Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Many people are afraid to support themselves. Dr. Robert Albert,author of Stand Up,Speak Out,and Talk Back thinks it’s because their self-respect is low. “There’s always a ‘superior’ (长者) around--parent, a teacher,a boss--who knows better.”

  But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people help themselves. They offer “assertiveness training” courses, A.T. for short. In the A. T. Course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting other people.

  In one way, learning to speak out is to get rid of fear. A group taking an A. T. Course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But A. T. uses an even stronger motive (动机)--he needs to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-respect.

 

61.The problem the writer talks about is that       .

  A.some people buy things they don’t want

  B.some people are afraid to speak out for their rights

  C.there are too many superiors

  D.some people don’t think enough of themselves

62.The cause of the problem talked about in this passage is that      .

  A.some people have a low self-respect

  B.there is always someone around who “knows better”

  C.salesmen talk people into buying things they don’t want

  D.people don’t share enough

63.The underlined word “timid” in the 3rd paragraph most probably means       .

  A.brave                  B.confident        C.self-respect    D.shy

64.One thing the A . T. Course don’t do is to       .

  A.share the need of people

  B.show they have a right to be themselves

  C.help people overcome fear

  D.help people to help themselves even if others suffer

65.A good title for this passage could be “        ”.

  A.The Need to Share

  B.Talk Back When Necessary

  C.One Way to Build Self-Respect

  D.One Way to Train Speaking Ability

The head of the World Health Organization (WTO) yesterday warned of worsening health in the country's vast rural areas while praising the government for its commitment on improving healthcare in the countryside.  

“The health indicators have failed to improve in pace with economic indicators.”          said Margared Chan when addressing a conference on rural primary healthcare in China.  

“The health gap between rural and urban areas has grown even wider and health in parts of rural China is  deteriorating(恶化),”she said, adding medical costs are rising faster than the growth of per capital income in rural areas.  

She said she appreciated the government's efforts and plans to build a medical system for all people. Saying “when fair and accessible public health services become the clear targets of a country's public health policy, people's health will improve.”  

The WTO chief said she noticed that the tasks on improving people's well-being in the report by Party chief Hu Jintao at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China included a basic medical insurance system for urban dwellers and a cooperative medical care system in rural areas.  

She said recent WTO research has found that diseases are the source of poverty for 30 to 50 percent of the rural population of 737 million.  

A growing number of rural people, especially the aged, are suffering from various diseases; however, few have access to decent healthcare, she told the conference.  

Chan criticized the practice of allowing healthcare services to be commercialized in rural areas, warning it will cause the patients more suffering.  

The government has pledged to provide its population with basic medical care by 2020.  

It's expanding medical care through the Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, a plan under which subscribers(受捐者) are provided with 50 yuan($6.4) per person―20 yuan ($2.6) each from the central and local governments and 10 yuan ($1.3) from the individual.  

Vice-Minister of Health Chen Xiaohong said nearly 85 percent of the country's rural area, or 2,429 counties, are participating in the plan.  

64. What can we infer from the passage?  

A. Healthcare developed more slowly than economics.  

B. Economics developed more slowly than healthcare.  

C. The health indicators failed to improve economics.  

D. Healthcare improved as much as economics.  

65. Which of the following statements is WRONG?  

A. Diseases are the source of poverty for the rural population  

B. About 200 million of the rural population are poor because of diseases.  

C. The government has taken some measures to improve the rural healthcare.  

D. The local governments will give 20 Yuan to each rural person  

66. What is Margaret Chan’s attitude towards The Rural Cooperative medical Scheme ?  

A. doubtful           B. disappointed          C. satisfied          D. anxious  

67. Which of the following can be chosen as the best title for this passage?  

A. Healthcare in Rural Area Faces Challenges  

B. The Head of the WTO----Margaret Chan  

C. The Comparison of Rural and Urban Healthcare  

D. The Importance of the Rural Healthcare  

A woman wears a face mask to protect her from polluted air in Lanzhou, China, in December.

A new study showed air pollution might put people more at risk for heart disease than scientists had thought. Kristin Miller, a doctoral student at the University of Washington, said chances of getting the disease were related to not only which city a woman lived in, but also where in the city. The study found that the effects of air pollution were often larger within cities than between cities.

The new findings make experts suspect that current pollution limits may be inadequate. Scientists examined rates of heart attack, stroke (中风) and other cardiovascular (心脏血管的) events in women with long-term exposure to air pollution.

The study involved women over the age of fifty who had no sign of cardiovascular disease at the start of the research. The study followed the women for as long as nine years to see how they would develop cardiovascular problems.

The researchers also examined levels of fine particles (粒子,微粒) in the air in 36 areas across the country. That information came from the Environmental Protection Agency. The extremely small particles came from industrial smoke and traffic, along with things like wood-burning fireplaces in houses.

In the study, every ten-microgram increase in the risk of a cardiovascular event. But it was related to a seventy-six percent increase in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

But just how do particles in the air damage the cardiovascular system? The particles may cause the lungs to swell and release chemicals from the pollutants into the blood. The chemicals then could damage the heart.

57. The passage mainly talks about______.

     A. the effects of pollution on women

B. how to protect women from air pollution

C. how air pollution damages a person’s heart

D. the relationship between air pollution and heart diseases

58. The case of the woman wearing a face mask shows ______.

     A. people are paying more and more attention to their health

B. the woman is afraid of getting heart disease

C. Lanzhou city is more heavily polluted than other cities

D. air pollution is becoming more and more serious

59. We can learn from the passage that _______.

     A. air pollution is more serious than scientists thought

B. the control of air pollution is effective in some cities

C. people throughout a city have the same risk of getting heart diseases

D. air pollution affects women more than men

60. The study implies that ______.

     57―60 DDAC A. air pollution has a bigger effect on older women than younger women

B. small particles in the air mainly come from industrial smoke

C. the rise in air pollution may lead to a higher death rate from cardiovascular disease

D. air pollution has been affecting people for as long as nine years in the city of Lanzhou

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