AIDS’ Threat to Asia Grows

NEW DELHI----Just a few years ago, Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children.

Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ‘She is my son’s widow. She has AIDS,’” said Mala. AIDS is now described as “explosive(炸药)” around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in South Africa, where the world’s biggest and Africa’s second AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards (病房) were occupied by AIDS patients.

South Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV infections, with 1,700 people infected daily, adding to the 4.3 million, or 10 percent of its population, living with HIV. Until now, Asia has been more successful in holding the AIDS virus than Africa, where the disease has killed about 12 million people.

AIDS is now threatening to surround many of Asia’s poverty-stricken countries. Countries in Asia, such as Cambodia, and Thailand, have HIV infection speeds over 1 percent. But the low speeds hide huge numbers of infected people, because of the population base.

In India, for example, 3.7 million are infected, more than in any other country except South Africa. In China, an estimated 860,000 people (the actual number may be a little larger), mainly drug users, live with HIV/AIDS. Gordon Alexander, a senior advisor for UN AIDS in India, estimates that the number hit by AIDS in Asia will climb about eight million over the next five years from about six million.

In many Asian countries, the battle against HIV is a social and cultural one against public discussion of sexual health put a nationwide media campaign into action to limit the speed of HIV through unsafe sex. Brenton Wong, an official for Singapore’s Action for AIDS, says the actual HIV incidence in the city state of 3.9 million people is at least eight times higher than official data. “Shame and deny is still very, very common so people are afraid to get tested and many times won’t even tell their families if they test positive,” said Wong.

We can conclude from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph that ______.

       A. The official data always tell lies and cheat people to hide the truth.       

       B. 3.9 million people in Singapore suffered from AIDS.        

       C. Singapore has a population of 3.9 million    

       D. The number of people infected with HIV is at least eight times larger than that of the AIDS patients in Singapore.

It is judged that there are ______ people hit by AIDS in Asia or so.

       A. 4.3 million      B. 6 million         C. 8 million         D. 3.7 million

According to the passage, the main reasons that AIDS spread in Asia is through_______. 

       A. blood       B. unsafe sex       C. love         D. drugs

Which of the following statements is not right?     

       A. The battle against Aids in many Asian countries is against their culture and

social customs. 

       B. Though the HIV infection in Asia develops with low speed, the infected number

is still quite large compared to other continents.      

       C. India has the second largest number of HIV infected people.  

       D. Aids might affect the poverty-stricken countries more severely.

To my family and friends,
I have just started my tour of the area badly affected by the war. Everything is going really well, so no   16 . The land is beautiful but unfortunately it has a lot of   17  too. Let me   18 .
Last week, 120 school girls were   19  by a gas leak(泄漏). Most have recovered but six are still in   20 . Even though the local government speaks about the   21 of education, most of the kids here only attend school for four hours a day if they are lucky. They are so excited and   22  to learn, but then have to   23  things like being attacked. Most of these kids are   24  and can’t afford a pencil or even paper. So I’m planning a trip to several schools to talk about   25  and to give these kids some of the   26  they need. That is where all of you can help. If you can   27  whatever school supplies you have available, that would be   28  appreciated.
I know how busy you are so thank you for taking the   29  to do this and I will post pictures of this   30  after I return.
Thank you again.
Todd Tucker

【小题1】
A.wonderB.worriesC.doubtD.way
【小题2】
A.surprisesB.attractionsC.problemsD.stories
【小题3】
A.forgetB.expectC.explainD.retell
【小题4】
A.surprisedB.confusedC.discouragedD.poisoned
【小题5】
A.hospitalB.schoolC.prisonD.ruin
【小题6】
A.beautyB.importanceC.futureD.lack
【小题7】
A.afraidB.likelyC.unableD.willing
【小题8】
A.receiveB.challengeC.sufferD.respect
【小题9】
A.lazyB.cleverC.poorD.healthy
【小题10】
A.informationB.educationC.communicationD.medicine
【小题11】
A.thingsB.clothesC.knowledgeD.money
【小题12】
A.send overB.hand upC.give offD.look for
【小题13】
A.actuallyB.usuallyC.recentlyD.greatly
【小题14】
A.timeB.chanceC.responsibilityD.lead
【小题15】
A.advertisementB.emailC.partyD.trip

