职称英语卫生类A、B、C级综合试卷-9及答案解析.doc

1、职称英语卫生类 A、B、C 级综合试卷-9 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第 1 部分：词汇选项/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.You must shine your shoes.（分数：1.00）A.lightenB.cleanC.washD.polish2.A deadly disease has affected these animals.（分数：1.00）A.contagiousB.seriousC.fatalD.worrying3.The steadily rising cost of labor on the waterfront has

2、greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water.（分数：1.00）A.continuouslyB.quicklyC.excessivelyD.exceptionally4.When doves are about two weeks old, they are covered with grey feathers and are ready to try their wings.（分数：1.00）A.growB.wrapC.hideD.test5.Techniques to harness the energy of the sun

3、are being developed.（分数：1.00）A.convertB.storeC.utiliseD.receive6.Sulphur has occasionally been found in the earth in an almost pure state.（分数：1.00）A.regularlyB.accidentallyC.sometimesD.successfully7.When she was invited to the party, she readily accepted.（分数：1.00）A.willinglyB.suddenlyC.firmlyD.quick

4、ly8.The majority of people around here are decent people.（分数：1.00）A.honestB.richC.good-lookingD.high-ranking9.I rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car.（分数：1.00）A.normallyB.seldomC.continuouslyD.usually10.Many residents of apartment complexes object to noisy neighbors.（分数：1.0

5、0）A.managersB.occupantsC.landlordsD.caretakers11.Practically all species of animals communicate either through sounds or through a large repertory of soundless codes.（分数：1.00）A.SimultaneouslyB.AlmostC.AbsolutelyD.Basically12.Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.（分数：1.00）A

6、.expressiveB.physicalC.exaggeratedD.dubious13.Hundreds of years ago cloves were used to remedy headaches.（分数：1.00）A.disruptB.diagnoseC.evaporateD.cure14.John Hanson helped Udraft/U instructions for Marylands delegates to the Stamp Act Congress.（分数：1.00）A.clarifyB.formulateC.reviseD.contribute15.The

7、dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.（分数：1.00）A.take outB.repairC.pullD.dig二、B第 2 部分：阅读判断/B(总题数：1，分数：7.00)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出 7 个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。BSmoking/BSince 1939, numerous studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is a health hazard. The trend of the evidence has been cons

8、istent and indicates that there is a serious health risk. Research teams have conducted studies that show beyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy.Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in

9、the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of some other organs of the body. Male cigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smoking males. Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not brea

10、the in the smoke so deeply.Apart from statistics, it might be helpful to look at what smoking tobacco does to the human body. Smoke is a mixture of gases, vaporized chemicals, minute particles of ash and other solids. There is also nicotine, which is powerful poison, and black tar. As smoke is breat

11、hed in, all those components form deposits on the membranes of the lungs. One point of concentration is where the air tube and bronchus divides. Most lung cancer begins at this point.Filters and low tar tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce, not

12、eliminate the hazards.（分数：7.00）(1).It is easy to determine whether smoking is hazardous.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(2).Smoking reduces ones life expectancy.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(3).Smoking may induce lung cancer.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. No

13、t mentioned(4).There is evidence that smoking is responsible for breast cancer.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(5).Male smokers have a lower death rate from heart disease than female smokers.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(6).Nicotine is poisonous.（分数：1.00）A.A. Rig

14、ht B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(7).Filters and low tar tobacco make smoking safe.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned三、B第 3 部分：概括大意与完成句子(总题数：1，分数：8.00)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有 2 项测试任务：(1)第 2326 题要求从所给的 6 个选项中为第 25 段每段选择 1 个正确的小标题；(2)第 2730 题要求从所给的 6 个选项中选择 4 个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。BMany Benefit from Canc

15、er Organization/B1. Do you know a child who survived leukemia? Do you have a mother, sister or aunt whose breast cancer was found early thanks to a mammogram? Do you have a friend or coworker who quit smoking to reduce their risk of lung cancer? Each of these individuals benefited from the American

16、Cancer Societys research program.2. Each day scientists supported by the American Cancer Society work to find breakthroughs that will take us one step closer to a cure. The American Cancer Society has long recognized that research holds the ultimate answers to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment

