“Can I get a light?” This is the commonest question among smokers. What if this question is to come from an unusual source? The National Health Promotion Foundation uploaded （上传） an anti-smoking advertisement. The anti-smoking ad has quickly been known as “the most powerful anti-smoking ad”.
The anti-smoking video, called “Smoking Kid”, features children walking up to adult smokers and asking for a light. The children in the ad are actors but the smoking adults are unsuspecting participants in the project.
The video begins with the statement“Adults know that smoking is harmful, but don’t remind themselves of this fact”. Once a “smoking kid” approaches the adults, every adult asked is shocked that the child with a cigarette in his hand is asking for a light. The first adult starts by saying, “I’m not giving it to you.” Then the video goes on to state “Every adult filmed said no and reminded the children that smoking is bad”.
Before going away, the kid hands each adult a booklet after being turned down for a light. The booklet says, “You worry about me, but why not about yourself?” The adults look around for the child as their faces are filled with confusion and discomfort. The video shows that a few of the smokers quickly threw away their cigarettes or put them away, showing that this experiment was effective at that moment. The most influential element in the ad isn’t the use of children or the responses from the smoking adults. It comes down to something much simpler than that. Why is it that we worry about other people, forgetting to worry about ourselves?
1.What was the adults’ reaction to the children asking for a light?
A. They looked around for the children’s parents.B. They paid no attention to the children’s request.
C. They quickly threw the children’s cigarettes away.D. They rejected the children’s request and educated them.
答案：D
2.According to the last but one paragraph, the anti-smoking ad is .
A. unusual B. shocking C. influential D. encouraging
答案：C
3.Which could be the best title of the text?
A. Give up smoking for your healthB. Keep away from smoking, adults
C. Tell your children not to smokeD. Reject a child asking for a light
答案：A
