People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population. It is【C1】______ that over 35 million Americans have physical,【C2】______ , or other disabilities. About half of these disabilities are "developmental", i.e., they【C3】______ prior to the indi

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People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population. It is【C1】______ that over 35 million Americans have physical,【C2】______ , or other disabilities. About half of these disabilities are "developmental", i.e., they【C3】______ prior to the individual's twenty second birthday, often from genetic conditions, and are【C4】______ enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as mobility, communication, employment, etc. Most other disabilities are considered "adventitious", i.e.,【C5】______ or caused by outside forces.

Prior to the 20th century, only a small percent age of people with disabilities【C6】______ for long. Medical treatment for these disabilities was【C7】______ Advancements in medicine and social services have【C8】______ a climate in which people with disabilities can expect to have such basic needs as food, shelter, and medical treatment.【C9】______ , these basics are often not available.【C10】 ______ liberties such as the right to vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment have historically been【C11】______ on the basis of disability.

In recent decades, the disability rights movement has been organized to fight【C12】______ these infringements (侵害) of civil right. Congress responded by passing major【C13】______ recognizing people with disabilities【C14】 ______ a protected class under civil rights statutes.

【C15】______ today, people with disabilities must fight to live their lives independently. It is estimated that more than half of qualified Americans with disabilities are unemployed, and a【C16】______ of those who do work are underemployed. About two-thirds live at or below the official poverty level.

Significant barriers, especially in transportation and public【C17】______ , prevent disabled people from taking part in society. For example, while no longer【C18】______ by law from marrying, a person with no【C19】______ to transportation is effectively excluded from community and social activities Which might lead to the development of long-term relationships.

It will only be when public attitude advance as far as laws have【C20】______ disabled people will be fully able to take their rightful place in society.

【C1】

A.estimated

B.eliminated

C.evaluated

D.esteemed


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3.Passage ThreeNo one knows exactly how many disabled (残废的) people there are in the world, but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile (可动的), hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form. of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them.Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts.41. The first paragraph points out that ______.A. it is possible to get an exact figure of the world's disabled peopleB. there are many disabled people in the worldC. the number of disabled people in India is the greatestD. India has not much more disabled people than Canada

更多“People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population. It is【C1】______ that over 35 million Americans have physical,【C2】______ , or other disabilities. About half of these disabilities are "developmental", i.e., they【C3】______ prior to the indi”相关问题
  • 第1题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world,but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
    In the United Kingdom,about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people.As we get older,many of us will become less mobile,hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
    Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life.Some people are born with disabilities.Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases.The longer time goes on,the worse they become.Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness.All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
    Disabled people face many physical barriers.Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends,imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps,or on to buses and trains?What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers:prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through,so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability,not their disability,which counts.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
    A:There are about 10 percent disabled persons in the UK.
    B:The whole society should pay more attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people.
    C:Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older.
    D:Disabled people are facing two barriers:physical barriers and prejudice.

    答案:D
    解析:
    第一段第一句是该段的主题句。" No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world , but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.”说明残疾人数量很多。
    第四段第一句和第四句是该段主题句。" Disabled people face many physical barriers."',But there are other barriers:prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.”该段从实际困难和精神歧视两方面说明残疾人面临的障碍。
    文章最后一句:"...it is the individual person and their ability, not their disa-bility ,which counts.”大意是“······真正重要的是残疾人的独立人格及其能力,而不是其身体上的残疾。”
    选项A、C都出现在第二段中。B是文章所呼吁的。文章最后一段说 "prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all"。残疾人所面临的障碍除了身体残疾外,还有人们的偏见和被人们忽视。所以选项D与原文不相符。
    主旨题。文章首先叙述残疾人之多和各种残疾,进而从身体和精神两方面阐述残疾人面临的障碍,并指出精神方面的障碍是最难被打破的。因此,可以推论出作者告诫我们应该正确对待残疾人。

  • 第2题:

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    第三篇

    No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world,but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
    In the United Kingdom,about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people.As we get older,many of us will become less mobile,hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
    Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life.Some people are born with disabilities.Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases.The longer time goes on,the worse they become.Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness.All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
    Disabled people face many physical barriers.Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends,imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps,or on to buses and trains?What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers:prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through,so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability,not their disability,which counts.

    It can be concluded from the passage that______.
    A:we should try our best to prevent disablement
    B:we must take a proper attitude towards the disabled
    C:the able-bodied people will never fully understand the disabled
    D:both physical and mental barriers are hard to break down

    答案:B
    解析:
    第一段第一句是该段的主题句。" No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world , but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.”说明残疾人数量很多。
    第四段第一句和第四句是该段主题句。" Disabled people face many physical barriers."',But there are other barriers:prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.”该段从实际困难和精神歧视两方面说明残疾人面临的障碍。
    文章最后一句:"...it is the individual person and their ability, not their disa-bility ,which counts.”大意是“······真正重要的是残疾人的独立人格及其能力,而不是其身体上的残疾。”
    选项A、C都出现在第二段中。B是文章所呼吁的。文章最后一段说 "prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all"。残疾人所面临的障碍除了身体残疾外,还有人们的偏见和被人们忽视。所以选项D与原文不相符。
    主旨题。文章首先叙述残疾人之多和各种残疾,进而从身体和精神两方面阐述残疾人面临的障碍,并指出精神方面的障碍是最难被打破的。因此,可以推论出作者告诫我们应该正确对待残疾人。

