏病的女性吸烟者。题干说男性吸烟者心脏病死亡率低于女性吸烟者与文意相反。

【答案】B

Q6.Nicotine ispoisonous.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

【题意】尼古丁有毒。

【出处】原文第三段提到了尼古丁是有毒的。

3. Apart from statistics，itmight be helpful to look at what smoking tobacco does to the human body. Smokeis a mixture of gases, vaporized chemicals, minute particles of ash and othersolids. There is also nicotine, which is powerfulpoison, and black tar.

【判断】题干的内容与原文信息完全一致，显然题干内容是对原文信息进行的正确改写。所以，本题是正确的。

【答案】A

Q7.Filtersand low tar tobacco make smoking safe.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

【题意】有了过滤嘴和焦油含量低的烟草，吸烟是安全的。

【出处】原文第四段

4. Filtersand low tar tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but theycan only slightly reduce，not eliminate the hazards.