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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

One out of five American children suffers from dyslexia.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

Many great thinkers and scientists in the world are dyslexic.
A:Right
B: Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found
The World Health Organization estimates that about one-third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis（结核病）.Most times , the infection remains inactive（不活跃
的）.But each year about eight million people develop active cases of TB,usually in their lungs. Two million people die of it.The disease has increased with the spread of AIDS and drug-resist-ant forms of tuberculosis.
Current treatments take at least six months.Patients have to take a combination of several antibiotic（抗生素）drugs daily. But many people stop as soon as they feel better. Doing that can lead to an infection（传染病）that resists treatment. Public health experts agree that a faster-act-ing cure for tuberculosis would be more effective.Now a study estimates just how effective it might be .A professor of international health at Harvard University led the study.Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients cured.It would also mean fe- wer infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others.
The researchers developed a mathematical（数学的）model to examine the effects of a two-month treatment plan.They tested the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia.The scientists found that a two-month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases.And it might prevent about twenty-five percent of TB deaths.The model shows that these reductions would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty.That is,if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve.
The World Health Organization developed the DOTS program in nineteen ninety.DOTS（短期直接观察治疗）is Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. Health workers watch tubercu- losis patients take their daily pills to make sure they continue treatment.
Earlier this year,an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program.The ten-year plan also aims to finance research into new TB drugs.The four most common drugs used now are more than forty years old.The Global Alliance for TB Drug De- velopment（全球结核病药物开发联盟）says its long-term goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses.

Each year,about______people die of TB,according to the World Health Organization.
A: One-third of all
B: Eight million
C:Two million
D: One million

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World Heart Day



Sunday was World Heart Day.The World Heart Federation and its member groups in

more than one hundred countries organized the celebrations.The World Health

Organization and other United Nations agencies provided support for the__________(1).

World Heart Day was first observed six years________(2).Organizers proposed

the event as a way to help reduce the spread of heart disease.The World Heart Federation

says heart_________(3)kills seventeen million people each year.

The group urges people to be active and have a good,healthy diet.It also warns

_________(4)activities known to increase a person's risk of heart attack or stroke.

Some of the warnings are directed at children.The World Heart Federation says about

twenty-two million boys and girls under the age of five are obese-severely overweight.

Children are normally energetic and active.________(5),two thirds of all

children are not active enough.Such children greatly__________(6)their risk of

becoming obese.They also increase their_________(7)of developing heart disease or

other disorders.

One message of World Heart Day is to eat right.Children__________(8)eat a

healthy and balanced diet.Also,limit sugary drinks,sweets and eating between meals.

The World Heart Federation urges parents to keep their children__________(9).It

says physical exercise helps to decrease the risk of obesity and_______(10)a child

healthy.Obese children often become obese adults.________(11)you believe your

child is too heavy,talk with a health care provider.

The World Heart Federation is also concerned about the effects of tobacco on young

people.It says the younger someone begins to smoke,the_________(12)the chance

of a health problem tied to smoking.Half of the young people who continue to smoke are

________(13)to die later in life from a smoking-related disease.

The group says almost half of all children live with a smoker. It says children who live

with a_________(14)can breathe an amount of tobacco equal to more than two

thousand cigarettes.And that is by the time they are five years old.

The World Heart Federation also says parents should warn children not to be

______(15)by tobacco companies.And it says parents who smoke should try to stop.

_________(10)
A:maintains
B: protects
C: keeps
D:helps

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Chronic Diseases: The World's Leading Killer