  • 第3题:

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    Learning Disabilities
    Learning disabilities are very common.They affect perhaps 1 0 percent of all children.Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.
    Since about 1970,new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better.Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things.There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from differences in the way the brain is organized.
    You cannot look at a child and tell if he or she has a learning disability.There is no outward sign of the disorder.So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.
    In one study,researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things.One involved cells in the left side of the brain,which control language.These cells normally are white.In the learning disabled person,however,these cells were gray.The researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the way they should have been.The nerve cells were mixed together.
    The study was carried out under the guidance of Norman Geschwind,an early expert on learning disabilities, Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain. He believed this side of the brain failed to develop normally.Probably,he said,nerve cells there did not connect as they should.So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed.
    Other researchers did not examine brain tissue.Instead,they measured the brain's electrical activity and made a map of the electrical signals.
    Frank Dully experimented with this technique at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston.Doctor Dully found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems.The differences appeared throughout the brain.Doctor Dully said his research is evidence that disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain,not just the left side.

    Doctor Dully believed that______.
    A:he found the exact cause of learning disabilities
    B:the problem of learning disabilities did not lie in the left side of the brain
    C:the problem of learning disabilities resulted from the left side of the brain
    D:the problem of learning disabilities was not limited to the left side of the brain

    答案:D
    解析:
    根据第七段最后一句可知,Doctor Dully的研究表明学习障碍者的大脑不仅左半边有损伤,更大的范围也会有损伤,因此B项正确;根据第四段最后两句可知,研究表明有学习障碍的人的脑神经细胞排列,不像正常人的那样成线状排列,而是混在一起,因此C项正确;根据第四段第三到五句可知,左脑的脑细胞控制言语,左脑有问题可能造成学习障碍,因此D项正确:而A项表述在本篇文章中没有依据,因此选择A项。
    根据第四段第二、三、四、五、六句可知,研究者发现了两个反常现象:学习障碍者左脑细胞的颜色反常,正常人的是白色,他们的是灰色;学习障碍者的脑神经细胞的排列异常。
    根据第二段第二句可知,科学家们已经知道学习障碍不一而同,导致的原因也不同,因此A项正确;根据第三段第一、二句可知,学习障碍不表现在外部,因此B项正确;根据第七段第二句可知,学习障碍者的大脑活动异于常人,因此D项正确。第一段第二句表明,约有10%的孩子有学习障碍,并不是10%的人有学习障碍,因此选择C项。
    根据第七段最后一句可知,Doctor Dully认为学习障碍者不仅局限于左脑有损伤,更大的脑域都可能有问题,因此选择D项。
    本篇文章并没有表明要帮助有学习障碍的孩子提高智力,或要研究孩子如何读书、书写与使用数字,故排除A、B两项;根据第四段第三句可知,科学家们已经知道左半脑控制人的语言能力,故排除D项。根据文章内容和叙事逻辑可知,选项C为正确选项。

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Learning Disabilities
    Learning disabilities are very common.They affect perhaps 1 0 percent of all children.Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.
    Since about 1970,new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better.Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things.There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from differences in the way the brain is organized.
    You cannot look at a child and tell if he or she has a learning disability.There is no outward sign of the disorder.So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.
    In one study,researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things.One involved cells in the left side of the brain,which control language.These cells normally are white.In the learning disabled person,however,these cells were gray.The researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the way they should have been.The nerve cells were mixed together.
    The study was carried out under the guidance of Norman Geschwind,an early expert on learning disabilities, Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain. He believed this side of the brain failed to develop normally.Probably,he said,nerve cells there did not connect as they should.So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed.
    Other researchers did not examine brain tissue.Instead,they measured the brain's electrical activity and made a map of the electrical signals.
    Frank Dully experimented with this technique at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston.Doctor Dully found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems.The differences appeared throughout the brain.Doctor Dully said his research is evidence that disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain,not just the left side.

    All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that______.
    A:many factors account for learning disorder
    B:a learning-disabled person shows no outward signs
    C:reading disabilities are a common problem that affects 10 percent of the population
    D:the brain activity of learning-disabled children is different from that of normal children

    答案:C
    解析:
    根据第七段最后一句可知,Doctor Dully的研究表明学习障碍者的大脑不仅左半边有损伤,更大的范围也会有损伤,因此B项正确;根据第四段最后两句可知,研究表明有学习障碍的人的脑神经细胞排列,不像正常人的那样成线状排列,而是混在一起,因此C项正确;根据第四段第三到五句可知,左脑的脑细胞控制言语,左脑有问题可能造成学习障碍,因此D项正确:而A项表述在本篇文章中没有依据,因此选择A项。
    根据第四段第二、三、四、五、六句可知,研究者发现了两个反常现象:学习障碍者左脑细胞的颜色反常,正常人的是白色,他们的是灰色;学习障碍者的脑神经细胞的排列异常。
    根据第二段第二句可知,科学家们已经知道学习障碍不一而同,导致的原因也不同,因此A项正确;根据第三段第一、二句可知,学习障碍不表现在外部,因此B项正确;根据第七段第二句可知,学习障碍者的大脑活动异于常人,因此D项正确。第一段第二句表明,约有10%的孩子有学习障碍,并不是10%的人有学习障碍,因此选择C项。
    根据第七段最后一句可知,Doctor Dully认为学习障碍者不仅局限于左脑有损伤,更大的脑域都可能有问题,因此选择D项。
    本篇文章并没有表明要帮助有学习障碍的孩子提高智力,或要研究孩子如何读书、书写与使用数字,故排除A、B两项;根据第四段第三句可知,科学家们已经知道左半脑控制人的语言能力,故排除D项。根据文章内容和叙事逻辑可知,选项C为正确选项。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Intelligent Machines