 
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                                                        A Man Named Lawrence
     This is an act of kindness that happened to me one Sunday morning.
     It was at two o'clock in the morning. We just came out of a club and were trying to find our   1   back
to our city. As we were trying to   2   the bus stop, a man came to us and said he would show us   3   it
was. Although we were a little   4  , we had no choice but follow him. He told us he was a homeless man
and that his name was Lawrence.
     When we passed some city workers   5  the streets, they sprayed (喷溅) the homeless man.
Lawrence told us that they always sprayed the   6   if they were "in the way". I didn't know why they
would do that. They were human beings,   7  , not cattle or objects.
     This man had just gotten   8  in the middle of a cold night, but   9  shouting at the workers, he asked
them, "How would you   10  if your father or grandfather were treated like this?" He then told us, "It's 
  11  use shouting at them, because they just get angry. You're better off saying something from the   12  ."
     It is   13  ! The world could be so different if only we put our anger  14  , lowered our voices and
tried to speak from our hearts.
     He took us safely to the stop and on the way talked about everything. We   15  him and told him that
we   16  have never found the place on our own. He said, "I have a son of your age, and I hope that if
he were   17  , someone would help him."
     Not only did Lawrence clear out all the fear and distrust in our hearts, he helped us find our way, in
more than one ways.   18  , this man taught us kindness. There was   19  we could really do to repay
him. The only thing I hope to do is to   20  other people out.
(     )1. A. way              
(     )2. A. get to            
(     )3. A. how              
(     )4. A. interested        
(     )5. A. wondering          
(     )6. A. blacks           
(     )7. A. above all        
(     )8. A. wet               
(     )9. A. except for        
(     )10. A. think            
(     )11. A. no use          
(     )12. A. corners          
(     )13. A. good            
(     )14. A. aside            
(     )15. A. left            
(     )16. A. should          
(     )17. A. waited for      
(     )18. A. On the contrary  
(     )19. A. something        
(     )20. A. help            
B. car              
B. find            
B. what            
B. annoyed          
B. washing          
B. whites          
B. in all          
B. angry            
B. shortly after    
B. feel            
B. no point        
B. eyes            
B. beautiful        
B. off              
B. thanked          
B. could            
B. taken in        
B. On the other hand
B. anything        
B. work             
C. friend        
C. search for    
C. which        
C. worried      
C. painting for  
C. strangers    
C. after all    
C. sad          
C. instead of    
C. tell          
C. no need      
C. bottom        
C. true          
C. down          
C. paid          
C. must          
C. lost          
C. What's up    
C. everything    
C. pay          
D. road            
D. arrive          
D. where            
D. disappointed    
D. decorating      
D. homeless        
D. not at all      
D. cold            
D. owing to        
D. say              
D. no fun          
D. heart            
D. funny            
D. up              
D. brought          
D. need            
D. missed          
D. What's more    
D. nothing          
D. check            
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                                                         A Man Named Lawrence
     This is an act of kindness that happened to me one Sunday morning.
     It was at two o'clock in the morning. We just came out of a club and were trying to find our   1   back
to our city. As we were trying to   2   the bus stop, a man came to us and said he would show us   3   it
was. Although we were a little   4  , we had no choice but follow him. He told us he was a homeless man
and that his name was Lawrence.
     When we passed some city workers   5  the streets, they sprayed (喷溅) the homeless man.
Lawrence told us that they always sprayed the   6   if they were "in the way". I didn't know why they
would do that. They were human beings,   7  , not cattle or objects.
     This man had just gotten   8  in the middle of a cold night, but   9  shouting at the workers, he asked
them, "How would you   10  if your father or grandfather were treated like this?" He then told us, "It's
   11 use shouting at them, because they just get angry. You're better off saying something from the   12  ."
      It is   13  ! The world could be so different if only we put our anger  14  , lowered our voices and
tried to speak from our hearts.
      He took us safely to the stop and on the way talked about everything. We   15  him and told him
that we   16  have never found the place on our own. He said, "I have a son of your age, and I hope that
if he were   17  , someone would help him."
     Not only did Lawrence clear out all the fear and distrust in our hearts, he helped us find our way, in
more than one ways.   18  , this man taught us kindness. There was   19  we could really do to repay him. The only thing I hope to do is to   20  other people out.
(     )1. A. way              
(     )2. A. get to            
(     )3. A. how              
(     )4. A. interested        
(     )5. A. wondering          
(     )6. A. blacks           
(     )7. A. above all        
(     )8. A. wet               
(     )9. A. except for        
(     )10. A. think            
(     )11. A. no use          
(     )12. A. corners          
(     )13. A. good            
(     )14. A. aside            
(     )15. A. left            
(     )16. A. should          
(     )17. A. waited for      
(     )18. A. On the contrary  
(     )19. A. something        
(     )20. A. help            
B. car              
B. find            
B. what            
B. annoyed          
B. washing          
B. whites          
B. in all          
B. angry            
B. shortly after    
B. feel            
B. no point        
B. eyes            
B. beautiful        
B. off              
B. thanked          
B. could            
B. taken in        
B. On the other hand
B. anything        
B. work             
C. friend        
C. search for    
C. which        
C. worried      
C. painting for  
C. strangers    
C. after all    
C. sad          
C. instead of    
C. tell          
C. no need      
C. bottom        
C. true          
C. down          
C. paid          
C. must          
C. lost          
C. What's up    
C. everything    
C. pay          
D. road              
D. arrive            
D. where              
D. disappointed      
D. decorating        
D. homeless          
D. not at all        
D. cold              
D. owing to          
D. say                
D. no fun            
D. heart              
D. funny              
D. up                
D. brought            
D. need              
D. missed            
D. What's more      
D. nothing            
D. check              

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