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Giving up smoking is very difficult. When I smoked with my family, I would feel so 1 and good that nothing else in the world seemed to 2 . I thought that smoking weed(烟草)was okay since many of my family members and people at my school smoked. 3 ever happened to them. 4 I started smoking weed a lot more during lunch and after school. I never thought 5 of it just that I wanted to smoke. Not that it was actually 6 my mind and body. Then I began to fall behind in school. I would 7 classes, come home late and spend all my babysitting money. I would spend 8 8 to 18 dollars a day. I never thought 9 that marijuana (大麻)had a bad effect on those things. Maybe my coming to class high(神志恍惚)was the reason why I was failing or coming home late. As I continued to smoke marijuana, I began to notice that I would always have the strong desire to smoke and that I would get 10 cigarettes if I smoked those, but I don't.
11 I have learned more about marijuana, I have 12 the amount of marijuana that I use. I don't want drugs to be the most important in my life. I'm not smoking every day, and not spending as much money. Now that I have 13 on my habit, I am 14 more money. I'm ready to go back to school and do well, so that I can make 15 of myself. Everyone is always saying how weed 16 your mind and how it solves problems. I think it only brings more 17 . Marijuana is not good for your body or your brain. I'm not trying to tell you not to smoke, I'm just letting you know that marijuana can be 18 to your health, and 19 it may cause some longterm negative (负面的) effects. Help yourself now, before it is too late. I don't want to lecture anyone, just 20 my experience with you. I do still smoke, but not as often.
1．A.worried B．relaxed C．disappointed D．moved
答案：B
解析：根据下文的good可知，与之平行的词是relaxed，意为“感到轻松的”。
2．A.matter B．happen C．appear D．work
答案：A
解析：此处指“世上没有什么比这更重要的了”。matter“要紧，起作用”。
3．A.Something B．Everything
C．Nothing D．Anything
答案：C
解析：看到家人及学校一些人吸烟，他们也没有出什么事。nothing“什么也没有”。
4．A.By the way B．Now and then
C．In my opinion D．At one point
答案：D
解析：at one point“当时，那时”，用以引出过去的事实。
5．A.too much B．a little C．too often D．any more
答案：A
解析：never think too much of it“根本没有多加考虑”。
6．A.going over B．taking over
C．coming across D．making up
答案：B
解析：此句的结构与前一句是同类结构，意为“也不知道它(烟瘾)在控制着我的身心”。take over“接管；控制”。
7．A.give B．have C．attend D．cut
答案：D
解析：cut classes“旷课”。
8．A.at least B．at most
C．no more than D．as little as
答案：A
解析：根据意义判断，“每天至少有8到18美元的开支”。
9．A.once B．twice C．again D．further
答案：B
解析：此题中的think twice(about sth.)“认真考虑后再决定做某事”。
10．A.used to B．paid for C．lost in D．ready for
答案：C
解析：get/be lost in“专注于某物，沉迷于某物”。
11．A.Although B．Even if C．Now that D．As long as
答案：C
解析：根据题意，此句的上下文存在因果关系，now that用作连词，意为“既然”。
12．A.reduced B．increased C．bought D．continued
答案：A
解析：既然我知道了大麻的危害，我“减少”了其用量。
13．A.broken down B．cut down
C．turned off D．cut off
答案：B
解析：根据文章意义，作者并没完全戒掉毒瘾，只是“降低”对毒品的依赖。
14．A.wasting B．spending C．making D．saving
答案：D
解析：此题与前面12小题相呼应，表示现在“节省”了更多的钱。
15. A．somebody B．everybody
C．something D．everything
答案：C
解析：根据语境，作者决定有所成就。make something of “有所成就”。
16．A.excites B．fills C．repairs D．destroys
答案：A
解析：excite“刺激，激发”。
17．A.problems B．pleasure
C．convenience D．excitements
答案：A
解析：用大麻不仅不能解决问题，反而引起更多的问题。
18．A.helpful B．useful C．dangerous D．strange
答案：C
解析：根据语境可知，大麻可能对你的健康有危害。
19．A.in future B．in the distance
C．in the long run D．in the case
答案：C
解析：in the long run“从长远看，终究，最后”。
20．A.tell B．explain C．regret D．share
答案：D
解析：share sth. with sb.“与某人分享某事”。
