Question

【題目】Do you know the UK government has【1】(successful) passed a law banning branding on packs of cigarettes? That means tobacco manufacturers will be forced【2】(pack) their cigarettes in plain packets.

The motivation behind this【3】(decide) is to make smoking less appealing to people, especially children.

A similar law【4】was passed in Australia in 2012 has resulted【5】a fall in smoking rates from 15.1% to 12.8% for people aged 14.

As of January 2015, 22% of adult men and 17% of adult women smoke in Great Britain. The possibility of smoking in the UK increases with age so that by 15 years of age 8% of school children【6】(be) regular smokers. Children, it is thought, will be less attracted to cigarettes【7】(sell) in unbranded boxes.

Smoking is one of【8】biggest causes of preventable deaths in England. Every year about 80,000 die and over 450,000【9】(send) to hospital due to smoking. This places a large strain on the health service and is also a factor in why the government would like to prevent people from【10】(take) up smoking or help them quit.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】successfully

【2】to pack

【3】decision

【4】that/which

【5】in

【6】are

【7】sold

【8】the

【9】are sent

【10】taking

【解析】本文介紹吸煙給人帶來的傷害。英國政府通過了一項禁止在香煙上打商標的禁令。

【1】副詞修飾動詞，可知答案為successfully。

【2】固定結(jié)構(gòu)：force sb. to dio sth.強迫某人做某事，此句是被動語態(tài)，故答案為to pack。

【3】句意：這個決定背后�？芍�用名詞形式，答案為decision決定（名詞）

【4】句意：在2012年澳大利亞的一項被通過的相似的法律已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致吸煙率的下降。此處law做先行詞，指物，在后面的定語從句中做主語，故答案為that/which。

【5】句意：在2012年澳大利亞的一項被通過的相似的法律已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致吸煙率的下降。result in導(dǎo)致，可知答案為in。

【6】句意：到十五歲為止，孩子的8%是定期的吸煙者。根據(jù)句意可知用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)，句子的主語是8% of school children，復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語動詞是復(fù)數(shù)形式，故答案為are。

【7】句意：孩子們被認為更少地被非品牌的香煙吸引。此處是過去分詞做后置定語，故答案為sold。

【8】形容詞最高級前用定冠詞the，故答案為the。

【9】句意：每年由于吸煙而死的人大約80,000，超過450,000人被送到醫(yī)院。根據(jù)句意可知句子用一般過去時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)，主語是復(fù)數(shù)，故答案為are sent.

【10】固定詞組：prevent sb. （from） doing sth.阻止某人做某事，故答案為taking。