Tobacco was unknown () Europeans long ago. It () in America, and Christopher Columbus found it (). Later, he returned to Europe and told everyone about tobacco. He said that the American Indians often () it. One way of smoking was like this. The American Indians would throw some tobacco leaves () a fire. Then they put long tubes in their mouths. The other () of the tubes were extended over the fire, so they were able to () the smoke into their mouths. About the year 1560 a Frenchman, Jean Nicot, was living in Lisbon, Portugal. He was very interested in all American (); some of them were very different () the plants of Europe. He tried to use the leaves of the tobacco plant to () pain. Perhaps a man had a(n) () pain in a leg or an arm. Nicot put tobacco leaves on the painful place, and tried to cure the pain in that (). We say now that tobacco () nicotine. The word nicotine () this man's name. () was used as a cure in many ways. Sometimes a horse was so ill () it could not walk properly. Then a man () some tobacco smoke () the horse's nose. He believed that this made the horse ()! Poor horse! Nobody blows smoke () horses now. 1、A) for B) to C) in D) by 2、A) grew B) planted C) was D) existed 3、A) here B) there C) here and there D) in person 4、A) used B) smoked C) buried D) smelt 5、A) on B) into C) under D) by 6、A) points B) parts C) ends D) branch 7、A) let B) pull C) make D) draw 8、A) plants B) leaves C) flowers D) trees 9、A) than B) from C) to D) between 10、A) cure B) kill C) cause D) operate 11、A) serious B) very C) worse D) acute 12、A) way B) method C) approach D) means 13、A) contains B) possesses C) has D) is full of 14、A) becomes B) comes after C) is derived from D) is named after 15、A) The leaves B) Tobacco C) Smoke D) Fire 16、A) that B) so that C) for D) as 17、A) would place B) would blow C) would put D) would smoke 18、A) into B) out of C) over D) onto 19、A) healthier B) stronger C) better D) weaker 20、A) at B) into C) to D) for