17、 of cancer.3. As the largest source of nonprofit cancer research funds in the United States, the American Cancer Society devotes over $100 million each year to research. Since 1946, theyve invested more than $2.4 billion in research. The investment has paid rich dividends: In 1946, only one in four

18、cancer patients was alive five years after diagnosis; today 60 percent live longer than five years.4. Investigators and health professionals in universities, research institutes and hospitals throughout the country receive grants from the American Cancer Society. Of the more than 1,300 new applicati

19、ons received each year, only 11 percent can be funded. If the American Cancer Society had more money available for research funding, nearly 200 more applications considered outstanding could be funded each year.5. You can help fund more of these applications by participating in the American Cancer S

20、ociety Relay for Life, a team event to fight cancer. More funding means more cancer breakthroughs and more lives being saved. To learn more, call Donna Hood, chair with the Neosho Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society at 451-4880.（分数：8.00）(1).Paragraph 2 _ A What Could Be Done with More Mone

21、y B Establishment of the American Cancer Society C Significance of Funded Research D Other Sources of Funding for Cancer Research E Benefits Achieved Through Investment F How You Can Offer Help（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 3 _（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 4 _（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 5 _（分数：1.00

22、）填空项 1:_(5).The American Cancer Societys research program has benefited _. A lack of funding B many cancer patients C more lives being saved D more than five years E the ultimate answers F more funding（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The survival period for 60% of cancer patients today is _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).M

23、any outstanding applications are turned down each year for _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).More cancer breakthroughs can be made with _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、B第 4 部分：阅读理解/B(总题数：3，分数：45.00)下面有 3 篇短文，每篇短文后有 5 道题，每题后面有 4 个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题。B第一篇/BBLate-night Drinking/BCoffee lovers beware. Having a quick “pick-

24、me-up“ cup of coffee late in the day will play havoc with your sleep. As well as being a stimulant, caffeine interrupts the flow of melatonin, the brain hormone that sends people into a sleep.Melatonin levels normally start to rise about two hours before bedtime. Levels then peak between 2 am and 4

25、am, before falling again. “Its the neurohormone that controls our sleep and tells our body when to sleep and when to wake,“ says Maurice Ohayon of the Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center at Stanford University in California. But researchers in Israel have found that caffeinated coffee halves

26、 the bodys levels of this sleep hormone.Lotan Shilo and a team at the Sapir Medical Center in Tel Aviv University found that six volunteers slept less well after a cup of caffeinated coffee than after drinking the same amount of decaf. On average, subjects slept 336 minutes per night after drinking

27、caffeinated coffee, compared with 415 minutes after decal They also took half an hour to drop off twice as long as usual and jigged around in bed twice as much.In the second phase of the experiment, the researchers woke the volunteers every three hours and asked them to give a urine sample. Shilo me

28、asured concentrations of a breakdown product of melatonin. The results suggest that melatonin concentrations in caffeine drinkers were half those in decal drinkers. In a paper accepted for publication in Sleep Medicine, the researchers suggest that caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that drive

29、s melatonin production.Because it can take many hours to eliminate caffeine from the body, Ohayon recommends that coffee lovers switch to decaf after lunch.（分数：15.00）(1).The author mentions “pick-me-up“ to indicate that（分数：3.00）A.melatonin levels need to be raised.B.neurohormone can wake us up.C.cof

30、fee is a stimulant.D.decaf is a caffeinated coffee.(2).Which of the following tells us how caffeine affects sleep?（分数：3.00）A.Caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that stops melatonin production.B.Caffeine interrupts the flow of the hormone that prevents people from sleeping.C.Caffeine halves the

31、 bodys levels of sleep hormone.D.Caffeine stays in the body for many hours.(3).What does paragraph 3 mainly discuss?（分数：3.00）A.Different effects of caffeinated coffee and decaf on sleep.B.Different findings of Lotan Shilo and a team about caffeine.C.The fact that the subjects slept 415 minutes per n

32、ight after drinking decaf.D.The evidence that the subjects took half an hour to fall asleep.(4).What does the experiment mentioned in paragraph 4 prove?（分数：3.00）A.There are more enzymes in decaf drinkers urine sample.B.There are more melatonin concentrations in caffeine drinkers urine sample.C.Decaf

33、 drinkers produce less melatonin.D.Caffeine drinkers produce less sleep hormone.(5).The author of this passage probably agrees that（分数：3.00）A.coffee lovers sleep less than those who do not drink coffee.B.we should not drink coffee after supper.C.people sleep more soundly at midnight than at 3 am.D.i

