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高二英语阅读理解习题精选 高二英语阅读理解习题精选 高二阅读理解及答案解析（一） Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, I tried to quit （放弃）smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke.1 Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine. The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. showed. Students did not know history. Most did not know the dates of the American Civil War. Many did not know World War II leaders. Someone asked this question.2 Their answer: Social studies was not important. They said it was the least important of their studies. What is social studies? It is the study of individuals. It is the study of groups. It is the study of societies. Social studies covers many fields. You have read about history and geography. These are part of social studies.3 Lets say you study the way people live together in groups. This is an area of social studies. So is learning about very early people. So is studying government. Is social studies important? Early Americans thought so. Students then learned history and civics (公民学).This was to make them good citizens. A report from 1916 set a new goal. It said, The social studies should cultivate a sense of membership in the world community. The world community is very large.4 We have radio and TV. We have phones. We have computers. Social studies helps us understand the worlds people. It helps us learn about groups and societies.5 We all need to be good world citizens. (304) It covers many other areas as well. But today it is easy to share