Beijing will create 100 smoke-free primary and middle schools as part of a China-UN program aimed at promoting health education and healthy behavior for the country’s 230 million primary and middle school students.

The World Health Organization（WHO）will send experts to help organize the activities，and then the experience from the schools in Beijing will be spread to create more smoke-free places，according to newspaper reports.

In smoke-free schools，activities will be organized to persuade teachers and students to give up smoking.The students’ parents will also be encouraged not to smoke in front of their children.

Figures from the China National Health Education Institute show that 45 percent of the boy students in senior middle schools smoke cigarettes，while the rate for junior middle schools is 34 percent，reports say.

Experts are worried that if no action is taken immediately，the rates will go up to 59 and 54 percent respectively by the year 2004.

A report by the China National Health Education Institute says that there are now 350 million smokers in China，with about five million under the age of 18.And of the adult smokers，about 75 percent said that they took up smoking between 15 and 24.

51.In Beijing there will be one hundred primary and middle schools where_______.

A.nobody is allowed to smoke

B.everybody may smoke freely

C.the teachers may smoke but the students mustn’t

D.the teachers warn the students not to smoke

52.How many smokers are eighteen years old and above in China now?

A.230 million.                     B.350 million.                     C.5 million.                  D.345 million.

53.According to the text，in our country_______.

A.the number of the students in primary and middle schools who smoke is reducing year by year

B.it is very serious that more and more primary and middle school children smoke

C.there are no smokers among the teachers in primary and middle schools now

D.most of the students in primary and middle schools ask their teachers to stop smoking

54.The UN will send experts to help create 100 smokers smoke-free primary and middle schools in Beijing because_______.

A.the organization tried to find faults with our country

B.smoking seriously does harm to the students’ health

C.the smokers in primary and middle schools ask these experts to come

D.the organization wants to express its friendship for the Chinese people

55.Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea of the text?

A.Smoke-free activities and health education in China.

B.China will forbid the students in primary and middle schools to smoke.

C.The number of smokers in primary and middle schools is increasing.

D.One should stop smoking when young.

C
Latest data shows an estimated 39.5 million people around the world are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. According to the report, this means every eight seconds somebody in the world is infected with HIV, resulting in 11,000 people becoming newly infected every day.
The director of UNAIDS, Peter Piot, says most of the new infections, nearly two-thirds, are in Sub-Saharan Africa. But, the biggest increases are in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where infection rates have risen by more than 50 percent since 2004. He says 2.9 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses this year, the highest number ever.
UNAIDS senior epidemiologist(流行病学家), Karen Stanecki, says infections are rising in countries where HIV prevention programs have not adapted to the changing nature of the epidemics(流行病).  Stanecki noted，"In Thailand, one of our past success stories, a large percentage of new HIV infections are occurring in people considered to be low risk. One third of new infections are among married women."
It says data shows increased use of condoms has resulted in drops in HIV prevalence(流行) among young people between 2000 and 2005 in a number of African countries, including Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Nevertheless, the report notes young people between the ages of 15 and 24 account for 40 percent of new HIV infections. It finds the risk behavior, such as injecting drug use, homosexuals, is a factor of concern in many regions of the world, especially in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
The report notes the emergence (出现) of injecting drug use as a factor of HIV in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and South Africa is a recent development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
51. According to the news report, how many people are newly infected with HIV a year?
A. 39.5 million.            B. 2.9 million.             C. 3.5 million.              D. 4 million.
52.   The highest rate of new HIV infection is in ________.
A. Sub-Saharan Africa                                      B. Eastern Europe
C. Central Asia                                                 D. both A and B
53. The underlined word “noted” in the third paragraph mean?
A. specially mentioned                                     B. said angrily
C. fully noticed                                                D. uttered weakly
54.   Which of the following statements is Not True?
A. Most of new infections of HIV are among married women.
B. Two fifths of the new infections are among young people aged 15 to 24.
C. The risk behavior, such as injecting drug use and homosexuals, exists in many parts of the world.
D. Injecting drug use occurs in many African countries.
55.   What is the main idea of the new report?
A. More and more women in the world are getting new HIV infection.
B. The AIDS epidemic continues to grow in the world.
C. The AIDS epidemic has been reduced in the world.
D. No one can tell when the AIDS epidemic will be completely controlled.

