up in Smoke

I began to smoke when I was in high school In fact, I remember the evening I was at a girlfriend's house, and we were watching a movie--a terribly romantic movie He (the hero of the movie) was in love, she (his lady) was beautiful, and they were both smoking My friend had only two cigarettes from a pack in her mother's purse, and she gave one to me It was my first time

My parents didn't care much They both smoked, and my older brother did too My mother told me that smokers don't grow tall, bull was already 5'6" (taller than most of the boys in my class), so I was happy to hear that "fact" In school, the teachers talked against smoking, but the cigarette advertisements were so exciting The men in the ads were so good-looking and so successful, and the women were--well, they were beautiful and sophisticated (老于世故的)

I read a book called How to Stop Smoking The writer said that smoking wastes time, and that cigarettes cost a lot of money "So what?" I thought The book didn't say that smoking can take away years of your life But ten years later, every’ one began to hear about the negative effects of cigarette smoke: lung disease, cancer, and heart problems After that, there was a health warning on every pack of cigarettes I didn't pay much attention to the reports and warnings I felt healthy, and thought I was taking good care of myself

Then two events changed my mind First, I started to cough I thought it was just a cold, but it didn't get better Second, my brother got lung cancer He got sicker and sicker My brother and I used to smoke cigarettes together over twenty years ago, and we smoked our last cigarettes together the day before he died I sat with him in his hospital room, and I decided to quit "NO more cigarettes, ever," I said to myself

However, it was very hard to stop Nicotine (尼古丁) is a drug; as a result, cigarettes

cause a powerful addiction I tried several times to quit on my own--without success I made excuses I told myself: Smoking helps me keep my figure—i.e I don't gain weight when I smoke Smoking not only relaxes me but it also helps me think clearly I'm a free, liberated woman I can smoke when I want to

Finally, I ran out of excuses -I might say my excuses went up in smoke I joined the

"Stop Smoking" program at the local hospital, which also ended up in failure

11 How the writer started smoking shows the powerful influence of

A educational institutions

B one’s social status

C the mass media

D public opinions

12 The "fact" in Paragraph 2 refers to

A her admiration for the men in the ads

B her mother's warning that smokers don't grow tall

C her height of 5'6"

D the teachers' negative attitude towards smoking

13 The book called How to Stop Smoking

A cost the writer a lot of time to read

B was not taken seriously by the writer

C warned the reader of the risk of lung cancer

D left the writer in confusion,

14 The writer decided to quit smoking partly because

A she could not afford any more cigarettes

B her doctor had advised her to do so

C her brother had given up smoking

D she had started to cough

15 The writer found it hard to quit smoking because

A she had been addicted to nicotine

B she had been putting on weight

C she could not think clearly,

D she was an independent woman

參考答案：11.C 12.B.13B 14.D 15.A

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