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ent of the link between tobacco and disease. In Manila, we even found cigarettes sold at a snack bar operated by the local Boy Scouts. Many governments, moreover, are reluctant to wage antismoking wars because they39。re addicted to tobacco taxes. Argentina gets 22. 5 percent of all tax revenue from tobacco。 Malawi, percent. Into this climate of naivety and neglect, American tobacco panies have unleashed not only the marketing wizardry (魔術(shù) ) that most of us take for granted, but other tactics they wouldn39。t dare use here. Tobacco spokesmen insist that cigarette advertising draws only people who already smoke. But an ad executive, who worked until recently of the Philip Morris account, speaking on condition of anonymity, disagrees. You don39。t have to be a brain surgeon to figure out what39。s going on. Just look at the ads. It39。s ludicrous (荒唐的 ) for them to deny that a cartoon character like Joe Camel isn39。t attractive to kids. 16. People in developing countries are easily influenced by cigarette advertising because ______. A. they don39。t know the relationship between tobacco and disease B. they have a strong inclination to smoke C. they have been forbidden to smoke by the governments D. there were no institutions which persuade them not to smoke 17. Many governments didn39。t launch antismoking campaigns because ______. A. tobacco taxes take up a large part of their revenue B. they are unusually subject to cigarette advertising C. they don39。t think tobacco can do harm to people39。s health D. they are innocent of the link between tobacco and disease 18. According to an executive on the Philip Morris account, ______. A. cigarette advertising only appeals to the young men B. cigarette advertising appeals to adults C. cigarette advertising is attractive to people who already smoke D. cigarette advertising also appeals to kids 19. The word anonymity in the last paragraph may best mean ______. A. publicity B. fame C. hidden name D. secret 20. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. Smoking and Tobacco Taxes B. Smoking in Developing Countries C. Smoking and Cigarette Advertising D. Tobacco Industry Questions 21— 25 are based on the following passage: I hear many parents plaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at one another39。s hands for courage. They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up just by listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in this way is that the crowd is doing it. It has bee harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today39。s parents have e to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a greater barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will ewith the people who respect you for whom you are. That39。s the only kind of popularity that really counts. 21. The main purpose of this passage is to tell ______. A. readers how to be popular with people around B. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves C. parents how to control and guide their children D. people how to understand and respect each other 22. According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to be themselves, but, in fact, most of them ______. A. have much difficulty understanding each other B. lack confidence C. dare not cope with problems singlehanded D. are very much afraid of getting lost 23. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? A. There is no popularity that really counts. B. What many parents are doing is in fact hindering their children from finding their own paths. C. It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree wit his or her classmates. D. Most teenagers are not actually rebelling. 24. The author thinks of advertisements as ______. A. original B. influenti