[originaltext] (5)Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to

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(5)Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results. The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions. A hundred and sixteen brands were looked at for this study. Ninety-two were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously.(6)The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers. That worries the department because of the addictive nature of nicotine. Stand Glance, a professor of medicine in San Francisco, explains why. " The amount of nicotine that’s delivered in every cigarette is 10 percent higher than it was six years ago, which means that it is easier to get hooked and harder to quit. The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed decision. However,(7)none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products. "
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. What do tobacco companies have to do under the law in Massachusetts?
6. What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston?
7. What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?

选项 A、They will pay more attention to the quality of their products.
B、They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.
C、They promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.
D、They have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.

答案 B

解析 新闻最后提到,这些烟草公司中没有一家准备对这项研究作出评论,或是谈论他们产品中尼古丁的具体含量。故答案为B)。
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