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The United States is now becoming a non-smoking society. Across the country, hundreds of towns and cities, and even
entire states, are passing strict laws to control the sale and use of cigarettes. In New York, for example, smoking is illegal in public buildings, hospitals, schools, banks, stores, movie theaters, taxi-cabs, and restrooms, to name a few places. Inaddition, smoking is prohibited anywhere in the U.S. on airline flights that last two hours or less. And now many private companies have also made rules prohibiting cigarette smoking. At least 40% of American companies restrict smoking by their employees. Company policies are mostly of three kinds: they prohibit smoking by employees when they are working, they hire only non-smokers, or they forceworkers who smoke to quit smoking.

1. The underlined sentence they force workers who smoke to quit smoking means that
A. workers are hired because they smoke.
B. workers have to give up smoking if they want to continue working.
C. workers are required to smoke if they want to continue working.
D. workers are fired because they smoke.

2. According to the text, we can inferthat

A. none of the company policies ban smoking.
B. all of the company policies ban smokers.
C. the first policy bans smoking, and the other two, ban smokers.
D. the first and second policies ban smokers, and the last one bans smoking.

3. According to the text, the author's intention is to

A. describe how the U.S. is regulating smoking.
B. promote discrimination againstsmokers in the U.S.
C. protest against people who smoke in the U.S.
D. show how smokers can quit smoking in the U.S.

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We owe our nation's state park system to one of the world's most recognizable landmarks -Niagara Falls. By 1880, a ring of industrial sites and man-made attractions had so completely choked off public access to the falls that the only views from American soil were onprivate land. News of Niagara's plight spread when a group of artists and politicians spearheaded a campaign to buy back the land, creating a preserve. Finally in 1885, after six years of legislative wrangling, New York Governor David B. Hill dedicated the famous landmark "free to mankind", and our state park system was born.

America's parks really took off in the 1930's when the country wasbooming with public works projects. The Civilian Conservation Corps built camps and trails that gave Americans access to the outdoors. Now, there are more than 5.000 state parks, nearly ninety-five times the number of national parks. That means at least a few per state, or a short drive for most families.

4. The underlined expression choked off can be replaced by

A. suspended.
B. increased.C. promoted.
D. eliminated.

5. The underlined sentence America's parks really took off in the 1930's, when the country was booming with public
works projects means that

A. America's parks were destroyed in the 1930's because of the increase of public works projects.
B. America's parks began to emerge in the 1930's due to the decrease of public works projects.
C. public worksprojects increased because of the beginning of America's parks in the 1930's.
D. public works projects encouraged the beginning of America's parks in the 1930's.

6. The title of the text could be

A. The history of America's state parks
B. How were America's national parks born?
C. Why visit America's state parks?
D. A guide to America's national parks

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7.Lisa went to the doctor because she was really concerned about her weight. The doctor told her that

A. if she doesn't go on a diet, she wouldn't lose weight.
B. if she didn't go on a diet, she wouldn't lose weight.
C. if she wouldn't go on a diet, she doesn't lose weight.
D. if she wouldn't go on a diet, she didn't lose weight.

8. Patricia's birthday was a week ago. She is telling...