The French surprised even themselves when they banned tobacco ads three years ago, and created smoke-free zones in public spaces. Even then, ___(1)___ seemed a little too American. Now some French lawmakers are preparing to end the act as reform that simply can’t work in a country __(2)___.
Law or no law, smokers and nonsmokers mingle __(3)__, whose owners generally ignore requirements to create separate no-smoking sections. French smokers __(4)___, in hospitals and directly under no -smoking signs. There are stiff fines for violating the smoke-free areas, but they are never imposed. "We have more important things to do", says a Paris official.
The 1992 laws most controversial provision is the tobacco-ad ban. An exception has been made for motor sports, which are underwritten by tobacco firms. And fans shouted angrily when French TV blacked out a soccer game from abroad because of "secondary" tobacco and liquor ads at the local stadium. Still, those __(5)___ credit the ad ban for a 15 percent drop in smoking among French teens in the last three years.
A) without apparent friction in Paris café and restaurants
B) light up in train stations
C) doing great harm to the smokers health
D) the attempt to legislate good health
E) who are against smoking
F) that has always aided lifes petty vices
参考答案: D 、F 、A、 B、 E
答案解析：
1. 空白处后面的单词seemed为系动词作谓语，所以此处缺少的成分是主语(名词，名词性短语，动词不定式或动词ing形式)，A选项介词短语不能做主语，B选项为动词结构，C动词ing形式，D名词短语，E从句，F从句，所以答案在C和D中选择，第一段的主要内容是关于禁烟和立法，C意思是对吸烟者健康有害，此内容在第一段没有提及，D意思是健康合法化，所以相对而言，D为最佳答案。
2. 空白处前面是完整的句子，所以country后面很有可能是引导从句，答案在E和F中，E中的先行词who前面必须是人，而此处前面的名词是country，所以答案选择F。
3. 空白处前面的单词mingle是动词，所以后面需要填写宾语或者补语，在剩下的ABCE四个选项都不能做宾语，只有A可以做补语，所以答案选择A。
4. 在“French smokers __(4)___, in hospitals and directly under no -smoking signs.”这句话中，French smokers做的是主语，空白处后面in后面的句子状语，所以空白处缺少的是谓语部分，在几个选项中，只有B是动词结构，可以作谓语，故答案选择B.
5. 在“Still, those __(5)___ credit the ad ban for a 15 percent drop in smoking among French teens in the last three years.”这句话中，主语是those，谓语是ban禁止，所以空白处很可能是从句，在剩下的几个选项中，只有E是从句，所以答案为E.