Question

B [2015 •河南省郑州市第一中学高一下学期期中考试]

Health experts are calling for action to expand 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 interna?tional community to fight cancer aggressively, 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(月巿结核)and malaria (疰疾)combined. But the world spends only 5 % of its cancer resources in those coun?tries.

Felicia Knaul from Harvard Medical School was one of the authors of the pa?per. 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 from 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 Knaul 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.

4.  What would be the main idea for the passage?

  A.  Cancer―a leading cause of death in poor countries.

B.  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 in poor countries.

5.  Felicia KnauTs experience in Mexico shows that _______ .

  A.  many Mexican women suffer from breast cancer

B.  there is not enough medicine for cancer there

C.  many Mexican women can't afford medical care

D.  patients with breast cancer are treated differently

6.  From what Felicia Knaul says, we can draw the conclusion that ______ .

  A.  breast cancer is a great threat to young women in developing countries

B.  people don't pay enough attention to breast cancer

C.  breast cancer is the second killer among women in Mexico

D.  effective treatment for breast cancer is available in developing countries

7.  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.

Answer 1

B[文章大意]文章呼吁人们关注发展中国家的癌症问题。

4.  D主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知D正确，文章正是为了呼吁更多的人关注贫穷国家的癌症问题。

5.  D 细节理解题。根据第三段中"…her experience showed her the sharp difference between the rich and the poor in trea?ting breast cancer."可知穷人和富人在治疗乳腺癌方面不同， 因此D正确。

6.  A 推理判断题。根据第四段"It's the number two cause of death in Mexico for women from thirty to fifty-four. All over the developing world, it's the number one cancer-related death among young women."可知在发展中国家，乳腺癌成为对年轻妇女的健康有巨大威胁的疾病，故A正确。

7.  C 细节理解题。根据第二段的"Cancer kills more than 7. 5 million people a year worldwide."可知C正确。