    1 Medical scientists are already putting computer chips(芯片)directly into the brain to help people
    who have Parkinson's disease,but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us?Ray
    Kurzweil is the author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world's best

    computer research scientists.He is researching the possibilities.
    2 Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices.An example of this is Ramona, the virtual(虚拟的)
    hostess of Kurzweil's homepage,who is programmed to understand what you say.Visitors to the site can have
    their conversations with her,and Ramona also dances and sings.
    3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities.One of his ideas is a"seeing
    machine".This will be"like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world,"he explains.
    Blind people will use a visual sensor(探测器)which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses.This
    sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.
    4 Another idea,which is likely to help deaf people,is the"listening machine".This invention will
    recognize millions of words and understand any speaker.The listening machine will also be able to translate
    other languages,so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
    5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities.Looking further into the future,Kurzweil sees
    a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness into a computer.This technology probably
    won't be ready for at least 50 years,but when it arrives,it means our minds will be able to live forever.

    Paragraph5__________
    A:A New Pair of Ears
    B:Compuers that can Communicate
    C:Everlasting Consciousness in a Computer
    D:Time to Break Off a Friendship
    E:An Author and Researecher
    F:A New Pair of Eyes

    答案:C
    解析:
    短文第二段所举的例子说“她经设置可以理解你所说的话。网站的访问者可以和她谈 话,Ramona也会跳舞、唱歌”。因此“能够交流的计算机”这一标题概括了本段大意。
    短文第三段主要阐述的是视觉机器,如“这机器像一个朋友一样,能够描述有形世界里 正在发生的事情……该传感器将向佩戴者描述它看到的一切”。因此F项内容概括了本段 大意。
    短文第四段主要阐述的是听觉机器,因此A项内容概括了本段大意。
    短文第五段主要谈到“我们将能把所有意识下载到电脑里……这意味着我们的头脑能 够永远活下去”。因此C项内容概括了本段大意。
    短文第三段和第四段分别提到“Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities”和“Another idea ,which is likely to help deaf people"。因此E项内容符合文章大意。
    短文第二段提到“who is programmed to understand what you say"。因此A项内容“你所 说的话”符合文章大意。
    短文第三段提到“Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses"。因此B项内容符合文章大意。
    短文第四段提到“The listening machine will also be able to translate other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it"。因此C项内容符合文 章大意。第4部分:阅读理解第一篇 短文讲的是英国单人帆船手Ellen MacArthur是如何取得成功的。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    A Debate on the English Language

    A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United
    States.The US Senate passed two declarations last week.One calls English the nation's
    official language and the other says it is the "common and unifying(统一的)"tongue.But
    Americans found themselves divided on the issue.
    Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English,many can't
    understand why the issue is so controversial(有争议的).
    "The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,"says Dick Tucker,a social
    scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University."It's related to a worry about the
    changing demography(人口统计)of the US.It's a worry about who will continue to have
    political and economic influence."
    In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the
    nation's founding.John Adams lobbied(游说)in 1780 for the creation of a national
    academy to correct and improve the English language.But his proposal died,since
    lawmakers saw it as a royalist(保皇主义者)attempt to define personal behavior.
    Since then,the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the
    special status of English lived on.
    The emotions surrounding language resurface(再次浮现)not because people feel
    comfortable with English.It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new
    languages,says Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University.
    "Language is never about language,"he says.
    According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18
    years old,172 million speak only English at home.About 37 million speak languages other
    than English.Among them,6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don't speak
    English at all.

    The phrase "kicked around" (paragraph 4)could be best replaced by
    A:"invented".
    B:"formed".
    C:"shaped".
    D:"discussed".

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第7题:

    共用题干
    A Debate on the English Language
    A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United States .The US Senate passed two declarations last week.One calls English the nation's official lan-guage and the other says it is the “common and unifying(统一的)”tongue. But Americans found themselves divided on the issue.
    Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English,many can't understand
    why the issue is so controversial(有争议的).
    “The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,”says Dick Tucker,a social scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.“It's related to a worry about the changing demography (人口统计)of the US It's a worry about who will continue to have political and economic influence.”
    In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding. John Adams lobbied(游说)in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language.But his proposal died,since lawmakers saw it as a roy-alist(保皇主义者)attempt to define personal behavior.
    Since then,the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on.
    The emotions surrounding language resurface(再次浮现)not because people feel comfortable with English .It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new languages,says Walt Wolfram,a professor at North Carolina State University.
    “Language is never about language,”he says.
    According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18 years old, 172 million speak only English at home.About 37 million speak languages other than English. Among them,6 .5 million speak poor English and 3 .1 million don't speak English at all.

    Which statement is true according to the 2000 US Census Bureau report?
    A: 172 million Americans speak only English in their workplaces.
    B: 37 million Americans speak English.
    C: 209 million Americans are above the age of 18.
    D: 6.5 million Americans speak good English.

