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1、2014届高三英语星级阶梯阅读练习二星级4AFewlawsaresoeffectivethatyoucanseeresultsjustdaysaftertheytakeeffect.Butintheninedayssincethefederalcigarettetaxmorethandoubled---to$1.01perpack---smokershavejammedtelephone“quitlines”acrossthecountryseekingtokickthehabit.Thisisnot
2、asurprisetopublichealthadvocates.They’vestudiedtheeffectofstatetaxincreasesforyears,findingthatsmokers,especiallyteens,arepricesensitive.Norisitashocktotheindustry,whichfiercelyfightseverytaxincrease.Theonlywonderisthatsomanystatesinsistonclosingtheirea
3、rstothemessage.Tobaccotaxesimprovepublichealth,theyraisemoneyandmostparticularly,theydeterpeoplefromtakingupthehabitasteens,whichiswhennearlyallsmokersareaddicted.Yettherateoftaxationvarieswidely.InManhattan,forinstance,whichhasthehighesttaxinthenation,
4、apackofMarlboroLightKingscost$10.06atonedrugstoreWednesday.InCharleston,S.C.,wherethe7-cent-a-packtaxisthelowestinthenation,thepricewas$4.78.Theinfluenceisobvious.InNewYork,highschoolsmokinghitanewlowinthelatestsurveys---13.8%,farbelowthenationalaverage
5、.Bycomparison,26%ofhighschoolstudentssmokeinKentucky.Otherlow-taxstateshavesimilarlydepressingteen-smokingrecords.HalRogers,RepresentativefromKentucky,likethosewhoareagainsthightobaccotaxes,arguesthattheburdenofthetaxfallsonlow-incomeAmericans“whochoose
6、tosmoke.”That’strue.Butthereismorereasoninkeepingfuturegenerationsoflow-incomeworkersfromgettinghookedinthefirstplace.Asfortoday’sadults,ifthenewtaxdrivesthemtoquit,theywillhavemoretospendontheirfamilies,cuttheirriskofcancerandheartdiseaseandfeelbetter.
7、46．Thetextismainlyabout___________.A．thepriceofcigarettesB．therateofteensmokingC．thedifferencesintobaccotaxrateD．theeffectoftobaccotaxincrease47．Whatdoestheauthorthinkisasurprise?A．Somestatesstillkeepthetobaccotaxlow.B．Teensmokersarepricesensitive.C．Tob
8、accotaxesimprovepublichealth.D．Tobaccoindustryfiercelyfightsthetaxrise.48．Theunderlinedword"deter"inParagraph3mostprobablymeans.A．benefitB．removeC．discourageD．free49．Rogers’attitudetowardsthelow-incomesmokersmightbethatof.A．toler