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death in the world.Yet health experts say
these conditions are often the most preventable.Chronic diseases include heart disease,
stroke,cancer,diabetes（糖尿病）and lung disorders.
The World Health Organization says chronic diseases lead to about seventeen million
early deaths each year.This United Nations agency expects more than three hundred eighty
million people to die of chronic diseases by 2015.It says about eighty percent of the deaths
will happen in developing nations.
The WHO says chronic diseases now cause two-thirds of all deaths in the Asia-Pacific
area,ln ten years it could be almost three-fourths.People are getting sick in their most
economically productive years.In fact,experts say chronic diseases are killing more
middle-aged people in poorer countries than in wealthier ones.
The WHO estimates that chronic diseases will cost China alone more than five hundred
thousand million dollars in the next ten years.That estimate represents the costs of medical
treatment and lost productivity.Russia and lndia are also expected to face huge economic
losses.
Kim Hak-Su is the head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific.Last week in Bangkok he presented a WHO report on the problem.It
says deaths from chronic diseases have increased largely as the result of economic gains in
many countries.
The report details the latest findings from nine countries.They include Brazil,Britain,
Canada,China,India and Nigeria.The others are Pakistan,Russia and Tanzania.
Mister Kim says infectious and parasitic（寄生的）diseases have until recently been the
main killers in Asia and the Pacific.But he says they are no longer the major cause of death in
most countries.
Health officials say as many as eighty percent of deaths from chronic diseases could be
prevented.They say an important tool for governments is to restrict the marketing of alcohol
and tobacco to young people.Also,more programs are needed to urge healthy eating and
more physical activity.
UN officials aim through international action to reduce chronic-disease deaths by two
percent each year through 2015.They say meeting that target could save thirty-six million
lives.That includes twenty-five million in Asia and the Pacific.

How many people in developing countries will probably die of chronic diseases by 2015?
A: More than 17 million.
B:More than 380 million.
C: More than 304 million.
D: More than 25 mullion.

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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

Dyslexic people often turn out to be intelligent or creative once they have learned to handle lan-guage properly.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第二篇

Chronic Diseases: The World's Leading Killer

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death in the world.Yet health experts say
these conditions are often the most preventable.Chronic diseases include heart disease,
stroke,cancer,diabetes（糖尿病）and lung disorders.
The World Health Organization says chronic diseases lead to about seventeen million
early deaths each year.This United Nations agency expects more than three hundred eighty
million people to die of chronic diseases by 2015.It says about eighty percent of the deaths
will happen in developing nations.
The WHO says chronic diseases now cause two-thirds of all deaths in the Asia-Pacific
area,ln ten years it could be almost three-fourths.People are getting sick in their most
economically productive years.In fact,experts say chronic diseases are killing more
middle-aged people in poorer countries than in wealthier ones.
The WHO estimates that chronic diseases will cost China alone more than five hundred
thousand million dollars in the next ten years.That estimate represents the costs of medical
treatment and lost productivity.Russia and lndia are also expected to face huge economic
losses.
Kim Hak-Su is the head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific.Last week in Bangkok he presented a WHO report on the problem.It
says deaths from chronic diseases have increased largely as the result of economic gains in
many countries.
The report details the latest findings from nine countries.They include Brazil,Britain,
Canada,China,India and Nigeria.The others are Pakistan,Russia and Tanzania.
Mister Kim says infectious and parasitic（寄生的）diseases have until recently been the
main killers in Asia and the Pacific.But he says they are no longer the major cause of death in
most countries.
Health officials say as many as eighty percent of deaths from chronic diseases could be
prevented.They say an important tool for governments is to restrict the marketing of alcohol
and tobacco to young people.Also,more programs are needed to urge healthy eating and
more physical activity.
UN officials aim through international action to reduce chronic-disease deaths by two
percent each year through 2015.They say meeting that target could save thirty-six million
lives.That includes twenty-five million in Asia and the Pacific.

Which is NOT mentioned as a way to prevent chronic-disease deaths?
A:Timely medical treatment.
B: Healthy eating.
C: More physical activity.
D:Reduction in drinking and smoking.

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Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found
The World Health Organization estimates that about one-third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis（结核病）.Most times , the infection remains inactive（不活跃
的）.But each year about eight million people develop active cases of TB,usually in their lungs. Two million people die of it.The disease has increased with the spread of AIDS and drug-resist-ant forms of tuberculosis.
Current treatments take at least six months.Patients have to take a combination of several antibiotic（抗生素）drugs daily. But many people stop as soon as they feel better. Doing that can lead to an infection（传染病）that resists treatment. Public health experts agree that a faster-act-ing cure for tuberculosis would be more effective.Now a study estimates just how effective it might be .A professor of international health at Harvard University led the study.Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients cured.It would also mean fe- wer infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others.
The researchers developed a mathematical（数学的）model to examine the effects of a two-month treatment plan.They tested the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia.The scientists found that a two-month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases.And it might prevent about twenty-five percent of TB deaths.The model shows that these reductions would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty.That is,if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve.
The World Health Organization developed the DOTS program in nineteen ninety.DOTS（短期直接观察治疗）is Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. Health workers watch tubercu- losis patients take their daily pills to make sure they continue treatment.
Earlier this year,an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program.The ten-year plan also aims to finance research into new TB drugs.The four most common drugs used now are more than forty years old.The Global Alliance for TB Drug De- velopment（全球结核病药物开发联盟）says its long-term goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses.