    答案:C
    解析:
    本题问“两个宣言关切到什么?”文章的第一句话是这么说的:在美国,一个宣布英语是国语的措施正在经受着激烈的争论。然后文章说到美国参议院上周通过了两个宣言。一个宣言把英语叫做国家的官方语言;另一个宣言说英语是通用的、起统一作用的语言。可见这两个宣言涉及英语的地位问题,因此A项是正确的。


    本题问“谁在18世纪就建议英语应该得到保护?”第四段有这样一句话:John Adams lobbied in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language. 1780年John Adams曾游说建立一个国家研究院,致力于纠正并修改英语。可见正确的选择应该是John Adams。


    本题问“下面的哪一方面跟目前的争论无关?”第三段提到A、B和C,唯有D没有提到。D说的是“美国的军事力量”。


    本题问“根据2000年美国人口普查局的报告,哪个命题是真的?”最后一段话的第一个句子是这么说的:根据2000年美国人口普查局的报告,18岁以上美国人有两亿九百万人。所以C项是对的。其他选项都把两亿九百万人当作了美国的总人口,因而是错误的。


    本题问“kicked around最有可能被哪个词替换?”这个短语出现在下面这个句子中:In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding.事实上,保护这一语言的思想几乎从这个国家建立时就开始讨论了。这个短语的意义可以从上下文中推出。

  • 第8题:

    共用题干
    US Blacks Hard-hit by Cancer
    Death rates for cancer are falling for all Americans,but black Americans are still more likely to die of cancer than whites,the American Cancer Society said Monday.
    In a special report on cancer and blacks,the organization said blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites,and they are more likely to die of the disease.
    This could be because of unequal access to medical care,because blacks are more likely to have other diseases like diabetes as well,and perhaps because of differences in the biology of the cancer itself,the report added.
    “In general,African Americans have less likelihood of surviving five years after diagnosis than whites for all cancer sites and all stages of diagnosis,”the report said.
    “In describing cancer statistics for African Americans,this report recognizes that socioeconomic disparities and unequal access to medical care may underlie many of the differences associated with race.”
    The Cancer Society said blacks should be encouraged to get check-ups earlier,when cancer was more treatable,and it said more research is needed to see if biological differences play a role.
    “The new statistics emphasize the continuing importance of eliminating these social disparities through public policy and education efforts,”the organization said in a statement.
    But it also noted a drop in cancer death rates.
    “Cancer death rates in both sexes for all sites combined have declined substantially among black Americans since 1992,as have incidence rates,”said the report.
    “Increased efforts to improve economic conditions in combination with education about the relationship of lifestyle choices to cancer could further reduce the burden of cancer among African Americans.” About 36 million Americans describe themselves as black,representing about 12 percent of the population.

    Black Americans are more likely to die of cancer than________.
    A:.people in other countries
    B:.white Americans
    C:.all other Americans
    D:.their ancestors

    答案:B
    解析:
    由文章第一段的内容可知,美国黑人的死亡率高于美国白人。该段只是将美国黑人与美国白人的癌症死亡率进行了比较。故选B。


    前三项原因在文章第三段中都被提到了,而早期诊断是有助于降低癌症死亡率的。


    由文章第六段的内容可以得知,癌症越早发现越有利于治疗。


    文章第七段提到,公共政策和教育有助于消除不平等的社会差异。


    由文章的倒数第三段的内容可知,从1992年以来,美国黑人的癌症死亡率下降了。

  • 第9题:

    About three million people have migrated to Britain since World War ll.They are mainly from the West Indies,India and()

    AIndonesia

    BSingapore

    CHong Kong

    DPakistan


    D

  • 第10题:

    I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I()to half a dozen other groups before.

    Awas giving

    Bam giving

    Chad given

    Dhave given


    C

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    Britain ahs about()million adults with one or more disabilities,of whom around 7 percent live in communal establishments.
    A

