2016年5月北京地区成人英语三级考试真题.docx

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2016.05.07Part?I?Reading?Comprehension?(30%)Directions:?There?are?three?passages?in?this?part.?Each?passage?is?followed?by?some?questions?or?unfinished?statements.?For?each?of?them?there?are?four?choices?marked?A,?B,?C?and?D,?You?should?decide?on?the?best?choice?and?blacken?the?corresponding?letter?on?the?Answer?SheetPassage?1?Questions?1?to?5?are?based?on?the?following?passage:The?California?lawmakers?voted?Thursday?to?raise?the?legal?age?to?buy?tobacco?products?from?18?to?21.?The?measure?is?part?of?a?larger?package?of?laws?aimed?at?reducing?tobacco?use.?If?Governor?Jerry?Brown?signs?the?bill,?California?will?became?the?second?state,?after?Hawaii,?to?raise?the?age?limit?for?buying?cigarettes?and?other?tobacco?products.?More?than?100?cities?in?the?U.S.,?including?New?York?and?Boston,?have?already?raised?the?age?limit.A?week?ago,?the?California?Assembly?approved?the?measure，which-in?addition?to?raising?the?age?limit-treats?electronic?cigarettes?the?same?as?tobacco?products，expands?smoke-free?areas，?increases?smoking?bans?and?allows?counties?to?collect?higher?taxes?on?cigarettes?than?the?87-cent?per?pack?state?tax.?The?Assembly’s?vote?came?a?few?days?after?the?city?of?San?Francisco?increased?the?age?to?by?tobacco?products?to?21.California?lawmakers?passed?the?bill?despite lobbying（游说）from ?tobacco?interests.?The?measure?also?faced?opposition?from?many?Republicans,?who?said?the?state?should?not?be?involved?in?policing?people’s?personal?choices.?“I?don’t?smoke.?I?don’t?encourage?my?children?to,”?said?Republican?Assemblyman?Donald?Wagner.?“But?they’re?adults,?and?it’s?our?job?to?treat?our?citizens?as?adults,”But?supporters?of?the?bill?say?raising?the?age?to?21?moves?legally?purchased?tobacco?that?much?farther?from?younger?kids.?“This?will?save?the?medical?system?millions?of?dollars,”?said?Democratic?Assemblyman?Jim?Wood.?(76)?“It?will?save?thousands?of?lives.”?A?2015?study?by?the?Institute?of?Medicine?“found?that?if?the?minimum?legal?age?to?buy?tobacco?