2017年職稱英語(yǔ)試題《衛(wèi)生B》閱讀理解專項(xiàng)練習(xí)(1)

　　2017年職稱英語(yǔ)考試試題《衛(wèi)生B》閱讀理解專項(xiàng)練習(xí)題

　　U.S. to Start $3.2 Billion Child Health Study in January

　　A 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.

　　Officials from the U. S. government's 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 examine 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 construct 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 nation's health care costs," Dr. Duane Alexander, who heads the NIH's 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 up pregnant women whose babies will then be 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.

　　1. The aim of the study is to find new ways to __________.

　　A. conduct research　　B. track public health

　　C. prevent or treat illness　　D. speed up development

　　2. Researchers will collect all the following EXCEPT __________.

　　A. genetic samples from people in the study

　　B. biological samples from people in the study

　　C. samples from the homes of the women and their babies

　　D. samples of air and water from hospitals

　　3. It is expected that through the study the nation's health care costs __________.

　　A. will be lowered in the long run　　B. will be significantly increased

　　C. will be more than $200 million　　D. will reach $3.2 billion

　　4. The babies of the participants will be followed __________.

　　A. throughout their lives　　B. for more than two decades

　　C. from birth to 21 months　　D. until they get married

　　5. Which is NOT true of the people in the study?

　　A. They'll be from various areas.　　B. They'll be from all income levels.

　　C. They'll be from all educational levels.　　D. They'll be from all age groups.

　　2017年職稱英語(yǔ)考試試題《衛(wèi)生B》閱讀理解專項(xiàng)練習(xí)題答案與解析：

　　1. C。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干：研究的目標(biāo)是發(fā)現(xiàn)新的方法來(lái) __________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到短文的第二段，提到了此項(xiàng)研究的goal，即aim，這便是learning new ways to treat or prevent illness。

　　2. D。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干：研究者收集了下列東西，除了 __________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到短文的第四段。第四項(xiàng)應(yīng)該是“參加研究的婦女及其嬰兒家中的空氣與水等物質(zhì)”，而

　　不是“醫(yī)院中的空氣與水”。

　　3. A。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干：通過(guò)研究，國(guó)家的醫(yī)療費(fèi)用期望可以 __________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到短文的第六段，即預(yù)計(jì)從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的角度講，此項(xiàng)研究將有利于節(jié)約國(guó)家衛(wèi)生保健費(fèi)用的開(kāi)支。

　　4. B。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干：參與者的嬰兒會(huì)被跟蹤調(diào)查 __________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到短。文的倒數(shù)第三段，即這些嬰兒將從出生前一直被跟蹤到21歲。

　　5. D。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干：下列關(guān)于研究參與者的說(shuō)法哪一項(xiàng)是不正確的?利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到最后一段。前三項(xiàng)在短文的最后一段都有提及，只有第四項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的，因?yàn)檠芯繉?duì)象都是懷孕的婦女，不可能是所有年齡段的人們。