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If you come to Australia, leave your naughty habits at the door. If you live here, get back in your box. The Australian gover

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问题    If you come to Australia, leave your naughty habits at the door. If you live here, get back in your box.
   The Australian government announced in the Federal Budget on Tuesday that it will be slogging smokers top dollar for a pack of ciggies.
   Right now, they cost on average A$25 ($18.91) to A$30 for a packet of 20 or 25 cigarettes, which would already seem like highway robbery to anyone living in any other country on earth. Now, the government will be increasing the cost of cigarettes by 12.5% annually for four years. The increase will smack smokers in September each year.
   If you work off a packet costing A$25 today, by 2020 it will set you back a hefty A$40. So unless you are living in a life of luxury, it is probably going to break the bank. Must be time to read the "How to stop smoking" book your old neighbor Dave recommended in 2012.
   If you think you’ll just bring the cigarettes in through the duty free back door, think again. The government is reducing the amount of cigarettes you can bring into the county from 50 cigarettes to 25 cigarettes. Not 25 packs, 25 individual cigarettes. That’s one packet.
   This price hike will earn the government A$4.7 billion and it will take the tax excise on cigarettes to almost 69% of the average price of a cigarette currently. This is in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization, which advised governments to increase tax by 70% so that it becomes unaffordable.
   "These changes will improve the health of Australians by reducing their exposure to tobacco products and will ensure that tobacco products consumed domestically are fully taxed and comply with Australian regulations." the government noted in the budget papers.
   This increase will see Australia remaining easily the most expensive place in the world for smokers. In 2015, cigarettes in the city of Melbourne cost 142% more than in New York. Cigarettes in Sydney were 130% more, according to a Deutsche Bank report.
   Australia already has plain packaging laws, which see cigarettes wrapped in generic mould green color and slapped with a photograph of a dying baby.
   No more sneaky ciggies for you, casual smoker!
What is the passage trying to inform us?
选项 A、The Australian government will be placing high tax on smokers.
B、The harmful effects of smoking on smokers.
C、The benefits the government and the people of Australia can gain from the tax on cigarettes.
D、The government is reducing the amount of cigarettes you can bring into country.
答案A
解析 主旨题。全文围绕澳大利亚政府将提高烟草税来展开。文章首先提到政府增加烟草税从而提高香烟价格来控制烟民数量；然后提到这一举措将提高政府税收，同时改善澳大利亚人民的健康状况；最后还提到政府通过改变烟草的包装来提醒人们不要抽烟。A项概括最全面。文章没有具体提到吸烟对人体的危害，故可排除B。C、D两项均是文章涉及的两个方面，概括不全面。故本题选A。
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