It came with devastating force,a natural disaster of strange intensity that shocked the world and killed tens of thousands.The waters have now receded,but disease and food and water shortages trouble a number of countries around the Indian Ocean.Millions of survivors face serious problems.

The number of survivors in need of food aid after the Indian Ocean disaster has climbed to 5 million people.They stretch from Somalia to Thailand,and the figure could rise further,the United Nations has said.

Relief teams hope to reach all of the estimated 700 000 hungry in Sri Lanka within three more days.It could take longer before enough food aid gets to the nearly 1 million people in need in hard-to-reach parts of Indonesia.Another serious problem is the need for purified water.

Although aid had poured in from all over the world to the disaster areas,“Logistics is the big problem here—just getting the stuff out to people who need it,”said Ron Libby,emergency management specialist at the USA agency for International Development.

Relief efforts are hindered by the difficulty of delivering aid to the more than 1000 islands scattered across hundreds of kilometers of ocean.

For those who survived the tsunami's force,disease is now the No.1 problem.Five million people are short of water,food and basic sanitation across the region.World Health Organization(WHO) crisis chief David Navarro said 50 000 more people could die from disease and other causes,as has been the case in previous humanitarian emergencies.

WHO said it had already received a handful of reports of malaria(疟疾) and dengue fever(登革热) and hundreds of reports of diarrhea(腹泻) and infected wounds.It said millions of water purification tablets had been sent to Asia,along with sanitation engineers to rebuild water sanitation infrastructure.

Psychologists are warning that mental health problems caused by the tsunami could prove harder to resolve than the physical damage.

Some survivors say they are plagued by recurring nightmares about walls of water.Many locals are afraid to return to beachside homes.Officials also warn that suicide rates could rise dramatically as parents struggle with guilt at losing children.

Psychologists estimate that 20 to 30 per cent of people who face traumatic events eventually develop symptoms,such as alcohol abuse,lack of concentration at work and an inability to develop close relationships.

Although the Thai Government has offered to build temporary beachside housing,many refugee families are refusing to come down from the hills.Others are afraid to go back to jobs on the sea.

Over 150 000 people were killed by the tsunami,but hundreds and thousands more have been left with no means to earn a living.

In the village of Akirapettai in India,all that is left is the twisted wreckage of the fishing fleet.Dakshina Murti,a fisherman,not only lost three family members,but also lost his boats,his nets,everything.

“Everything's gone,”he says.With no government aid so far,all he has is a wreck.There are several million people who suffered the same experience.Homes have been destroyed,as well as wharves,docks,and sheds.

For now,rebuilding the economy remains a distant concept.

This passage is mainly about _________that happened around the Indian Oceans.

A.the causes of the tsunami                               B.the result after the tsunami

C.the sign of the tsunami                                   D.the warning of the tsunami

According to what the United Nations has said,the number of survivors in need of food aid after the disaster _________.

A.is not more than 5 million                              B.is less than 5 million

C.has reached 5 million                                     D.won't reach 5 million

From the passage we learn that _________ is the most serious problem for the time being.

A.disease                             B.food                  C.water                 D.house

The passage tells us that such a disaster,as tsunami will cause diseases and _________ as well.

A.Dengue fever             B.diarrhea                    C.Malaria              D.mental health problem

C

Latest data shows an estimated 39.5 million people around the world are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. According to the report, this means every eight seconds somebody in the world is infected with HIV, resulting in 11,000 people becoming newly infected every day.

The director of UNAIDS, Peter Piot, says most of the new infections, nearly two-thirds, are in Sub-Saharan Africa. But, the biggest increases are in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where infection rates have risen by more than 50 percent since 2004. He says 2.9 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses this year, the highest number ever.

