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1、2014年12月大学英语六级阅读理解基础试题(7)World'sNonsmokersTakeupFightforCleanerAir Incountryaftercountry,talkofnonsmokers'rightsisintheair.ThisfreshvoiceisheardfromAustraliatoSweden.Itsforceisfreeingcleanairfornonsmokers—andtighteningthesituationforsmokers. InwestGermany,forinstance,taxidrivers—knownfortheirin
2、dependence—postsignssaying"NichtRaucher"(nonsmoker)andmayrefusepassengerswhoinsistonsmoking...BansinPolandpreventsmokinginfactories,offices,snackbars,andotherpublicplaces...AndVenezuelanscanbefined$230to$1,000forsmokinginsupermarkets,buses,andnumerousotherplaces.Manycountriesalsoaremovinginstepto
3、limittobaccopromotion(despitea7percentjumpinworldtobaccoproductionlastyear)andeliminatethe"falseclaimsoftheglorification(美化)ofsmokingasahabit..."saysJeandeMoerlooseoftheUnitedNationsWorldHealthOrganization. Whileamajorityofcountrieshavetakenlittleornoactionyet,some30nationshaveintroducedlegislat
4、ivestepstocontrolsmokingabuse.Manylawshavebeenintroducedinothercountriestohelpcleartheairfornonsmokers,ortocutcigaretteconsumption. Inmanydevelopingnations,however,cigarettesmokingisseenasasignofeconomicprogress—andisevenencouraged. "Whileitappearsthatindevelopedcountriestheconsumptionofcigaret
5、teshasbecomestabilized,therearesomeindicationsthatitisstillrisingatasteadypaceinLatinAmerica,"saysDr.DanielJ.Joly,anadvisertothePanAmericanHealthOrganization. Despiteprogressinsegregating(隔离)nonsmokersandsmokers,mostcountriesseelittlechangeinthenumberofsmokers.Infact,thereisajumpinthenumberofgir
6、lsandyoungwomenstartingtosmoke. Asmoretobaccocompaniesgointernational,newmarketsaresoughttogainnewsmokersindevelopingcountries.Forexample,greateffortsaremadebytheAmericantobaccoindustrytosellcigarettesintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica—whereU.S.tobaccoexportsincreasedbymorethan27percentlastyear,accor
7、dingtheU.S.ForeignAgricultureService.Sofar,anycooperationbetweentobaccointerestsandgovernments'campaignsagainstsmokinghasbeenintheareaoftobaccoadvertising. Restrictionsoncigaretteads,plushealthwarningsonpackagesandban