Instructions: An article entitled “Law should ban smoki...
单项选择题Instructions: An article entitled “Law should ban smoking in public places” was published by China Daily on Dec. 3, 2018. The article briefly reports about a panel discussion of the draft of the Promotion Law on Basic Medical Treatment and Public Health reviewed by the legislature, experts of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control. The Healthy China 2030 plan, adopted by the central authorities in 2016, proposes to reduce the smoking rate from 27 percent to 20 percent. Anti-smoking legislation is necessary to realize that objective. The published revision points out our failure to make any significant changes in tobacco control since China signed the World Health Organization"s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2003. To make matters worse, just last month the China Tobacco Corporation urged its local branches to try to fulfill the annual sales. Personally, you may or may not support the proposal to ban smoking in public places, but you are asked to write an expository or argumentative essay related to the issue to examine the necessity and possibility of the policy or to argue in favor or against the suggested revision. Read the report in the following and choose your own topic, but it should be related to the ban of smoking in public places and also suitable for a short essay written in only THREE hours. You should write an expository or argumentative essay in 600 words or so about the issue and follow the basic 5-paragraph essay structure, which includes a title, an introduction, 2~4 body paragraphs, and a conclusion. You are expected to present your points through a thesis statement in the introduction paragraph and illustrate or support the points in the body paragraphs. As it is an open-book exam, online research is definitely allowed, but please cite all your sources and manage the time efficiently. The Grading Rubrics for your reference: 1. Essay Structure (短文结构, 20 points); 2. Central idea/Thesis Statement (中心论点, 20 points); 3. Paragraph Development & Coherence (段落扩展及连贯性, 20 points); 4. Description, Exposition, and/or Reasoning (描述、说明和/或论证, 20 points); 5. Grammatical Accuracy and Variety (语法准确和多样性, 10 points); 6. Range of Vocabulary (词汇丰富程度, 10 points). Note: No more than 15 % of your essay is allowed to be written by or quoted from others; scholastic dishonesty is definitely not acceptable. The essay would deserve a "0" if proved of plagiarism (剽窃), e.g. 30% and more, or even the whole, of the essay found to be “copy-and-pasted” from others. In addition, please do NOT share your essay drafts or inform others about the exam form and content after you finish the examination so that everybody, including yourself, would have the same fair opportunity as everybody else. ----------------------- Law should ban smoking in public places China Daily Updated: December 3, 2018 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/03/WS5c047016a310eff30328e8d1.html IN ITS PANEL DISCUSSION on the draft of the Promotion Law on Basic Medical Treatment and Public Health being reviewed by the legislature, experts of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control suggested changing "smoking in public places should be controlled" to "smoking in indoor public places, indoor work places and public transport must be banned". Legal Daily comments: The suggested revision is not only reasonable but also urgently needed, as China has not made breakthroughs in its tobacco control since it signed the World Health Organization"s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2003－the country"s smoking rate has remained largely unchanged at about 27 percent, and 740 million people suffer from secondhand smoke. It is estimated at least 1 million people die of diseases related to smoking in China each year. Last month, the China Tobacco Corporation urged its local branches to try to fulfill the annual sales objective of 47.38 million boxes of cigarettes－each box contains 50,000 cigarettes, which has remained stable, if not slightly increased, over these years. The fight against tobacco use has always been an uphill battle as the State-owned industry has a strong say over any efforts that might affect its business, for it is a reliable source of government revenue and a large job creator. The Healthy China 2030 plan, adopted by the central authorities in 2016, proposes to reduce the smoking rate from 27 percent to 20 percent. Anti-smoking legislation is necessary to realize that objective. If the suggested revision can be adopted－from "should be controlled" to "must be banned" and also the categories of the public place where secondhand smoke is mostly serious are specified－it will represent a big step forward in China"s tobacco control endeavor. If the revision becomes law, a number of local laws and rules on public health and tobacco control will be amended. The current wording of "should be controlled" would give the local lawmakers too much space to turn a blind eye to the problem, which is an important reason why tobacco use has not been put under effective control till now. Hopefully, the revision can be endorsed and strictly implemented with supporting supervisory and punitive measures, which wait to be written into the law, so as to endow the law with deterrent forces to thwart smoking in public places. Also, more efforts are needed to raise the public awareness of the harm smoking can inflict on people"s health, as well as the necessity of protecting young people, particularly adolescents, from tobacco use. ? China Daily Information Co.
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