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【题目】More than 135,000 UK drinkers will die from cancer caused by alcohol(酒精)by the year 2035, researchers say. Drinking too much will cause 7,100 cancer deaths a year by 2035, a rise of 13 percent on the present rate. A study by Sheffield University and Cancer Research UK shows that alcohol will cost the NHS(National Health Service) ￡53billion over the next ten years including ￡2 billion on cancer.

Although alcohol is known to cause many types of cancer including breast and throat most people don’t realize the relation between alcohol and cancer. A survey of 2,100 Britons by the researchers earlier this year found nine in ten did not associate drinking with cancer. The researchers used a computer model to work out the numbers of alcohol-related cancer deaths, hospital admissions(入院)and total costs to NHS over the next 20 years.

The study shows that a fifth of men and 1 in 10 women have alcohol every day---and many of these are middle-aged and middle class. Researchers are very worried about this group as they believe cancer may be caused by drinking over long periods. The study shows that even if the expense stays as it is, alcohol-related cancer deaths will rise from 6,299 in 2015 to 7,097 in 2034. Alcohol will lead to 891, 299 hospital admissions, up from 802, 118 in 2015, and 65, 005 will be caused by cancer.

Earlier this year Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies studied carefully the alcohol guidelines(指导方针)for the first time in thirty years. She told people there was no safe level of drinking and advised them to drink no more than 14 units a week. But researchers say this guidance isn’t enough and want the government to increase a little price per unit of alcohol.

【1】What can we learn from the text?

A. Fewer people will die of cancer in the future

B. Alcohol will be the only cause of cancer deaths

C. More and more people will get rid of the habit of drinking

D. The computer model can offer researchers useful numbers

【2】What does the underlined word “associate” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Share B. Compare

C. Connect D. Replace

【3】The researchers hope the government can __________.

A. raise the price of alcohol properly

B. remove the nation’s drinking habit

C. improve middle-aged persons’ income

D. provide fund for National Health Service

【4】What may be the best title for the text?

A. People Having Alcohol Must Suffer from Cancer

B. All People Have Known Alcohol May Cause Cancer

C. Researchers Are Trying to Discover the New Causes of Cancer

D. Alcohol will Have Worse Effects on British People over the Coming Years

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】文章主要讲述了英国研究人员经过调查发现饮酒过多会引起人们患癌，并列列举了一系列的数据，建议人们减少饮酒，希望政府提高酒的价格。以此减少人们喝酒。

【1】细节理解题。根据“More than 135,000 UK drinkers will die from cancer caused by alcohol(酒精)by the year 2035”到2035年超过135000英国人将死于酒精引起的癌症（酒精）。选项A“在未来没有人死于癌症”错误；选项B“只有酒精会引起人们患癌死亡”错误；选项C“越来越多的人将改掉喝酒的习惯。”文中未提及；根据“The researchers used a computer model to work out the numbers of alcohol-related cancer deaths, hospital admissions(入院)and total costs to NHS over the next 20 years.” 在未来20年， 研究人员使用一个计算机模型算出酒精相关的癌症死亡数、住院（入院）和总成本的NHS ，选项D正确。

【2】词义猜测题。根据“Although alcohol is known to cause many types of cancer including breast and throat most people don’t realize the relation between alcohol and cancer.” 虽然众所周知酒精会引起多种癌症，包括乳腺癌和咽喉癌，但大多数人并没有意识到酒精和癌症之间的关系。可知associate为联系，连接的意思，根据题意，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据“But researchers say this guidance isn’t enough and want the government to increase a little price per unit of alcohol.” 但是研究人员说，这种指导是不够的，并希望政府提高酒的价格。根据题意，故选A。

【4】主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了在未来20年会有超过135000英国人会死于由酒精引起的癌症，可知饮酒对英国人影响很大，根据题意，故选D。