    4

    B

    5

    C

    6

    D

    7


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 66-70. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.  Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage.  In August 2008, athletes from the United States and around the world will compete in the Beijing Olympics. But did you know that in September of next year, disabled athletes will compete in the Paralympic Games in Beijing?  The Olympics and the Paralympics are separate movements. But they have always been held in the same year, and since 1988, they have also been held in the same city. The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement in 2001 to secure this connection. The next winter games will take place in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010.  The Paralympic Games grew out of a sports competition held in 1948 in England and a doctor named Ludwig Guttmann organized it for men who suffered spinal cord injuries in World War II. Four years later, it became an international event as competitors from the Netherlands took part. Then, in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed. By 2004, the Paralympic Games in Athens had almost 4000 athletes from 136 countries, who may have physical or mental limitations and may be blind or in wheelchairs. Yet sometimes they perform better than athletes without disabilities.  In 1968, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of former President John F. Kennedy, started the Special Olympics, which are just for children and adults with mental limitations and whose programs currently serve more than two million people in 160 countries. In November 2006, in Mumbai, India, teams competed in the First Special Olympics International Cricket Cup. In addition to India, there were men’s teams from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. There were also women’s cricket teams from India and Pakistan.  There are many organizations in the United States that help people with disabilities play sports. Wheelchair tennis is a popular sport. So is basketball. In fact, there are more than one hundred professional teams playing wheelchair basketball thanks to the special wheelchairs for athletes that are lightweight and designed for quick moves. For people who want to go really fast in their chairs, there is a Power Wheelchair Racing Association.  In the state of Utah there is a place called the National Ability Center, which teaches all kinds of sports to people with all kinds of physical and mental disabilities and even gives friends and family members a chance to try a sport as if they were disabled.  A reporter from the Washington Post wanted to know what it would be like for a blind person to use a climbing wall. So, protected by a safety line, the newspaper reporter closed his eyes and started to feel for places to put his hands and feet. Trainers on the ground urged him on: “Take your time. You can do it.” Finally he reached the top.  At the National Ability Center people can learn to ride horses and mountain bikes. They can try winter mountain sports, and learn scuba diving and other water activities. The center also prepares athletes for the Paralympics.  These days, the first place many people go when they want to travel is the Internet, where they can get information about hotels, transportation and services like tour companies. The Internet can also help travelers find special services for the disabled. For example, there are groups that help young people with disabilities travel to different countries.  Susan Sygall, who uses a wheelchair herself, leads an organization called Mobility International USA, and has traveled to more than twenty-five countries to talk about the rights of people with disabilities. She says people with disabilities are all members of a global family and working together across borders is the most powerful way of making changes.  Summary:  The Olympics and the Paralympics are  1 but they have always been held in the same year and also in the same city since 1988 when the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement in 2001 to secure this connection.The Paralympic Games grew out of a sports competition organized by a doctor named  2 in 1948 in England for men injured in World War II. In 1952, it became an  3 and in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome for people who may have physical or mental limitations or may be blind or in wheelchairs.The  4 was started in 1968 in the United States by Eunice Kennedy Shriver just for children and adults with mental limitations and to help people with disabilities play sports and enjoy other activities, many  5 are founded, such as the Power Wheelchair Racing Association, the National Ability Center and Mobility International USA.

    正确答案:
    1.separate movements 由原文第二段第一句话可知奥运会和残奥会是两项分开的运动盛会。
    2.Ludwig Guttmann 由第三段第一句话可知。
    3.international event 由第三段中Then, in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed 可知,为脊髓病患者举办的运动会在1960年变成世界性的运动会。
    4.Special Olympics 由第四段可知,特殊运动会发源于1968年。
    5.organizations 由文中第五段可知,世界各国建立了很多组织,帮助残障人士进行各项运动。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world,but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
    In the United Kingdom,about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people.As we get older,many of us will become less mobile,hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
    Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life.Some people are born with disabilities.Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases.The longer time goes on,the worse they become.Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness.All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
    Disabled people face many physical barriers.Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends,imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps,or on to buses and trains?What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers:prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through,so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability,not their disability,which counts.

    The key word in Paragraph 4 is__________.
    A:barriers
    B:disabled
    C:disability
    D:prejudice

    答案:A
    解析:
    第一段第一句是该段的主题句。" No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world , but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.”说明残疾人数量很多。
    第四段第一句和第四句是该段主题句。" Disabled people face many physical barriers."',But there are other barriers:prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.”该段从实际困难和精神歧视两方面说明残疾人面临的障碍。
    文章最后一句:"...it is the individual person and their ability, not their disa-bility ,which counts.”大意是“······真正重要的是残疾人的独立人格及其能力,而不是其身体上的残疾。”
    选项A、C都出现在第二段中。B是文章所呼吁的。文章最后一段说 "prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all"。残疾人所面临的障碍除了身体残疾外,还有人们的偏见和被人们忽视。所以选项D与原文不相符。
    主旨题。文章首先叙述残疾人之多和各种残疾,进而从身体和精神两方面阐述残疾人面临的障碍,并指出精神方面的障碍是最难被打破的。因此,可以推论出作者告诫我们应该正确对待残疾人。

  • 第14题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world,but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
    In the United Kingdom,about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people.As we get older,many of us will become less mobile,hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
    Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life.Some people are born with disabilities.Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases.The longer time goes on,the worse they become.Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness.All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
    Disabled people face many physical barriers.Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends,imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps,or on to buses and trains?What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers:prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through,so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability,not their disability,which counts.

    The first paragraph points out that_________.
    A:there are many disabled people in the world
    B:the number of disabled people in India is the greatest
    C:India has not much more disabled people than Canada
    D:it is possible to get an exact number of the world's disabled people

    答案:A
    解析:
    第一段第一句是该段的主题句。" No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world , but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.”说明残疾人数量很多。
    第四段第一句和第四句是该段主题句。" Disabled people face many physical barriers."',But there are other barriers:prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.”该段从实际困难和精神歧视两方面说明残疾人面临的障碍。
    文章最后一句:"...it is the individual person and their ability, not their disa-bility ,which counts.”大意是“······真正重要的是残疾人的独立人格及其能力,而不是其身体上的残疾。”
    选项A、C都出现在第二段中。B是文章所呼吁的。文章最后一段说 "prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all"。残疾人所面临的障碍除了身体残疾外,还有人们的偏见和被人们忽视。所以选项D与原文不相符。
    主旨题。文章首先叙述残疾人之多和各种残疾,进而从身体和精神两方面阐述残疾人面临的障碍,并指出精神方面的障碍是最难被打破的。因此,可以推论出作者告诫我们应该正确对待残疾人。

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    Learning Disabilities
    Learning disabilities are very common.They affect perhaps 1 0 percent of all children.Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.
    Since about 1970,new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better.Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things.There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from differences in the way the brain is organized.
    You cannot look at a child and tell if he or she has a learning disability.There is no outward sign of the disorder.So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.
    In one study,researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things.One involved cells in the left side of the brain,which control language.These cells normally are white.In the learning disabled person,however,these cells were gray.The researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the way they should have been.The nerve cells were mixed together.
    The study was carried out under the guidance of Norman Geschwind,an early expert on learning disabilities, Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain. He believed this side of the brain failed to develop normally.Probably,he said,nerve cells there did not connect as they should.So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed.
    Other researchers did not examine brain tissue.Instead,they measured the brain's electrical activity and made a map of the electrical signals.
    Frank Dully experimented with this technique at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston.Doctor Dully found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems.The differences appeared throughout the brain.Doctor Dully said his research is evidence that disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain,not just the left side.

