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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 12月大学英语六级仔细阅读真题 2016年12月英语六级阅读仔细阅读真题及答案 Section C  Directions:There are 2passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices markedA),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.  Passage one  Questions 46 to 50 arebased on the following passage.  Any veteran nicotineaddict will testify that fancy packaging plays no role in the decision to keepsmoking. So, it is argued, stripping cartons of their branding will trigger nomass movement to quit.  But that isn’t why the government—under pressurefrom cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party—has agreed to legislate for standardized packaging. The theory isthat smoking should be stripped of any appeal to discourage new generationsfrom starting in the first place. Plain packaging would be another step in thereclassification of cigarettes from inviting consumer products to narcotics(麻醉剂).  Naturally, the tobaccoindustry is violently opposed. No business likes to admit that it sellsaddictive poison as a lifestyle choice. That is why government has historicallyintervened, banning advertising, imposing health warnings and punitive (惩罚性的) duties. This approach has led over time to a fall in smoking withnumbers having roughly halved since the 1970s. Evidence from Australia suggestsplain packaging pushes society further along that road. Since tobacco as one ofthe biggest causes of premature death in the UK, a measure that tames the habiteven by a fraction is worth trying.  So why has it taken solong? The Department of Health declared its intention to consider the move inNovember 2010 and consulted through 2012. But the plan was suspended in July2013. It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby,David Cameron’s election campaigndirector