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08年职称英语考试-阅读理解强化习题(4) |
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2008-6-19 9:16:22 |
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“Without treatment, all of them will die a premature and in most cases painful death,” the WHO said in the 169page World Health Report. WHO Director General Lee Jong-wook said community-based treatment should be added to disease prevention and care for sufferers in AIDS programs. “Future generations will judge our time in large part by our response to the AIDS disease,” Lee said. “By tackling it decisively we will also be building health systems that can meet the health needs of today and tomorrow. This is a historic opportunity we cannot afford to miss,” he added. Antiretroviral drugs enable people hit by AIDS to live longer. The annual cost of treatment, which was about $10,000 when the drugs were first developed, has dropped to about $150. Treatment programs also help AIDS prevention efforts, the report said, citing great demands for testing and counseling where treatment has been made available. Good counseling in turn leads to more effective prevention in those who are uninfected, and significantly reduces the potential for HIV carriers to pass on the infection, the report said. Since its discovery in the 1980s, more than 20 million have died of AIDS, mostly in poor countries. 1. Which is true of many AIDS sufferers in developing countries? A. They put too little emphasis on treatment. B. They are not receiving any treatment. C. They refuse to be treated. D. They live longer than those in developed countries. 2.The WHO publishes its World Health Report. 3.According to Lee, our response to the AIDS disease is 4.AIDS treatment programs may also result in 5.How many people have died of AIDS so far? 本新闻共2页,当前在第2页 1 2
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