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
    A:Learning disabilities may result from the unknown area of the brain.
    B:Learning disabilities may result from damage to a wide area of the brain.
    C:Learning disabilities may result from abnormal organization of the brain cells.
    D:Learning disabilities may result from problems in the left side of the brain.

    答案:A
    解析:
    根据第七段最后一句可知,Doctor Dully的研究表明学习障碍者的大脑不仅左半边有损伤,更大的范围也会有损伤,因此B项正确;根据第四段最后两句可知,研究表明有学习障碍的人的脑神经细胞排列,不像正常人的那样成线状排列,而是混在一起,因此C项正确;根据第四段第三到五句可知,左脑的脑细胞控制言语,左脑有问题可能造成学习障碍,因此D项正确:而A项表述在本篇文章中没有依据,因此选择A项。
    根据第四段第二、三、四、五、六句可知,研究者发现了两个反常现象:学习障碍者左脑细胞的颜色反常,正常人的是白色,他们的是灰色;学习障碍者的脑神经细胞的排列异常。
    根据第二段第二句可知,科学家们已经知道学习障碍不一而同,导致的原因也不同,因此A项正确;根据第三段第一、二句可知,学习障碍不表现在外部,因此B项正确;根据第七段第二句可知,学习障碍者的大脑活动异于常人,因此D项正确。第一段第二句表明,约有10%的孩子有学习障碍,并不是10%的人有学习障碍,因此选择C项。
    根据第七段最后一句可知,Doctor Dully认为学习障碍者不仅局限于左脑有损伤,更大的脑域都可能有问题,因此选择D项。
    本篇文章并没有表明要帮助有学习障碍的孩子提高智力,或要研究孩子如何读书、书写与使用数字,故排除A、B两项;根据第四段第三句可知,科学家们已经知道左半脑控制人的语言能力,故排除D项。根据文章内容和叙事逻辑可知,选项C为正确选项。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    Hypertension Drugs Found to Cut Risk of Stroke
    Australian doctors declared Monday that a cocktail of simple antihypertensive drugs can lower the risk of patients suffering a repeat stroke by more than a third.This is the result of their research.The research, presented at a medical conference in Italy over the weekend,has been valued highly as a major breakthrough in stroke prevention.
    Strokes kill 5 million people a year,and more than 15 million suffer non-fatal strokes that often leave them with useless limbs,slurred speech and other serious disabilities.One in five stroke survivors goes on to have a second,often fatal,stroke within five years of the first.
    An international six-year study of 6,100 patients directed from Sydney University found that by taking two blood pressure-lowering drugs,the risk of secondary strokes can be reduced by up to 40 percent.Even taking one of the commonly available drugs can cut the risk by a third,the study said.The drugs are the diuretic indapamide ( 吲达帕胺)and the ACE inhibitor perindopril , better known by its brand name Cover- syl.The combination was effective even in patients who did not have high blood pressure,the researchers said.They even found that the risk of another stroke could be cut by three quarters among the one-in-ten pa- tients who had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage(出血), the worst type of stroke , where there is direct bleeding into the brain.
    Stephen McMahon,who presented the research at the Milan congress of the European Society of Hypertension,said about 50 million people were alive who had suffered at least one stroke."If most of those patients were able to get access to this treatment,it would result in maybe the avoidance of half a million strokes a year,"the professor told Australia's ABC Radio.
    McMahon said doctors had long known that lowering the blood pressure of those with hypertension could help prevent strokes."What we have shown for the first time is that it does not really matter what your blood pressure is;if you have had a stroke,then lowering blood pressure will produce large benefits,to begin with-even for people whose blood pressure is average or below average,"he said.
    McMahon said the Milan gathering had heralded the research as a"major breakthrough in the care of patients with strokes-perhaps the biggest step forward that we have made in the last couple of decades."

    Which of the following is NOT a symptom left by strokes?
    A:Habitual sleeplessness.
    B:Losing the function of one or more extremities.
    C:Speaking unclearly.
    D:Serious disabilities such as facial paralysis.

