首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
For years, the Tobacco Institute has tried unsuccessfully to refute (反驳) the charge by health experts that cigarette smoking can
For years, the Tobacco Institute has tried unsuccessfully to refute (反驳) the charge by health experts that cigarette smoking can
admin
2017-09-04
82
问题
For years, the Tobacco Institute has tried unsuccessfully to refute (反驳) the charge by health experts that cigarette smoking can be dangerous to your health. Now the institute has taken a new tack (行动方针). In an advertising campaign last fall, the industry trade association ignored health questions and stressed that not smoking could be dangerous to the local economy. "Tobacco means $1,193,000,000 to Virginia," trumpeted one advertisement, "Virginia tobacco helps pave Virginia social programs. Tobacco means 90,000 Virginia jobs." The message was repeated with the appropriate dollar figures in six other tobacco states.
The statistics are based on a study by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which calculates that, overall’, the U. S. tobacco industry generates $ 30 million in wages and earnings, $ 15.5 billion in capital investment and $ 22 billion in tax revenue each year. "If you look at the economic contribution tobacco makes to America," says Edward Horrigan, Jr., Chairman of R. J Reynolds Tobacco Co., "there is no reason for us to be ashamed of the business we are in."
The American Cancer Society disagrees. While Virginia is collecting its $1.2 billion in tobacco revenue this year, the Society said 2,900 of its citizens will be victims of lung cancer. Thousands more, the society could have added, will be victims of other diseases strongly associated with smoking. And the U. S. Surgeon General estimates the direct dollar costs of treating smoking-related illnesses nationally at more than $ 13 billion a year—not to mention another $ 25 billion in lost wages and productivity.
The U. S. Government’s annual tobacco revenue is________.
选项
A、$1.2 billion
B、$15.5 billion
C、$ 22 billion
D、$ 30 billion
答案
C
解析
根据文章第二段第一句“…and $22 billion in tax revenue each year.”可知C是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/B0iC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
______countryintheworldshoulddoherbesttokeeptheworldpeace.
Junglecountryisnotfriendlytoman,butitispossibletosurvivethere.Youmusthavetheright【21】andyoumustknowafewi
Junglecountryisnotfriendlytoman,butitispossibletosurvivethere.Youmusthavetheright【21】andyoumustknowafewi
Junglecountryisnotfriendlytoman,butitispossibletosurvivethere.Youmusthavetheright【21】andyoumustknowafewi
Junglecountryisnotfriendlytoman,butitispossibletosurvivethere.Youmusthavetheright【21】andyoumustknowafewi
Workingonanewspaperisaverybusyjob.Manynewspapers【21】eachday,andtheyhaveto【22】peoplewithallthelatestnews.The
Apieceofwritinggivinginstructionshasmuchincommonwiththeexplanationofaprocess,【36】itisaddressedtoadifferentr
Forthesakeofyourhealth,youshouldgiveupsmoking______.
Healthdepends______goodfood,freshairandenoughsleep.
随机试题
“清风明月本无价,近水远山皆有情”,此石刻对联为()景区所有。
急性菌痢急性发作后,反复发作不愈,常有腹痛、腹泻、黏液脓血便,左下腹压痛,便秘腹泻交替1年内有菌痢病史,近期五腹痛、腹泻症状,结肠镜检查有肠黏膜炎症病变,便培养有志贺菌生长
下列药物中成瘾性最小的是
隙卡沟底不能预备成楔形,且不能破坏两相邻牙的接触点。这是为了
()灭火剂被发现对大气臭氧层具有明显的破坏作用。
根据增值税法律制度的规定,增值税一般纳税人的下列行为中,不应视同销售的是()。
正常退出Windows的操作方法是()。
桑代克提出的学习规律包括()
在公共事务领域,公共物品消费的非排他性使得通过市场交换获得公共产品这种机制失灵,而国家却可以强制性地集中支付费用,通过集中供给来支持公益事业,这表明了国家政治权利()。
TheAmericanpassionforspeedyhasnowhitthefoodbusiness.【76】______Manyrestaurants,inparticularlythegreatchain
最新回复
(
0
)