题文
The World Health Organization and several other United Nations agencies are calling for a major new effort to fight malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. These three infectious diseases killed almost 6 million people last year. That is about 10 percent of the total number of deaths around the world last year.The WHO and UN agencies released a new report at the World Economic Forum in New York City earlier this month. The document says that deaths around the world from malaria and tuberculosis could be cut in half by the year 2010. It also says the number of deaths from AIDS could be reduced 25 percent within that same time period.
The report is called “Calling Up the Response to Infectious Diseases.” It calls for huge new investments in methods to prevent and treat infectious diseases. Officials say money is needed for research and to purchase drugs. Money is also needed to devices to prevent diseases, such as bed nets. Bed nets prevent mosquitoes that carry malaria from biting people while they sleep.
David Heymann, director of the infectious disease program at the World Health Organization, says that providing effective drug treatments is important for improving peoples’ health and economic well – being. Reducing disease can also help improve economic growth in developing countries.
The WHO report also describes successful health programs in developing countries. In Peru, for example, the number of tuberculosis cases was cut in half by increasing the treatment to control the disease. In Vietnam, malaria was reduced 97 percent through the use of bed nets. And in Uganda, cases of the virus that causes AIDS were cut in half among pregnant women and children through the use of anti – AIDS drugs.
This new international health campaign is estimated to cost about 12,000 million dollars a year. So far, officials say the campaign has about 2,000 million dollars. The WHO says the campaign will need stronger relationships among government, private aid agencies, and drug companies to succeed.
小题1:According to the report is the disease most difficult to fight.A．malariaB．tuberculosisC．AIDSD．influenza小题2:To prevent these diseases, a large amount of money is needed to .A．to buy food and pay for the caretakersB．do research work, buy drugs and devicesC．take care of the families of the deathsD．set up more hospitals and health institutions小题3:We can infer from the text that reducing infectious diseases is .A．to help the countries develop betterB．to promote cooperation between countriesC．to help people get more scientific knowledgeD．to help people get a cleaner environment小题4:Most serious infectious diseases spread mainly in .A．AfricaB．South AmericaC．AsiaD．developing countries小题5:To fight the diseases, is necessary.A．better environmentB．cooperation between different peopleC．to wipe out the pestsD．more drugs and money 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
解析
世界卫生组织和一些美国其他机构正在就对抗疟疾、肺结核和艾滋病作出新的努力。这三种传染性疾病主要在发展中国家蔓延，消除疾病运动的实施需要大量的资金，需要各国加强合作。
小题1:根据第二段“deaths around the world from malaria and tuberculosis could be cut in half by the year 2010. It also says the number of deaths from AIDS could be reduced 25 percent within that same time period.”可知，疟疾和肺结核的死亡率能够减少50%，而艾滋病死亡率只减少25%，由此可见，艾滋病最难治愈，故选C。
小题2:根据第三段“Officials say money is needed for research and to purchase drugs. Money is also needed to devices to prevent diseases”可知，需要大量的资金用于研究、购药和购买设备，故选B。
小题3:根据第四段“providing effective drug treatments is important for improving peoples’ health and economic well – being. Reducing disease can also help improve economic growth in developing countries.”可知，提供有效的治疗传染性疾病的药物和方法，能够提高人们的健康水平和生活状况，能够帮助提高经济增长，故选A。
小题4:根据第五段“The WHO report also describes successful health programs in developing countries.”和段落大意可知，传染性疾病在发展中国家传播的很快，故选D。
小题5:根据最后一段“the campaign will need stronger relationships among government, private aid agencies, and drug companies to succeed”可知，与疾病作斗争，需要各国政府之间、私人援助机构、医药公司的密切合作，故选B。
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