34、f we feel sleepy at night, we should go to bed immediately.B第二篇/BBAttitudes to AIDS Now/BMost people say that the USA is making progress in fighting AIDS, but they dont know theres no cure and strongly disagree that “the AIDS epidemic is over,“ a new survey finds.The findings, released Thursday by t

35、he Kaiser Family Foundation, reassure activists who have worried that public concern about AIDS might disappear in light of recent news about advances in treatment and declines in deaths.“While people are very optimistic about the advances, theyre still realistic about the fact that there is no cure

36、“, says Sophia Chang, director of HIV programs at file foundation.The Kaiser survey, like a recent USA TODAY Gallup Poll, does find that the number of people ranking AIDS as the countrys top health problem has fallen. In the Kaiser poll, 38% say its the top concern, down from 44% in a 1996 poll; in

37、the Gallup Poll, 29% say AIDS is No. 1, down from 41% in 1992 and 67% in 1937.Other findings from Kaiser, which polled more than 1,200 adults in September and October and asked additional questions of another 1,000 adults in November:52% say the country is making progress against AIDS, up from 32% i

38、n 1995.51% say the government spends too little on AIDS.86% correctly say AIDS drugs can now lengthen lives; an equal number correctly say that the drugs are not cures.67% incorrectly say that AIDS deaths increased or stayed the same in the past year; 24% know deaths fell.Daniel Zingale, director of

39、 AIDS Action Council, says, “Im encouraged that the American people are getting the message that the AIDS epidemic isnt over. I hope the decision-makers in Washington are getting the same message . We have seen signs of complacency.“（分数：15.00）(1).What do activists worry about?（分数：3.00）A.Recent news

40、about AIDS is not true.B.People may stop worrying about AIDS.C.Deaths caused by AIDS may not decline.D.Advances in AIDS treatment are too slow.(2).According to the passage, peoples attitude toward the cure of AIDS is（分数：3.00）A.optimistic.B.realistic.C.pessimistic.D.hopeless.(3).The Gallup Poll shows

41、 that the number of people（分数：3.00）A.who suffer from the worst disease AIDS has fallen.B.who think AIDS threatens the countryside has fallen.C.who worry about AIDS and health problems has fallen.D.who think AIDS is the countrys top health killer has fallen.(4).According to the Kaiser Poll, which of

42、the following is NOT correct?（分数：3.00）A.The country is making progress against AIDS.B.AIDS drugs still cannot save peoples lives.C.AIDS drugs can now make people live longer.D.More and more people die of AIDS now.(5).The word “message“ in the last paragraph means（分数：3.00）A.printed news.B.contact.C.m

43、eaning.D.central idea.B第三篇/BBU.S. to Start $3.2 Billion Child Health Study in January/BA study that will cost $3.2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of 100,000 U. S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January, U. S. health officials said on Friday.Offic

44、ials from the U.S. governments National Institutes of Health said they hope the study, to be conducted at 105 locations throughout the United States, can help identify early-life influences that affect later development, with the goal of learning new ways to treat or prevent illness.The study will e

45、xamine hereditary and environmental factors such as exposure to certain chemicals that affect health.Researchers will collect genetic and biological samples from people in the study as well as samples from the homes of the women and their babies including air, water, dust and materials used to const

46、ruct their residences, the NIH said.Officials said more than $200 million has been spent already and the study is projected to cost $3.2 billion.“We anticipate that in the long term, what we learn from the study will result in a significant savings in the nations health care costs,“ Dr. Duane Alexan

47、der, who heads the NIHs Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, told reporters.The study will begin in January when the University of North Carolina and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York start signing up2 pregnant women whose babies will then be

48、followed to age 21.Some of the early findings will be about factors behind pre-term birth, which has become more common in recent years, according to Dr. Peter Scheidt of the NIH, who heads the study.The people taking part will be from rural, urban and suburban areas, from all income and educational levels and from all racial groups, the NIH said.（分数：15.00）(1).The aim of the study is to find new ways to（分数：3.00）A.conduct research.B.track public health.C.prevent or treat illness.D.speed up development.(2).Researchers will collect all the following EXCEPT（分数：3.00）A.genetic samples from