Basketball superstar Yao Ming and famous singer Peng Liyuan became the new faces of China’s anti-smoking campaign on Monday.It is believed that they will appear in public places telling people to stop smoking and to give up this bad habit.Yao Ming,the most successful Chinese NBA player,appeared in a 2006 advert asking Chinese people not to eat shark fin as part of a Wild Aid campaign to save shaeks from dying out.Peng Liyuan also joined a public campaign to educate people not to look dowm on HIV / AIDS-related people.―We hope famous people,like Yao Ming and Peng Liyuan,will encourage more people to join in anti-smoking activities.The public should liver a healthier life without tobacoo(烟草)use,‖ said an official of the CATC.It is reported that about 350 million Chinese,or nearly 27% of the country’s total population,smoke and use one third of the tobacco products in the world.Each year about one million Chinese die from lung(肺) cancer and diseases that can be directly related to tobacco use,according to the CATC.Secondhand smoke has also put the health of 540 million Chinese under threat (威胁),so China has banned smoking in public places.The most urgent task is to ban smoking at all indoor public places and workplaces by 2011.Tobacco control will be hard and take a long time in China.The CATC’s anti-smoking campaign was also supported by other Chinese famous people including table tennis player Zhang Yining and actor Pu Cunxin.

1 What will Peng Lingyuan and Yao Ming do to be against smoking?A.Join a public campaign to educate people to look down on smoking.B.Tell people to stop smoking in public and give up smoking.C.Tell people that smoking may cause cancer and diseases.D.Tell people the danger of second-hand smoke.( )

2.According to the passage,which statement is TRUE?A.Chinese smokers smoke the most of the tobacco in the world.B.There are one million Chinese smokers die because of tobacco use in all.C.Second-hand smoke has made 540 million Chinese die.D.Banning smoking is a task that must be done at once.( )

3.China bans smoking because ______________?A.too many teenagers smok now.B.smoking destroys our environment.C.Smoking is harmful both to the smokers and the second-hand smokers.D.Famous people don’t like smoking.( )

4.Why do you think Yao Ming becomes the new face of China’s anti-smoking campaign?A.Because he is an NBA player.B.Because he is tall and good at playing basketball.C.Because he is famous and has a clean image(形象).D.Because he hates smoking.( )

5.What do you think of the underlined sentence?A.There are too many people smoke in China.B.Chinese people have a long history of smoking.C.Chinese tobacco companies make a lot of mooner every year.D.Both A and B.