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A、Adults will depend more on their families. B、The new tax will be beneficial in the long run. C、Future generations will be hook
A、Adults will depend more on their families. B、The new tax will be beneficial in the long run. C、Future generations will be hook
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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、Adults will depend more on their families.
B、The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.
C、Future generations will be hooked on smoking.
D、Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.
答案
B
解析
由短文中提到 But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low—income workers from getting hooked in the first place可知,首先保证低收入烟民的后代没有烟瘾是更加重要的,也就是说,新税法的实施不仅对今天的成年人有益,从长远来看,更会对未来几代人有好处,故答案为B)。in the long run意为“最终,从长远来看”。But 转折处所表达的观点常设为考点,听音时需留意。
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