Now there are_______most common drugs being used for more than forty years.
A: one
B: two
C: three
D:.four

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Many Children'S Deaths Preventable:WHO
Over five million children die each year from disease,infections and accidents related______(51)their environment although many of these deaths are largely preventable,says the World Health Organization.
On Monday,the WHO asked governments and citizens around the world to take action to cre-ate healthy______(52)for children as it celebrated World Health Day.
“The biggest threats to children's health lurk in the very______( 53)that should be safest-home,school and community,” said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland,director-general of the WHO at the day's launch in New Delhi,India.
“Every child has the right to______(54)up in a healthy home,school and community.
The future development of our children-and their world-depends on______(55)enjoying good health now.We have their future in our______(56).Now we must work more effectively together to______(57)the risks from the environment which our children face,”Brundtland said.
This year's theme,“Healthy Environments for Children”focuses on the many dangers ______(58)by children in and around the places where they live and play.
These include inadequate access to safe drinking______(59)and sanitation,insect- borne diseases,air pollution,chemical hazards and injuries from traffic,falls,burns and drownings.
Communities around the world organized events to promote awareness of children's health is-sues,______(60)included drawing contests for schoolchildren in Vietnam,street plays in In-dia,puppet shows in Namibia and professional lectures for policy makers in Germany and else-where.
Activities also took______(61)in cities across Canada on Monday,including Calgary, Montreal,Halifax and Ottawa.
Although children under five represent only 10 per cent of the world's population,they bear 40 per cent of the global disease______(62),says the WHO.And as much as one-third of the total burden of disease may be caused by environmental______(63).
World Health Day has been celebrated on April 7th______(64)1950 .Each year the WHO chooses a theme to highlight areas of particular concern.Last year's______(65),Move for Health,focused on promoting physical activity as part. of healthy living.

65._________
A: concern
B: area
C: theme
D: celebration

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World Heart Day



Sunday was World Heart Day.The World Heart Federation and its member groups in

more than one hundred countries organized the celebrations.The World Health

Organization and other United Nations agencies provided support for the__________(1).

World Heart Day was first observed six years________(2).Organizers proposed

the event as a way to help reduce the spread of heart disease.The World Heart Federation

says heart_________(3)kills seventeen million people each year.

The group urges people to be active and have a good,healthy diet.It also warns

_________(4)activities known to increase a person's risk of heart attack or stroke.

Some of the warnings are directed at children.The World Heart Federation says about

twenty-two million boys and girls under the age of five are obese-severely overweight.

Children are normally energetic and active.________(5),two thirds of all

children are not active enough.Such children greatly__________(6)their risk of

becoming obese.They also increase their_________(7)of developing heart disease or

other disorders.

One message of World Heart Day is to eat right.Children__________(8)eat a

healthy and balanced diet.Also,limit sugary drinks,sweets and eating between meals.

The World Heart Federation urges parents to keep their children__________(9).It

says physical exercise helps to decrease the risk of obesity and_______(10)a child

healthy.Obese children often become obese adults.________(11)you believe your

child is too heavy,talk with a health care provider.

The World Heart Federation is also concerned about the effects of tobacco on young

people.It says the younger someone begins to smoke,the_________(12)the chance

of a health problem tied to smoking.Half of the young people who continue to smoke are

________(13)to die later in life from a smoking-related disease.

The group says almost half of all children live with a smoker. It says children who live

with a_________(14)can breathe an amount of tobacco equal to more than two

thousand cigarettes.And that is by the time they are five years old.

The World Heart Federation also says parents should warn children not to be

______(15)by tobacco companies.And it says parents who smoke should try to stop.

_________(4)
A: against
B: toward
C: upon
D: onto