問題詳情
(A) Japan’s smoking rate has dropped below 20 percent for the first time, according to a new survey, as a recent risein cigarette prices helped to further discourage the habit. The proportion of adult smokers stood at 19.7 percent, down 1.2 percentage points from a year earlier and the lowest rate since the survey started in 1965.The number of smokers in Japan stands at about 20.6 million, according to the study, which is conducted bycigarette monopoly Japan Tobacco (JT). About 30.3 percent of adult men and 9.8 percent of adult women weresmokers, it said. The overall figures put Japan roughly on par with the United States, where the Centers for DiseaseControl estimates that some 18.1 percent of the adult population smokes.The survey was conducted a month after Tokyo raised sales taxes for the first time in 17 years, pushing up theprice of cigarettes, alcohol and other consumer goods. JT said Japan’s rapidly aging population may also be playing arole in lowering smoking rates, along with public health campaigns and tighter rules on where people can light up.Many restaurants still allow smoking, although the number of non-smoking areas or outright bans is growing.Japan’s smoking rate peaked at 49.4 percent in 1966, when a record 83.7 percent of adult men and 18.0 percentof women smoked, the company said. The rate declined in the ensuing decades, slipping below 30 percent in 2004.
【題組】31. From which section of the newspaper is the passage most likely taken?
(A) Sports.
(B) Politics.
(C) Lifestyle.
(D) Entertainment.
(E) Travel.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.545455
統計：A(1),B(3),C(6),D(0),E(1)
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【評論內容】根據一項新的調查顯示，日本的吸煙率首次下降到20％以下，因為最近捲菸價格的上漲有助於進一步阻止這種習慣。這項研究表明，成人吸煙者的比例為19.7％，比去年同期下降1.2個百分點，是自1965年開始調查以來的最低點。日本的吸煙者人數約為2060萬人。捲菸壟斷日本煙草（JT）。它說，大約30.3％的成年男性和9.8％的成年女性是吸煙者。總體而言，日本與美國大致相當，美國疾病控制中心估計約有18.1％的成年人口吸煙。該調查是在17年來首次提高銷售稅後一個月進行的，推高了捲菸，酒類和其他消費品的價格。日本煙草公司表示，日本人口迅速老齡化可能也會在降低吸煙率方面發揮作用，同時公共衛生活動以及人們可以點亮的更嚴格的規則。儘管非禁煙區或徹底禁止的數量正在增加，但許多餐館仍允許吸煙。該公司表示，日本的吸煙率在1966年達到高峰，為49.4％，成年男性吸煙率為83.7％，女性吸煙率為18.0％。在隨後的幾十年裡，這一比率有所下降，2004年下降到30％以下。