首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、States with fewer highly educated populaces have fewer smokers. B、States with higher taxes on cigarettes have lower smoking ra
A、States with fewer highly educated populaces have fewer smokers. B、States with higher taxes on cigarettes have lower smoking ra
admin
2013-06-02
108
问题
States with a highly educated populace and higher taxes on cigarettes have fewer smokers, according to a new Gallup study of poll data.
The study found that one out of five American adults smoke, a number that has held relatively steady in recent years. Utah had the fewest smokers, at just 13 percent, while Kentucky and West Virginia tied for first place at 31 percent.
The South and Midwest dominated in smoker-heavy states. Besides Kentucky and West Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana, South Carolina and Alabama all had populations in which 25 percent or more people smoked. States that were under the national smoking average of 21 percent included: California, Idaho, Montana, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Minnesota, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Arizona and Maryland.
Higher rates of smoking correlated with lower rates of formal education, according to the Gallup organization. West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee and Oklahoma, for example, are all states where fewer than 25 percent of residents have college degrees. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and the District of Columbia, all areas with high rates of education, had some of the lowest rates of smoking.
Cigarette taxes are also associated with low smoking rates, though it’s not clear whether taxes discourage smoking or whether states with fewer smokers are more likely to pass high cigarette taxes. In states where smoking was well above average, the average state cigarette tax was $0.66 a pack. In average states, it was $1.59, and in below-average states, it was $2.02.
States that discourage smoking with regulations against smoking in public places also had lower smoking rates.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What percentage of American adults smoke, according to the study?
30. Which of the following states in America had the lowest smoking rate, according to the study?
31. What can be inferred from the passage?
选项
A、States with fewer highly educated populaces have fewer smokers.
B、States with higher taxes on cigarettes have lower smoking rates.
C、States with fewer smokers are more likely to pass high cigarette taxes.
D、States with regulations against smoking in public places have higher smoking rates.
答案
B
解析
选项中的States with fewer...populaces/higher taxes,fewer smokers,lower/higher smoking rates等表明,本题可能与各州间的吸烟情况的比较有关。短文开头提到,香烟税较高的州拥有的烟民人数较少(States with...higher taxes on cigarettes have fewer smokers),后面提到的In states where smoking...above average...cigarette tax was $0.66...In average states, it was $1.59...in below-average states, it was $2.02也表明了这一点,故答案为[B]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/p8B7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
About700,000childreninMexicodroppedoutofschoollastyearasrecession-strickenfamiliespushedkidstowork,andaweak
Withtheglobaleconomynowtakingmoreexecutivestofar-awayplaceslikeBeijingandMumbai,jetlagisbecomingabiggerprob
They’rethesortofscoresthatdrivehigh-schoolhistoryteacherstodrink.WhenNewsweekrecentlyasked1000UScitizenstot
Inrecentdecades,franchising(专卖店)hasgrownincreasinglypopularandwidespread.SalesfromfranchisesintheUnitedStatesm
Kunzgaveupsoftwareengineeringmainlybecauseheearnedlessthanthoseinlaworbusinessfielddid.Americans’shortcoming
A、TheIndependent.B、TheFinancialTimes.C、TheDailyMirror.D、TheDailyTelegraph.DTheDailyTelegraph是在文中提到大部分报纸支持保守党,为右翼报纸后
Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingsofthepublicatlarge.Thesameproblem,onasmaller【B1】_____,facespractica
Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingsofthepublicatlarge.Thesameproblem,onasmaller【B1】_____,facespractica
Musicians-fromkaraokesingerstoprofessionalcelloplayers-arebetterabletoheartargetedsoundsinanoisyenvironment,
A、Thetelescope.B、Theharmonica.C、Thepiano.D、Thelightbulb.B文章一开始就对BenjaminFranklin界定为是个发明家,他发明出很多实用的东西,通过排除法,我们就可以得出,tel
随机试题
具备“准企业债券”性质的是()
现阶段,我国按劳分配的特点是()
_____theseancientbuildingsinthiscityare!
A.一级结构B.二级结构C.三级结构D.四级结构不属于蛋白质空间结构的是
当外电线路电压为35~110kV,架空线路边线无法避开在建工程(含脚手架)时,其安全距离为()。
已知某双代号网络计划中,某工作的ES=4天,EF=6天,LS=7天,LF=9天,则该工作的总时差为( )天。
质量手册作为企业质量管理系统的纲领性文件,不仅应具备指令性和系统性,同时还需要具备()。
增值税专用发票由国务院税务主管部门指定的企业印制。()
矛盾的普遍性和特殊性的关系是整体和部分的关系。
设向量组α1,α2,…,αn-1为n维线性无关的列向量组,且与非零向量β1,β2正交.证明:β1,β2线性相关.
最新回复
(
0
)