Oneinonehundredpeoplearoundtheworlddiefromsecondhandsmokeeachyear,anewstudyshows.Nearlytwo-thirdsofthedeathshappeninchildren.Morethanonebillionpeoplearoundtheworldwouldsmokeand5milliondieeachyearfromtobacco-relate

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One in one hundred people around the world die from
secondhand smoke each year,a new study shows.Nearly two-thirds of the deaths
happen in children.
More than one
billion people around the world would smoke and 5 million die each year from tobacco-related
illness,according to the World Health Organization (WHO); That’s about one
person dying every six seconds.Health experts have known this for a while.
But just howmany people are sickened by secondhand smoke has been less clear until now.
According to a
WHO study published in a British medical journal The Lacent last month,data
collected from 192 countries in 2004 shows that as many as “40 percent of children,35 percent of women,and 33 percent of men are regularly exposed to
secondhand smoke indoors.”
The
researchers then estimate that secondhand smoke causes 600,000 deaths every
year.That accounts for about 1 percent of the world’s deaths.
Tobacco use is
one of the highest public health threats the world has ever faced,according to
the WHO.The study author estimate that 165,000 children under the age of 5 die
each year from the diseases caused by secondhand smoke—and most of these deaths
happen in Africa and South Asia.
Health experts
believe more needs to be done to create completely smoke-free indoor
environment.
In another
article in the same issue of the Lancet,health expert Jonathan Samel and
Heather Wipfli say their research from 31 countries found that 88 percent of
parents who smoked did so at home and over 80 percent smoked near their
children.They say it is important to create smoke-free homes,which would help
lower the numbers of people who sicken and die as a result of other people’s
smoke.
In the UK,theBritish Lung Foundation is asking the government to ban(禁止) smoking in cars.
Helena
Shovelton,the foundation’s CEO,said smoking parents often underestimate the
danger of smoking to their children.
“They
absolutely would not do something dangerous like leaving their children in the
middle of the road,but somehow,smoking in front of them is fine” she said.
57.The numbers in the first paragraph are to show_____.
A.the serious effect of secondhand smoke
B.how common smoking is in the world
C.how dangerous smoking is to smokers
D.that most children die from smoking
58.Which of the following is TRUE according to thepassage?
A.WHO has the exact number of people sickened bysecondhand smoke.
B.About 165,000 children die from secondhand smoke every year.
C.Smoke—free homes are very common in Africa and South Asia.
D.Children are more easily hurt by secondhand smoke.
59.What did Helenawant to tell us in the last paragraph?
A.It’s dangerous to leave a child in the middle ofthe road.
B.Smoking in front of a child is not so dangerous aspeople think.
C.Smoking parents are not aware of the danger ofsecondhand smoke.
D.Smoking parents don’t care about the deaths oftheir children.
60.Health experts suggest that people should _____.
A.not smoke near their children or indoors
B.pay attention to smoking-related illness
C.stop smoking as soon as possible
D.smoke when they are alone

Answer 1

57.C
58.A
59.D
60.B
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