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A、The price of cigarettes. B、The rate of teen smoking. C、The effect of tobacco tax increase. D、The differences in tobacco tax ra
A、The price of cigarettes. B、The rate of teen smoking. C、The effect of tobacco tax increase. D、The differences in tobacco tax ra
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2013-09-14
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Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1.01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone "quit lines" across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they discourage people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.
In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings costs $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. In Charleston, S.C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation, the price was $4.78.
The influence is obvious.
In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky. Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.
Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans "who choose to smoke".
That’s true. But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place. As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What is the passage mainly about?
20. What does the speaker think is a surprise?
21. What might be Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers?
22. What can we learn from the end of the passage?
选项
A、The price of cigarettes.
B、The rate of teen smoking.
C、The effect of tobacco tax increase.
D、The differences in tobacco tax rate.
答案
C
解析
选项内容均为名词词组且概括性强,表明本题可能考查短文主题。由短文刚开始提到的Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect 可知,下面谈到的应该是新颁布的法律所起到的效果,故答案为C)。短文的开头有可能点出主题,一定要仔细听清。
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