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阅读理解 Clinton hails China's AIDS progress, offers help 　　Former U．S．President Bill Clinton said Wednesday China has made progress in fighting AIDS since he last visited in 2003 and his foundation would give drugs and help train doctors battling the disease． 　　Experts have criticized China for being slow to recognize a growing AIDS problem, and the United Nations has said the country could have as many as 10 million cases by 2010 if precautions were not taken． 　　“China has made impressive progress in building a comprehensive system of care for all Chinese patients in need, ”Clinton said at a reception in Beijing． 　　The government has estimated China has 840,000 people with HIV or AIDS． 　　Earlier, Clinton signed an agreement with the Chinese Health Ministry for the Clinton Foundation to provide about ＄ 70,000 worth of drugs to treat about 200 infected Chinese children． 　　Clinton also announced the setting up of a fellowship to take urban doctors trained in treating AIDS to rural areas to treat people and train doctors．Several hundred physicians will be trained over the next two years, he said． 　　Since leaving office, Clinton has campaigned to get AIDS drugs to people who do not have them． 　　During his last visit to China in November 2003, Clinton said the disease could dampen(抑制)its booming growth．He also hugged a man infected with HIV at a public forum． 　　Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao later made similar gestures, visiting AIDS patients publicly and voicing their determination to fight the disease． 　　This month, Wen spent the Chinese Lunar New Year Eve with AIDS patients in rural Henan province, where many people in some villages were infected in blood-selling schemes in the mid-1990s． 　　The whole of society needed to be mobilized to combat HIV/AIDS, Clinton cited Wen as saying． 　　“I am confident that China will fulfil Premier Wen's promise to fight HIV/AIDS with the international community, to protect this nation and all humankind and I want to do our part, ”Clinton said． (1) All of the following statements are TRUE except ________． [　　] A． Clinton set up a foundation to help Chinese children with AIDS． B． There are about 200 AIDS infected children in China． C． Hundreds of physicians will be trained in treating AIDS in the coming two years． D． Clinton once hugged a man infected with HIV． (2) The underlined word“combat”in the next-to-last paragraph can be replaced with“________”． [　　] A． combine B． measure C． treat D． fight (3) We can infer from the passage that the Chinese government ________． [　　] A． did a good job in solving the AIDS problem in the past few years B． hasn't realized the seriousness of the AIDS problem C． relies on Clinton to help with treating the children infected with AIDS D． will do its best to face the problem of AIDS (4) According to the information provided in this report, if the Chinese government dosen't take care of the AIDS problem, how fast will the number of infected AIDS people grow every year? [　　] A． About 1.5 million to 1.8 million． B． About 2.2 million． C． About 3.1 million to 4.3 million． D． About 9.16 million．

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．D;3．D;4．A;
解析：

(1)	B的错误之处在于200个感染的儿童是克林顿基金救治的对象，而不是全部感染的儿童数目．
(2)	如果不知道combat的词义，根据上下文内容特别是倒数第四段fight the disease可以推断fight与combat是同义词，可替换．
(3)	从文章最后提到，胡锦涛、温家宝与艾滋病病人会面的报道看，中国政府已经下定决心与艾滋病的蔓延作斗争．所以D是正确的．从第二段知道，有些专家批评中国政府迟迟未意识到艾滋病的严重性，所以A并不恰当．B与D正好相反，C显然是错误的说法．
(4)	这是一道细节题，只需要简单的计算就可以得出正确的答案．根据文章提供的信息，现在中国有840,000人患有艾滋病，如果不采取措施，到2010年这个数目将达到10,000,000，其间经过5、6年的时间，简单的除法告诉我们A是正确的．