PASSAGE 10
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PASSAGE 10
A Free Woman
Twenty-five years ago, the worst they could say was -"nice girls don't smoke" or "it'll stunt your growth."
Even years later when the Surgeon General's report showed the connection between smoking and lung
cancer and other diseases, the facts were only about men. But now we know that women who smoke are
dying of lung cancer and other diseases at twice the rate of women who don't. Women who smoke are
sick more often than women who don't. Women who smoke heavily have three times as much bronchitis
or emphysema and 50 percent more peptic ulcers. Smoking even affects pregnancy. So you don't have to
wait until you're old to feel the effects of smoking. If you're pregnant and you smoke, it can harm the
health of your baby.
What happens when you smoke a cigarette? In just three seconds a cigarette makes your heart beat faster
and shoots your blood pressure up. It replaces oxygen in your blood with carbon monoxide and leaves
cancer-causing chemicals to spread through your body. As the cigarettes add up, the damage adds up. It's
the total amount of smoking that causes the trouble. The younger you start smoking, the greater your
danger will be. For instance, if you're fifteen, you will have smoked many more cigarettes by the time
you're thirty than someone who started at twenty.
And people who start young tend to become heavy smokers. Heavy smokers run a greater risk. Again, the
more cigarettes you smoke, the faster they add up.
You're still young. The younger you are, the easier it is to quit. It takes years to develop a real cigarette
habit. So even if you think you're hooked, chances are you're not. If you quit now, you will never be sorry.
Your body will repair itself. Food will taste better. Everything will smell better (including your hair and
your clothes). And don't let anyone tell you stories about gaining weight. Haven't you ever seen a fat
smoker? If you have the willpower to quit smoking, you have the willpower not to overeat. If is as simple
as that. You know what you've got to look forward to. You can grow into a truly free woman, or you can
ruin yourself for life.
The only one who can make the choice is you.
Question 1. The connection between smoking and cancer was made by _________
A. non-smokers.
B. government doctors.
C. the Surgeon General. D. nice girls.
Question 2. Smoking can increase a person's chances of developing _________
A. liver disease.
B. ulcers.
C. common colds.
D. pregnancy.
Question 3. Smoking makes the heart beat faster after a lapse of _________
A. three seconds.
B. ten seconds.
C. twenty seconds.
D. three minutes.
Question 4. According to the article, smoking _________
A. causes dizziness.
your blood
B. kills red blood cells.
C. raises blood pressure. D. increases oxygen in
Question 5. The author points out that giving up smoking requires _________
A. courage.
B. patience.
C. willpower.
D. a cigarette habit.
Question 6. This article is mostly about _________
A. giving up smoking.
B. attitudes toward smoking.
C. the connection between growing and smoking.
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D. smoking women and pregnancy.
Question 7. The author implies that a person who gives up smoking _________
A. gains weight.
B. enjoys food more.
C. sleeps more soundly.
D. enjoys new hair and clothes
Question 8. It can be inferred from the passage that _________
A. smoking can cause the common cold.
B. the odor of smoke clings to cloth.
C. cigarettes are more popular than cigars and pipes.
D. smoking doesn't affect people until they are old.
Question 9. Giving up smoking is easiest for someone who is _________
A. twenty years old.
B. forty years old.
C. middle-aged.
D. sixty years old.
Question 10. It can be concluded that _________
A. cigarette sales have declined in the past few years.
B. illnesses and smoking are often related.
C. cancer kills more people than any other disease.
D. heavy smokers tend to be trouble makers.
ĐÁP ÁN
1-C
2-B
3-A
4-C
5-C
6-A
7-B
8-B
9-A
10-B
LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT
Question 1:
… the Surgeon General's report showed the connection between smoking and lung cancer... so the correct
answer is choice C
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 2 : ‘ Bản báo cáo Surgeon General đã chỉ ra sự liên hệ giữa hút thuốc và ung thư phổi’
Question 2:
Women who smoke heavily have three times as much bronchitis or emphysema and 50 percent more
peptic ulcers. The information in choices A and C is not mentioned. Choice D is incorrect because
smoking can harm the health of the baby.
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 2 :’ Những người phụ nữ mà hút thuốc nhiều mắc bệnh viêm cuống phổi hay khí thủng
phổi nhiều hơn gấp 3 lần, và 50% nhiều hơn bị viêm loét dạ dày
+Ulcers: viêm loét
Question 3:
In just three seconds a cigarette makes your heart beat faster ...
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 3 ‘Chỉ trong 3 giây một điếu thuốc làm tim bạn đập nhanh hơn…”
Question 4:
... a cigarette makes your heart beat faster and shoots your blood pressure up. Choices A and B are not
suitable as no such information is mentioned. Choice D is incorrect because smoking reduces oxygen, not
increases; par.3: It replaces oxygen in your blood with carbon monoxide...
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Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 3 ‘một điếu thuốc làm tim bạn đập nhanh hơn và đẩy huyết áp lên
‘ Nó thay thế oxi trong máu bằng cacbon dioxit’
Question 5:
If you have the willpower to quit smoking, you have the willpower not to overeat.
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 5 ‘nếu bạn có quyết tâm bỏ thuốc, bạn có đủ quyết tâm để khơng ăn q nhiều’
Question 7:
If you quit now, you will never be sorry. Food will taste better. It is implied that you will enjoy food more
if you quit. So choice B is the correct answer. Choice A is incorrect because the author says that you can
control yourself not to overeat (par.5). Choice C is not suitable as no such information is given. Choice D
is not correct because it says your hair and clothes will smell better, not you have new hair and clothes
(par.5).
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 5 ‘ Nếu bạn bỏ ngay bây giờ, bạn sẽ không bao giờ nuối tiếc. Thức ăn sẽ làm ngon
miệng hơn… Mùi tóc và quần áo của bạn sẽ dễ chịu hơn
Question 8:
Everything will smell better (including your hair and your clothes). It suggests that the smell of smoke
clings to your clothes and even hair. So choice B is the correct answer. Choices A and C are not suitable
as no such information is mentioned. Choice D is incorrect because it is mentioned esp. in pars.2-5 that
smoking affects people at any age; as shown in par.3, it affects people just 3 seconds later.
Dịch nghĩa: Đoạn 5 ‘ Mọi thứ sẽ có mùi dễ chịu hơn (gồm tóc và quần áo)
Question 9:
The younger you are, the easier it is to quit. Choice A is the best answer because 20 years old is the
youngest groups of the four choices.
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 5 ‘Bạn càng trẻ thì càng dễ bỏ thuốc’
Question 10:
...showed the connection between smoking and lung cancer and other diseases; ...and leaves cancercausing chemicals to spread through your body. As the cigarettes add up, the damage adds up. The
information in choices A, C and D is not mentioned in the text, so they are not correct answers.
Dịch nghĩa:Đoạn 2-3 ‘Bản báo cáo Surgeon General đã chỉ ra sự liên hệ giữa hút thuốc và ung thư phổi và
. các bệnh khác…. Và để cho các hóa chất gây ung thư lan rộng trong toàn cơ thể, càng thêm các điếu
thuốc, sự tổn hại càng tăng lên.
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