全国专业技术人员职称英语等级考试卫生类真题及答案合集(5)

35．Many people leave their hearing problem untreated because A．it is not serious．

B．Crystal Ear is not yet available． C．it is not easy to have it treated． D．they don’t want to look old． 参考答案：

30 F 31.A 32.C 33.D 34 B

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$1 5 million program to try to encourage communities to do more to prevent chronic diseases like heart disease，cancer and diabetes (糖尿病).

The initiative highlights the COSTS of chronic diseases—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 1 0 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 behavioral--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 initiative．

“Our current health care system is not structured to deal with the rising 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$35 1 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$1 5 million is designed 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 card 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(巴氏试验)for cervical(子宫颈的)cancer

mammograms(乳房X线照片) for breast cancer, colonoscopies (结肠镜检查)，and prostate(前列腺的)checks． If such cancers were all caught by early screening，the group estimates that the survival rate for cancer would rise to 95 percent． 36．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．

37．The author mentions all the following ways of disease prevention EXCEPT A．better diet． B．increased exercise． C．less smoking．

D．more frequent hand washing．

38．The passage indicates that spending more money on disease prevention will mean A．greater responsibility of the government． B．less need for input、into treatment． C．higher costs of health care． D．more lifestyle choices for people．

39．The purpose of the,S15 million program is to A．promote disease prevention． B．build more highways．

C．help poor communities． D．wipe out chronic diseases．

40．Early cancer screening Can help reduce significantly A．the death rates for a11 chronic diseases． B．the kinds of cancer attacking people． C．the incidence rate for cancer． D．the death rate for cancer． 参考答案：

36.C 37.D 38.B 39A 40.D The Body Thieves

In the early nineteenth century in Britain，many improvements were being made in the world of medicine．Doctors and Surgeons were becoming more knowledgeable about the human body．Illnesses that had been fatal a few years before were now

curable．However, Surgeons had one problem．They needed dead bodies to cut up，or dissect(解剖)．This was the only way that they could learn about the flesh and bones inside the body。and the only way to teach new surgeons to carry out operations． The job of finding these dead bodies was carried out by an unpleasant group of people called“body snatchers'’．They went into graveyards(墓地)at night and，using wooden shovels to make less noise。dug up any recently buried bodies．Then they took the bodies to the medical schools and sold them．A body could be sold for between￡5 and~10，which was a lot of money at that time．The doctors who paid the body snatchers had all agreement with t}them—they never asked any questions．They did not desire to know where the bodies came from，as long as they kept arriving．

The most famous of these body snatchers were two men from Edinburgh called William Burke and William Hare．Burke and Hare were different because they did not just dig Up bodies from graveyards．They got greedy and thought of all easier way to find bodies．Instead of digging them up，they killed the poorer guests in Hare’s small hotel．Dr．Knox，the respected surgeon they worked for, never asked why all the bodies they brought him had been strangled (勒死)．For many years Burke and Hare were not caught because，unsurprisingly, the bodies of their victims were never found by the police．They were eventually arrested and put on trial in 1 829.

The judge showed mercy to Hare and he was released but Burke Was found guilty and his punishment was to be hanged．Appropriately, his body Was given to the medical

school and he ended up on the dissecting table，just like his victims．In one small way,．justice was done．