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2016年 5 月 学士学位英语
Part 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 Sheet.
Passage 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 become 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 allow counties to collect higher taxes on cigarettes than the 87-cent per pack state tax. The Assembl'ys vote came a few days after the city of San Francisco increased the age to buy 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 invoIved in policing people'pers onal choices. "I don 'smoke. I don 'e ncourage my childre n to,” said Republican Assemblyman Donald Wagner.But they're adults, and it'our job to treat our citizens as adults’.
But supporters of the bill say raising the age to 21 moves legally purchased to tobacco that much farther from younger kids. This will save the medical system millions of dollars, “ said Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood. (76)”lt will save thousands of lives.” A 2015 study by the Institute of Medicine 'found that if the minimum legal age to buy tobacco were
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