题文
C.O.P.D(慢性障碍性肺病) blocks air flow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause of C.O.P.D. is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say there is no cure to the damage to the lungs.Dawn Demeo is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She said, “By 2020, C.O.P.D. may be the third leading cause of death across the world.”
C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema（肺气肿） and chronic bronchitis（慢性支气管炎）. These are the two most common forms of the disease. Many people with C.O.P.D. have both of them. And Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.
She is the lead author of a study by a team from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway. The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.
The team examined results from a Norwegian study of 954 people with C.O.P.D. Inga-Cecilie Soerheim co-wrote the team’s findings. Doctor Soerheim says they show that women suffered the same level of C.O.P.D.as men. But the female smokers were younger and had smoked a lot less.
The team also looked at two groups among the people in the study. These were people under the age of 60 and those who had smoked for less than 20 years. In both cases, women had more serious C.O.P.D. and a greater loss of lung function (功能）than men.
小题1:Which of the following statements about C.O.P.D is NOT true ______.
A. Cigarette smoking is likely to cause C.O.P.D.
B. C.O.P.D. makes it hard for a person to breathe
C. C.O.P.D will be one of the most life-threatening diseases.
D. Many people with C.O.P.D. have either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
小题2:It can be known from the study that_____.
A. female smokers die faster than male ones.
B. women are more likely to suffer from the damaging effects of smoking than men.
C. women who suffer the same level of C.O.P.D as men were older and weaker.
D. in the group of people under the age of 60, men suffered more from C.O.P.D than women.
小题3:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A .Smoking Kills
B. Smoking Triggers Diseases
C. The Leading Causes of C.O.P.D.
D. Women Suffers More from C.O.P.D. than Men
小题4:In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?A．ScienceB．Health reportC．EducationD．Business report 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
本文主要介绍了世界第三号杀手———慢性障碍性肺病对妇女健康的严重影响。这种病的两种最常见形式是肺气肿和慢性支气管炎，而造成这种病的主要原因是吸烟，作者指出通过研究表明妇女受吸烟的危害要远远大于男士，而且死于这种疾病的妇女人数也要大于男士。
小题1:D细节理解题。从文章第三段C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema and chronic bronchitis. These are the two most common forms of the disease.可知肺气肿和慢性支气管炎是慢性障碍性肺病的两种最常见的形式，故D选项内容错误。
小题2:B细节理解题。根据文章第四段The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.可知相对于男人而言妇女受吸烟的危害要严重，答案选B。
小题3:D主旨大意题。文章首先介绍了世界第三大杀手— C.O.P.D(慢性障碍性肺病)，然后提出了专家的看法Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.，在接下来的段落中主要讲述了这种病对妇女的严重影响，由此判断D选项内容能够反映文章中心，故答案选D。
小题4:B推理判断题。本文属于科普性文章，介绍了慢性障碍性肺病的一些情况，由此推断文章应该属于健康方面，故答案选B。
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