完型填空例题解析:
* L6 j. A$ s0 @5 j$ n( Z) jPassive smoking is workplace killer " Y7 U' X; Q- m! @. E( b6 D7 W0 l
Pressure mounted on Britain on Monday to take action on __1__ smoking with new
; c. n, f+ K! `: t7 q; |- e* Dresearch showing second-hand smoke__2__ about one worker each week in the hospitality industry.
' Z" A; t( r7 A/ p* _. j3 m, [4 k Professor Konrad Jamrozik,of Imperial College in London,told a conference on
! g, |3 ?, f; E. @: U3 Fenvironmental tobacco that second-hand__3__kills 49 employees in pubs,bars,restaurants and hotels each year and contributes to 700 deaths from lung cancer,heart__4__ and stroke across the total national work force., C% Q! u8 n2 M8 `% I7 n
“Exposure in the hospitality__5__at work outweighs the consequences of exposure of living__6__ a smoker for those staff,” Jamrozik said in an interview., D) ?7 c# d7 `' y8 ?
Other__7__have measured the levels of exposure to passive smoking but Jamrozik$ Q) }$ f9 t5 C# W
calculated how it would translate into avoidable deaths.; x* E A$ Z4 s
His findings are__8__ on the number of people working in the hospitality industry in Britain.their exposure to second.hand smoke and their__9__of dying from it.
. v" c) d# \1 f; Q5 Y Jamrozik said me findings would apply to __10__countries in Europe because, to a greater or__11__extent,levels of smoking in the community are similar.. q2 R* X, T6 x, G
Professor Carol Black,president of the Royal College of Physicians,who sponsored the meeting.said the research is proof of the need for a ban on smoking in __12__places.( S( k( B: @9 X$ a
“Environmental tobacco smoke in pubs,bars,restaurants and other public places
! j* [1 Y/ v) m; [is__13__ damaging to the health of employees as well as the general public,”8 Z6 r, L! V( o# p& f3 b6 m
she said in a statement.
- `8 D5 m9 ?8 { “Making these places smoke.free not only protects vulnerable staff and the public。It will__14__help over 300,000 people in Britain to stop smoking completely,”she added.
% w5 M {* ]; ]9 L! p a; c0 T, A Ireland recently became the first country to introduce a national ban on smoking in Public__15__ .New York and parts of Australia have taken similar measures.% p" m1 b; p0 j
词汇:+ T+ P# }0 T2 x/ y0 W
workplace/n.工作场所:车间0 b+ y5 z3 }0 _, L/ ^
killer/n.杀人者;凶手
3 i( E; c3 P0 k3 l; Z; J4 Hhospitality/n.友好款待;好客;殷勤1 P/ p1 t# p# T
imperial/adj.英联邦的) t0 t( D2 J7 ~% N4 [/ |+ H6 `
outweigh vt.在重要性(或价值上)超过
; I6 A G/ M" s0 t# [/ R* m5 G5 ]vulnerable/adj.易受伤的;脆弱的9 B/ K0 m6 n: r2 V6 q
练习:, d; i) x1 x1 _, F8 S
1. A)passive B)natural C)extensive D)whole
5 m% l8 k4 i2 g( Z- B2. A)kills B)hurts C)wounds D) injures
! [) u: L" x7 n2 |9 ?; p1 D7 A6 P3. A)dealing B)working C)smoking D)shopping _5 H, N2 B2 X) U
4. A)rate B)motion C)system D)disease1 v) `7 V6 R6 Q9 R
5. A)level B)industry C)location D)nature
e4 t$ g" l1 z3 T( n6. A)close B)with C)for D)next2 h# C* H! [- A/ ?
7. A)researchers B)patients C)members D)smokers! a5 T1 K1 t" i9 f P; C
8. A)applied B)based C)called D)relied
3 h" d3 U) x- }! s- {2 g$ Q9. A)learning B)turning C)dying D)suffering
* c( g$ N% n7 U" i# m9 |5 o10.A)no B)most C)few D)some6 y6 o( M3 y: l0 d }+ z# x& b
11.A)small B)larger C)lesser D)more6 i1 z. U) [& C" k( x6 O. m% `
12.A)private B)secret C)open D)public
8 L$ _/ C7 j p# q9 X# X' [. I6 w13.A)seriously B)strangely C)nervously D)personally
* i; V5 g2 Q$ y6 l7 x* h14.A)yet B)still C)also D)just7 ^/ d7 _) S3 L# k! ~4 @
15.A)sports B)places C)moves D)actions |