题文
Health experts are calling for action to increase cancer care and control in the developing world. A medical research paper says cancer was once thought of as a problem mostly in the developed world. But now cancer is a leading cause of death and disability in poor countries as well. Experts from Harvard University and other organizations urge the international community to fight cancer actively, saying it should be fought in the way HIV/AIDS has been fought in Africa.Cancer kills more than 7.5 million people a year worldwide. Almost two-thirds are in low-income and middle-income countries.
They discover cancer kills more people in developing countries than AIDS, tuberculosis (肺结核) and malaria (疟疾) combined. But the world spends only 5% of its cancer resources in those countries.
Felicia Knaul from Harvard Medical School was one of the writers of the paper. She was in Mexico when she was found to have breast cancer. She received treatment there and her experience showed her the sharp difference between the rich and the poor in treating breast cancer.
Felicia Knaul says, “And we are seeing how this is attacking young women. It’s the number two cause of death in Mexico for women thirty to fifty-four. All over the developing world, it’s the number one cancer-related death among young women. I think we have to again say that there is much more we could do about it than we are doing about it.”
Professor Knalul met community health workers during her work in developing countries. They were an important part of efforts to reduce deaths from the cancer. They were able to persuade people to get tested to prevent the illness. The experts say cancer care does not have to be costly. For example, patients can be treated with lower-cost drugs.
小题1:What would be the best title for the passage?A．Cancer – a leading cause of death in poor countriesB．What should we do in preventing and treating cancer?C．What makes the first killer in developing countries?D．Experts urge more efforts to fight cancer.小题2:Felicia Knaul’s experience in Mexico shows that .A．many Mexican women suffer from breast cancerB．there is not enough medicine for cancer thereC．many Mexican women can’t afford medical care D．patients with breast cancer are treated differently小题3:From what Felicia Knaul says, we can draw the conclusion that .A．breast cancer is a great threat to young womenB．people don’t pay enough attention to breast cancerC．breast cancer is the second killer among women in MexicoD．patients can be treated effectively in developing countries小题4:Who plays an important part in preventing the cancer in developing countries?A．The cancer patients. B．The health experts.C．Community health workers.D．Young women.小题5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．The number of cancer cases is decreasing. B．HIV/AIDS is not being taken seriously in Africa.C．Over 7.5 million people die of cancer every year.D．It is very expensive to treat cancer. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
解析
发展中国家的健康专家们正在号召国际社会增加对癌症护理和控制。癌症已经蔓延到发展中国家，并威胁着许多年轻人的生命。全世界每年死于癌症的人数超过了七百五十万。
小题1:根据第一段和“Experts from Harvard University and other organizations urge the international community to fight cancer actively, saying it should be fought in the way HIV/AIDS has been fought in Africa.”可知，癌症也成了发展中国家的人们死亡的主因，专家呼吁国际社会采取积极措施来与癌症抗争。故选D。
小题2:根据第四段“She received treatment there and her experience showed her the sharp difference between the rich and the poor in treating breast cancer.”可知，针对富有的和贫穷的乳腺癌患者，治疗的方法有着很大的不同，故选D。
小题3:根据第五段“And we are seeing how this is attacking young women. It’s the number two cause of death in Mexico for women thirty to fifty-four. All over the developing world, it’s the number one cancer-related death among young women.”可知，乳腺癌是发展中国家年轻女性的第一杀手，极大地威胁着年轻女性的生命，故选A。
小题4:根据最后一段“Professor Knalul met community health workers during her work in developing countries. They were an important part of efforts to reduce deaths from the cancer.”可知，they指代的是community health workers，他们在减少癌症死亡率方面发挥重要作用，故选C。
小题5:根据第二段“Cancer kills more than 7.5 million people a year worldwide.”可知，在全世界范围内，癌症每年杀死七百五十万人，故选C。
考点
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从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
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