Read the passage and answer the questions

There are no physical reasons to start smoking. The body doesn’t need tobacco the way it needs food,
water, sleep, and exercise. And many of the chemicals in cigarettes are actually poison that can kill in
high enough doses.
The body is smart. It goes on the defense when it’s being poisoned. First-time smokers often feel pain
or burning in the throat and lungs, and some people feel sick or even throw up the first few times they try
tobacco.
The consequences of this poisoning happen gradually. Over the long term, smoking leads people to
develop health problems like heart disease, stroke and many types of cancer – including lung, throat and
stomach. People who smoke can develop skin problems, too.
Many of these diseases limit a person’s ability to be normally active, and they can be fatal. In the United
States smoking is responsible for about 1 out of 5 deaths.
Smokers not only develop wrinkles and yellow teeth, they also lose bone strength, which increases their
risk of osteoporosis, a condition that causes older people to become bent over and their bones to break
more easily. They also tend to be less active than non-smokers because smoking affects lung power.

1. Choose the best title to the given passage.

A) Advantages of smoking
B) Developing wrinkles on the face
C) How smoking affects your health
D) To be more active according to smoking
E) How smart is the human body

2. Choose the statements which are not true according to the passage.
1. In the UK smoking is responsible for about 1 out of 5 deaths.
2. People who smoke for the first time often feel pain or burning in the throat and lungs.
3. Smokers develop wrinkles and yellow teeth, but hardly lose bone power.
4. Smoking doesn’t cause any skin problems.
5. There are high enough poison doses in cigarettes.
A) 1, 3, 4 B) 2, 4, 5 C) 1, 3, 5 D) 2, 4 E) 1, 2

3. Choose the correct word from the passage according to the definition: “a small line in the skin caused
by an old age”
A) throat B) wrinkle C) lung D) disease E) fatal

4. The underlined word “they” refers to … .

A) older people B) bones C) wrinkles D) osteoporosis E) smokers

5. Which question has no answer in the text?

A) How long does it take to give up smoking?
B) What kind of health problems can smoking cause?
C) Why are non-smokers more active?
D) How can the body react when it gets the smoke of the cigarette for the first time?
E) What are the reasons to start smoking?