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单选题 What has happened in Australia where plain packaging is implemented?

A．Premature death rates resulting from smoking have declined.
B．The number of smokers has dropped more sharply than in the UK.
C．The sales of tobacco substitutes have increased considerably.
D．Cigarette sales have been falling far more quickly than in the UK.

参考答案B

解析:根据题干中的Australia和plain packaging定位到文章第三段第五句：Evidence from
Australia suggests plain packaging pushes society further along that road．
推理判断题。定位句的前一句指出，禁止香烟广告、发出健康警告、税收等措施已使英国的吸烟人数自20世纪70年代以来大约减少了一半，定位旬中的along that road是指吸烟人数下降，further一词表明平装让澳大利亚的吸烟人数下降得比英国还要多，故答案为B。
A.“吸烟导致的过早死亡率已下降”，原文第三段最后一句提到由于烟草是导致英国人过早死亡的最大原因之一，甚至只能稍微抑制该习惯的举措都值得尝试。这是英国愿意尝试平装的原因，和澳大利亚无关，故排除；C.“香烟替代品的销量大增”，文中没有提到香烟的替代品，可以排除；D.“香烟销量下降得比英国更快”，文中也没有提到香烟销量下降，可以排除。

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单选题Why has it taken so long for the UK government to consider plain packaging?

A．Prime Minister Cameron has been reluctant to take action.
B．There is strong opposition from veteran nicotine addicts.
C．Many Members of Parliament are addicted to smoking.
D．Pressure from tobacco manufacturers remains strong.

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单选题What did Cameron say about chocolate oranges at supermarket checkouts?

A．They fueled a lot of controversy.
B．They attracted a lot of smokers.
C．They made more British people obese.
D．They had certain ingredients missing.

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单选题Questions are based on the following passage.
What a waste of money! In return for an average of ~44,000 of debt, students get an average of only 14 hours of lecture and tutorial time a week in Britain. Annual fees have risen from ￡1,000 to ￡9,000 in the last decade, but contact time at university has barely risen at all. And graduating doesn't even provide any guarantee of a decent job : six in ten graduates today are in non-graduate jobs.
No wonder it has become fashionable to denounce many universities as little more than elaborate con-tricks (骗术). There's a lot for students to complain about: the repayment threshold for paying back loans will be frozen for five years, meaning that lower-paid graduates have to start repaying their loans; and maintenance grants have been replaced by loans, meaning that students from poorer backgrounds face higher debt than those with wealthier parents.
Yet it still pays to go to university. If going to university doesn't work out, students pay very little--if any--of their tuition fees back: you only start repaying when you are earning ￡21,000 a year.
Almost half of graduates--those who go on to earn less--will have a portion of their debt written off.
It's not just the lectures and tutorials that are important. Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars. Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show- they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote.
Whatever your talents, it is extraordinarily difficult to get a leading job in most fields without having been to university. Recruiters circle elite universities like vultures (兀鹰). Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i. e., an upper-second class degree, from an elite university. Students at university also meet those likely to be in leading jobs in the future, forming contacts for life. This might not be right, but school-leavers who fail to acknowledge as much risk making the wrong decision about going to university.
Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything. Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university--and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon. School-leavers may moan, but they have little choice but to embrace university and the student debt that comes with it.
What is the author's opinion of going to university?

A．It is worthwhile after all.
B．It is simply a waste of time.
C．It is hard to say whether it is good or bad.
D．It is too expensive for most young people.

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