    答案:A
    解析:
    由文章第二段最后一句“One in five stroke survivors goes on to have a second , often fatal,stroke within five years of the first.”可知,中风以后存活的病人中,有1/5的人在第一次中风后5年内会再次中风,而且常常是致命的。故C为正确答案。
    由文章第三段的内容可知,服用两种降压药中风复发的危险性可减少40%;单服一种药,其危险性降低1/3,即约33%。可见服用两种药比服用一种药可多减少大约7%,即大约1/14的危险性。
    第二段第一句说非致命的中风常造成病人四肢残废、语言含糊不清以及其他严重残疾。B、C、D三项均属于中风的后遗症(D项的面部麻痹属于严重残疾之一),而A项“习惯性失眠”则不应属于中风的后遗症。故A是正确答案。
    由文章第四段第二句“‘ If most of those patients were able to get access to this treatment , it would result in maybe the avoidance of half a million strokes a year,’”可知,如果大多数病人有机会进行这样治疗的话,每年就可以避免50万次中风的发生。故B为正确答案。
    由文章倒数第二段的内容可知,血压高低并不重要,只要你得了中风,降低血压就有很大益处,即使血压正常或低于正常值也是如此。故D为正确答案。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    A Debate on the English Language

    A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United States. The US Senate passed two declarations last week.One calls English the nation's official language
    and the other says it is the "common and unifying(统一的)"tongue. But Americans found themselves divided on the issue.
    Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English,many can't understand why the issue is so controversial(有争议的).
    "The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,"says Dick Tucker,a social scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University."It's related to a worry about the changing demography (人口统计)of the US. It's a worry about who will continue to have political and economic influence.
    In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding. John Adams lobbied(游说)in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language. But his proposal died, since lawmakers saw it as a royalist(保皇主义者)attempt to define personal behavior.
    Since then,the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on.
    The emotions surrounding language resurface(再次浮现)not because people feel comfortable with English.It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new languages,says Walt Wolfram,a professor at North Carolina State University.
    "Language is never about language,"he says.
    According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18 years old, 172 million speak only English at home.About 37 million speak languages other than English. Among them,6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don't speak English at all.

    Which of the following is the current debate NOT related to?
    A:The immigration issues.
    B:The changing demography.
    C:The worry about the new languages.
    D:The US's military strength.

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题问的是“两项声明与什么有关?”文章第一段提到“上周,美国参议院通过了两项声明。一项要求英语成为官方语言,另一项称其是统一的普通语言。”显然,这两项声明与英语的地位有关。
    本题是细节考查题。本题问“在18世纪谁提出英语应该得到保护?”第四段提到了1780年即18世纪发生的事件。在这一段涉及的人物是选项B " John Adams "。
    本题问“下列哪个选项与当前的这场讨论无关?”从句义来看,该问题似乎直接涉及文章主题,但选项均涉及细节信息:A“移民问题”;B“不断变化的人口统计”;C“新语言”;D“美国的军队实力”。前三个选项在文章中均可找到出处。选项A相关句说“引发这场讨论的一个原因是出于对移民问题的担心”,由此可见选项A与讨论相关,应该被排除。选项 B相关句说“引发它的另一个原因是对美国不断变化的人口统计数据的担心”,由此可见选项B与讨论相关,应该被排除。文章第六段说“Walt Wolfram说‘它更与很多美国人对新语言的不适相关’”,,因此选项C也与讨论相关,应该被排除掉。
    本题问“根据2000年美国人口调查局的报告,下列哪个选项的说法正确?”从句义来看,该问题涉及文章中的细节信息,属于细节题。文章最后一段提到“According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18 years old,172 million speak only English at home",显然选项C符合题意。
    本题是词汇题。本题问“第四段的kicked around可被哪个词替换?"kicked around意为“讨论,议论”。选项A意为“发明”;选项B意为“构成,形成”;选项C意为“构成,塑造成”;选项D意为“讨论,议论”。

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    Intelligent Machines

    1 Medical scientists are already putting computer chips(芯片)directly into the brain to help people
    who have Parkinson's disease,but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us?Ray
    Kurzweil is the author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world's best

    computer research scientists.He is researching the possibilities.
    2 Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices.An example of this is Ramona, the virtual(虚拟的)
    hostess of Kurzweil's homepage,who is programmed to understand what you say.Visitors to the site can have
    their conversations with her,and Ramona also dances and sings.
    3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities.One of his ideas is a"seeing
    machine".This will be"like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world,"he explains.
    Blind people will use a visual sensor(探测器)which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses.This
    sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.
    4 Another idea,which is likely to help deaf people,is the"listening machine".This invention will
    recognize millions of words and understand any speaker.The listening machine will also be able to translate
    other languages,so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
    5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities.Looking further into the future,Kurzweil sees
    a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness into a computer.This technology probably
    won't be ready for at least 50 years,but when it arrives,it means our minds will be able to live forever.

    Ramona is able to understand_________.
    A:what you say
    B:a pair of sunglasses
    C:the listening machine
    D:a visual sensor
    E:who have disabilities
    F:living forever in a computer

    答案:A
    解析:
    短文第二段所举的例子说“她经设置可以理解你所说的话。网站的访问者可以和她谈 话,Ramona也会跳舞、唱歌”。因此“能够交流的计算机”这一标题概括了本段大意。
    短文第三段主要阐述的是视觉机器,如“这机器像一个朋友一样,能够描述有形世界里 正在发生的事情……该传感器将向佩戴者描述它看到的一切”。因此F项内容概括了本段 大意。
    短文第四段主要阐述的是听觉机器,因此A项内容概括了本段大意。
    短文第五段主要谈到“我们将能把所有意识下载到电脑里……这意味着我们的头脑能 够永远活下去”。因此C项内容概括了本段大意。
    短文第三段和第四段分别提到“Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities”和“Another idea ,which is likely to help deaf people"。因此E项内容符合文章大意。
    短文第二段提到“who is programmed to understand what you say"。因此A项内容“你所 说的话”符合文章大意。
    短文第三段提到“Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses"。因此B项内容符合文章大意。
    短文第四段提到“The listening machine will also be able to translate other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it"。因此C项内容符合文 章大意。第4部分:阅读理解第一篇 短文讲的是英国单人帆船手Ellen MacArthur是如何取得成功的。

