5.阅读理解 第3篇
New U．S．Plan for Disease Prevention
Urging Americans to take responsibility for their health, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Tuesday launched a $15 million program to try to encourage communities to do more to prevent chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
The initiative highlights the cost of chronic diseases 一 the leading causes of death in the United States — and outlines ways that people can prevent them, including better diet and increased exercise.
“In the United States today, 7 of 10 deaths and the vast majority of serious illness, disability and health care costs are caused by chronic diseases,”the Health and Human Services Department said in a statement．
The causes are often behaviora — smoking, poor eating habits and a lack of exercise.
“I am convinced that preventing disease by promoting better health is a smart policy choice for our future,”Thompson told a conference held to launch the initiatiative.
“Our current health care system is not structured to deal with the escalating costs of treating diseases that are largely preventable through changes in our lifestyle choices.”
Thompson said heart disease and strokes will cost the country more than $351 billion in 2003.
“These leading causes of death for men and women are largely preventable, yet we as a nation are not taking the steps necessary for US to lead healthier, longer lives，”he said．
The $15 million is slated to go to communities to promote prevention, pushing for changes as simple as building sidewalks to encourage people to walk more.
Daily exercise such as walking can prevent and even reverse heart disease and diabetes, and prevent cancer and strokes.
The money will also go to community organizations, clinics and nutritionists who are being encouraged to work together to educate people at risk of diabetes about what they can do to prevent it and encourage more cancer screening.
The American Cancer Society estimates that half of all cancers can be caught by screening, including Pap tests for cervical cancer, mammograms for breast cancer, colonoscopies, and prostate checks．
If such cancers were all caught by early screening, the group estimates that the survival rate for cancer would rise to 95 percent.
词汇：
diabetes 糖尿病
behavioral adj．行为方面的
slate vt．预定，规划
cervical adj．子宫颈的
colonoscopy n．结肠镜检查
initiative n．主动的行动，倡议
escalate vi．逐步上升；逐步增强
nutritionist n．营养学家
mammogram n．乳房x线照片
prostate adj．前列腺的
1. Which of the following is NOT true of chronic diseases in the US?
A）They account for 70％ of all deaths.
B）They are responsible for most of the health care costs.
C）They often result in unhealthy lifestyles.
D）They are largely preventable.
2. The author mentions all the following as ways of disease prevention EXCEPT
A）better diet.
B）increased exercise.
C）reduction on smoking.
D）higher survival rate for cancer.
3. The article indicates that more money spent on disease prevention will mean ______ .
A）greater responsibility of the government
B）much less money needed for disease treatment
C）higher costs of health care
D）more 1ifestyle choices for people
4. The $15 million program is aimed at ______ .
A）promoting disease prevention
B）building more sidewalks
C）helping needy communities
D）wiping out chronic diseases
5. Early cancer screening can help reduce significantly ______ .
A）the death rates for all chronic diseases
B）the kinds of cancer attacking people
C）the cancer incidence rate
D）cancer death rate
6.补全短文
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven, a major composer of the nineteenth century, overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness.
Born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770, he first studied music with the court organist, Gilles van der Eeden. His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking. ____ （1） ____. Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782, Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, to study music under Haydn.
Beethoven remained unmarried. ____ （2） ____. Continually plagued by ill health, he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819.
____ （3） ____ He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth: three piano sonatas, four string quartets, the Missa Solemnis, and the 9th Symphony. He died in 1827. ____ （4） ____ .
Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage, Goethe once said of him, “I am astonished by his talent, but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality. ” ____ （5） ____ .
A In spite of this handicap, however, he continued to write music.
B Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons, he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life.
C His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence.
D When his mother died, Beethoven, then a young man, was named guardian of his two younger brothers.
E Although Beethoven’s personality may have been untamed, his music shows great discipline and control, and this is how we remember him best.
F Today his music is still being played all over the world.
7.完型填空
One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live
It’s now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980, when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have it — one in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet, what point was there in keeping these reserves?
__1__reality, of course, it was naive to __2 __ that everyone would let __3__ of such a potent potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have__4__ vials. __5__ the last“official”stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia,__6__ no obvious gain.
Now American researchers have __7__ an animal model of the human disease, opening the __8__for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again there’s a good reason to__9__ the virus — just in __10__ the disease puts in a reappearance.
How do we __11__ with the mistrust of the US and Russia? __12__. Keep the virus __13__ international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory that’s open to all countries．The US will object, of course, just as it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesn’t __14__the idea is wrong. If the virus __15__ useful, then let’s make it the servant of all humanity — not just a part of it．
词汇：
smallpox n．天花
vial n．小瓶
auspices n．赞助；支持
cap vt．结束；覆盖
potent adj．有效力的；强有力的
mistrust n．不信任，怀疑
1． A） In B） On C） At D）For
2． A）know B） imagine C） realize D）be aware
3． A）to go B） going C） go D） went
4． A） much B） more C） most D） a few
5． A）And B） While C） Whereas D） Although
6． A）since B） for C） because D） of
7． A）looked for B） sought C） found D） talked about
8． A）method B） road C） street D） way
9． A）keep B） put C） destroy D） eradicate
10．A）need B） case C） necessity D） time
11．A）handle B） tackle C）deal D） treat
12．A） Difficult B） Hard C） Safe D） Simple
13．A） under B） in C） on D） for
14．A）say B） mean C） state D） declare
15．A） will be B） would be C） is D） are