68] GCSE 1989 ALL CANDIDATES First Session

Read the text, and then choose the correct answer:

In an article published recently in Geneva came another warning against
smoking and a call to civilised society. Civilised society it said, should aim at eradicating and wiping out smoking by the year 2000 because it destroys people and wastes money. Stopping smoking around the world would save hundreds of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars. This money could be used in providing better health care, better education and better housing.

"Otherwise, there is little hope of reducing the numbers of premature deaths from cancer, heart disease, and chronic lung diseases," wrote Dr Koop in a World Health Organisation Journal. He then added that 340,000 Americans died prematurely every year from diseases caused by smoking so that 40 billion dollars had to be spent on medical care for them. The increase in smoking during World War II was a result of the cheap or free cigarettes which the men and women received in the army, air force and navy.

But people realise the danger now. In Britain, many people these days a asking for smoking to banned or forbidden in all offices and factories. This means that if anyone smoked at work he would be sacked, he would lose his job. This is because, as the report said, the simple separation of smokers and non-smokers within the same air space (in a plane or hall) ma reduce but does not eliminate or stop the exposure of non-smokers to the dangers of smoking.

The article arms at (helping civilised societies, explaining methods of banning smoking, warning people against smoking).

Choose the correct answer between brackets:

1.   The writer wants complete eradication of smoking in ………….

A.  11 years

B.  21 years

C.  23 years

D.  50 years

2.   According to the article, the number of premature deaths can be lessened by ….

A.  banning smoking

B.  banning public services

C.  saving billions of dollars

D.  providing better health care

3.   The writer states that 340,000 Americans died ……..

A.  too old

B.  too young

C.  mid aged

D.  ages

4.   Smoking increased from 1939-1945 because of …..

A.  the free cigarettes

B.  World War II

C.  the army, navy and air force

D.  World War I

5.    Separating smokers from non-smokers in the same area …. 

A.  is healthy for smokers and non-smokers

B.  saves non-smokers from the dangers of smoking

C.  does not prevent the exposure of non-smokers to the dangers of smoking

D.  is not healthy for smokers and non-smokers

6.   A suitable title for this text is ….

A.  Smokers and Non-smokers

B.  A Warn against Smoking

C.  A call to All Societies

D.  Smoking

7.   The article says that by the year 2000 smoking …..

A.  will be banned

B.  should be banned

C.  banning

D.  cannot be banned

8.   ……………… 40,000,000 dollars have been spent on smokers who are Ill.

A.  More than

B.  Less than

C.  About

D.  Much more than

9.   This article is written in ………. journal.

A.  a Swiss

B.  an American

C.  an International

D.  a local