  • 第19题:

    共用题干
    Intelligent Machines

    1 Medical scientists are already putting computer chips(芯片)directly into the brain to help people
    who have Parkinson's disease,but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us?Ray
    Kurzweil is the author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world's best

    computer research scientists.He is researching the possibilities.
    2 Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices.An example of this is Ramona, the virtual(虚拟的)
    hostess of Kurzweil's homepage,who is programmed to understand what you say.Visitors to the site can have
    their conversations with her,and Ramona also dances and sings.
    3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities.One of his ideas is a"seeing
    machine".This will be"like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world,"he explains.
    Blind people will use a visual sensor(探测器)which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses.This
    sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.
    4 Another idea,which is likely to help deaf people,is the"listening machine".This invention will
    recognize millions of words and understand any speaker.The listening machine will also be able to translate
    other languages,so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
    5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities.Looking further into the future,Kurzweil sees
    a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness into a computer.This technology probably
    won't be ready for at least 50 years,but when it arrives,it means our minds will be able to live forever.

    Blind people will be able to see the world with_________.
    A:what you say
    B:a pair of sunglasses
    C:the listening machine
    D:a visual sensor
    E:who have disabilities
    F:living forever in a computer

    答案:B
    解析:
    短文第二段所举的例子说“她经设置可以理解你所说的话。网站的访问者可以和她谈 话,Ramona也会跳舞、唱歌”。因此“能够交流的计算机”这一标题概括了本段大意。
    短文第三段主要阐述的是视觉机器,如“这机器像一个朋友一样,能够描述有形世界里 正在发生的事情……该传感器将向佩戴者描述它看到的一切”。因此F项内容概括了本段 大意。
    短文第四段主要阐述的是听觉机器,因此A项内容概括了本段大意。
    短文第五段主要谈到“我们将能把所有意识下载到电脑里……这意味着我们的头脑能 够永远活下去”。因此C项内容概括了本段大意。
    短文第三段和第四段分别提到“Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities”和“Another idea ,which is likely to help deaf people"。因此E项内容符合文章大意。
    短文第二段提到“who is programmed to understand what you say"。因此A项内容“你所 说的话”符合文章大意。
    短文第三段提到“Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses"。因此B项内容符合文章大意。
    短文第四段提到“The listening machine will also be able to translate other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it"。因此C项内容符合文 章大意。第4部分:阅读理解第一篇 短文讲的是英国单人帆船手Ellen MacArthur是如何取得成功的。

  • 第20题:

    共用题干
    US Blacks Hard-hit by Cancer
    Death rates for cancer are falling for all Americans,but black Americans are still more likely to die of cancer than whites,the American Cancer Society said Monday.
    In a special report on cancer and blacks,the organization said blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites,and they are more likely to die of the disease.
    This could be because of unequal access to medical care,because blacks are more likely to have other diseases like diabetes as well,and perhaps because of differences in the biology of the cancer itself,the report added.
    “In general,African Americans have less likelihood of surviving five years after diagnosis than whites for all cancer sites and all stages of diagnosis,”the report said.
    “In describing cancer statistics for African Americans,this report recognizes that socioeconomic disparities and unequal access to medical care may underlie many of the differences associated with race.”
    The Cancer Society said blacks should be encouraged to get check-ups earlier,when cancer was more treatable,and it said more research is needed to see if biological differences play a role.
    “The new statistics emphasize the continuing importance of eliminating these social disparities through public policy and education efforts,”the organization said in a statement.
    But it also noted a drop in cancer death rates.
    “Cancer death rates in both sexes for all sites combined have declined substantially among black Americans since 1992,as have incidence rates,”said the report.
    “Increased efforts to improve economic conditions in combination with education about the relationship of lifestyle choices to cancer could further reduce the burden of cancer among African Americans.” About 36 million Americans describe themselves as black,representing about 12 percent of the population.

    Cancer can be treated easier if it is detected
    A: in an early stage
    B: together with other diseases
    C: during check-ups
    D: in elderly people

    答案:A
    解析:
    由文章第一段的内容可知,美国黑人的死亡率高于美国白人。该段只是将美国黑人与美国白人的癌症死亡率进行了比较。故选B。


    前三项原因在文章第三段中都被提到了,而早期诊断是有助于降低癌症死亡率的。


    由文章第六段的内容可以得知,癌症越早发现越有利于治疗。


    文章第七段提到,公共政策和教育有助于消除不平等的社会差异。


    由文章的倒数第三段的内容可知,从1992年以来,美国黑人的癌症死亡率下降了。

  • 第21题:

    Britain ahs about()million adults with one or more disabilities,of whom around 7 percent live in communal establishments.

    A4

    B5

    C6

    D7


    C

  • 第22题:

    I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I()to half a dozen other groups before.

    • A、was giving
    • B、am giving
    • C、had given
    • D、have given

    正确答案:C

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I()to half a dozen other groups before.
    A

    was giving

    B

    am giving

    C

    had given

    D

    have given


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析