Less than one year after France imposeda nationwide ban on smoking in most publi

Less than oneyear after France imposed(强加于)a nationwide ban on smoking in most public places, it will, fromJan. 1, 2008, extend the ban to bars, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs - and themost cherished of all: caf†s.

Ireland andItaly show that countries with longstanding smoking traditions may introducebans fairly smoothly, as they did in 2004 and 2005. In Germany, whereregulations vary locally, Berlin will join France on Jan 1. But fierce criticsof the new law in France say it all but destroys the caf†'s basic function: to serve asthe socioeconomic glue of society.

C†cile Perez,owner of La Fronde, a typical Parisian neighborhood caf† said: "In the morning,street cleaners in bright green uniforms sip coffee next to well-dressedbusinessmen; at lunch hour, working-class types rub shoulders with those of thelatest fashion at the bar, while couples of all ages rub noses over salads;during the after-work rush, there is a steady soundtrack of clinking glassescombined with conversation; the constant, no matter what time of day, is thesmoke that drifts through the air in curls and clouds, seemingly unnoticed."

"Our motto in France is:liberty, equality, fraternity," Olivier Seconda, a regular at the caf†, said.

"The caf† is the place that represents that. You're free tosmoke, everyone pays the same price for a beer and different kinds of peopletalk with one another. This new law goes against that."

Seconda expectsthe ban to be felt even more strongly in small villages far from Paris, wherethe caf† is oftenthe only means of social activity. "People already miss the space thatallows people of all walks of life to share something-even if it is sometimesno more than a few words and the smoke floating between them."

69. In Germany, ______.

    A. caf† smoking will be forbidden fromJan,1, 2008

    B. the tradition of caf† smoking is and will bewell-kept

    C. local customs arewell respected in terms of smoking

    D. there are differentregulation on smoking

70. C†cile Perez mentions the curls and clouds of smoke drifting throughthe air to ______

    A. describe a friendlyatmosphere                         B. show the beauty of his own caf†

    C. support the ban onsmoking                               D.remind us of something unnoticed

71. Olivier Seconda implies that ______.

    A. the caf† provides people with enoughliberty, equality, and fraternity

    B. people, regardless oftheir social class, enjoy equal rights in a caf†

    C. the new ban on caf† smoking should be put ineffect only in villages

    D. people would not findfun in a caf†without smoking a cigarette

72. The passage is written to _______.

    A. show the writer'spersonal opinion against a new law

      B. provideinformation for law-makers to pass a new law

    C. tell why some peopleare unhappy about smoking ban in caf†s

    D. compare attitudes toa law, held by people from different countries

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 D

 A

 D

 C

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