Question 7 is based on the news report you have just heard.

News Report Three

    （5）Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results. The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions. A hundred and sixteen brands were looked at for this study. Ninety- two were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously.（6）The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers. That worries the department because of the addictive nature of nicotine. Stand Glance, a professor of medicine in San Francisco explains why. “The amount of nicotine that’s delivered in every cigarette is 10 higher than it was six years ago,which means that it is easier to get hooked and harder to quit. （7）The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed decision. However, （6）none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.”

7. What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?

本题是原文重现，原文提到很多大的烟草公司虽然坦言吸烟有害健康，而且为顾客提供了足够信息，但对于这个研究并没有打算作出评论或者就产品中尼古丁含量进行讨论，选项 B）They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study 与这一内容相对应，故正确答案为 B。