UNAIDS senior epidemiologist(流行病学家), Karen Stanecki, says infections are rising in countries where HIV prevention programs have not adapted to the changing nature of the epidemics(流行病).  Stanecki noted，"In Thailand, one of our past success stories, a large percentage of new HIV infections are occurring in people considered to be low risk. One third of new infections are among married women."

It says data shows increased use of condoms has resulted in drops in HIV prevalence(流行) among young people between 2000 and 2005 in a number of African countries, including Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Nevertheless, the report notes young people between the ages of 15 and 24 account for 40 percent of new HIV infections. It finds the risk behavior, such as injecting drug use, homosexuals, is a factor of concern in many regions of the world, especially in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

The report notes the emergence (出现) of injecting drug use as a factor of HIV in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and South Africa is a recent development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

51. According to the news report, how many people are newly infected with HIV a year?

       A. 39.5 million.            B. 2.9 million.             C. 3.5 million.              D. 4 million.

52.   The highest rate of new HIV infection is in ________.

       A. Sub-Saharan Africa                                      B. Eastern Europe

       C. Central Asia                                                 D. both A and B

53. The underlined word “noted” in the third paragraph mean?

       A. specially mentioned                                     B. said angrily

       C. fully noticed                                                D. uttered weakly

54.   Which of the following statements is Not True?

       A. Most of new infections of HIV are among married women.

       B. Two fifths of the new infections are among young people aged 15 to 24.

C. The risk behavior, such as injecting drug use and homosexuals, exists in many parts of the world.

       D. Injecting drug use occurs in many African countries.

55.   What is the main idea of the new report?

       A. More and more women in the world are getting new HIV infection.

       B. The AIDS epidemic continues to grow in the world.

       C. The AIDS epidemic has been reduced in the world.

       D. No one can tell when the AIDS epidemic will be completely controlled.

阅读理解

　　Beijing will create 100 smoke-free primary and middle schools as part of a China-UN programme aimed at promoting health education and healthy behaviour for the country's 230 million primary and middle school students.

　　The World Health Organization (WHO) will send experts to help organize the activities, and then the experience from the schools in Beijing will be spread to create more smoke-free places, according to newspaper reports.

　　In smoke-free schools, activities will be organized to persuade teachers and students to give up smoking. The students' parents will also be encouraged not to smoke in front of their children.

　　Figures from the China National Health Education Institute show that 45 percent of the boy students in senior middle schools smoke cigarettes, while the rate for junior middle schools is 34 percent, reports say.

　　Experts are worried that if no action is taken immediately, the rates will go up to 59 and 54 per cent respectively by the year 2000. A report by the China National Health Education Institute says that there are now 350 million smokers in China, with about five million under the age of 18. And of the adult smokers, about 75 percent said that they took up smoking between 15 and 24.

1．In Beijing there will be one hundred primary and middle schools where ________.

[　　]

A．nobody is allowed to smoke

B．everybody may smoke freely

C．the teachers may smoke but the students mustn't

D．the teachers warn the students not to smoke

2．How many smokers are eighteen years old and above in China now?

[　　]

3．According to the text, in our country ________.

[　　]

A．the number of the students in primary and middle school who smoke is reducing year by year

B．it is very serious that more and more primary and middle school children smoke

C．there are no smokers among the teachers in primary and middle schools now

D．most of the students in primary and middle schools ask their teachers to stop smoking

4．Who will send experts to help create 100 smoke-free primary and middle schools in Beijing because ________.

[　　]

A．the organization tried to find faults with our country

B．smoking seriously does harm to the students' health

C．the smokers in primary and middle schools ask these experts to come

D．the organization wants to express its friendship for the Chinese people

5．Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea of the text?

[　　]

A．Smoke-free activities and health education in China.

B．China will forbid the students in primary and middle schools to smoke.

C．The number of smokers in primary and middle school is in-creasing.

D．One should stop smoking when young.