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英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析（
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It
is
said
that
in
England
death
is
pressing,
in
Canada
inevitable
and
in
California
optional .Small
wonder.
Americans
’
life
expectancy
has
nearly
doubled
over
the
past
century.
Failing
hips
can
be
replaced,
clinical
depression
controlled,
cataracts
removed
in
a
30-minute
surgical
procedure.
Such
advances
offer
the
aging
population
a
quality
of
life
that
was
unimaginable when I entered medicine 50
years ago. But not even a great health-care system
can
cure
death
—
and our failure to
confront that reality now threatens this greatness
of ours.
Death is normal;
we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and
perish, even under ideal
conditions.
We
all
understand
that
at
some
level,
yet
as
medical
consumers
we
treat
death
as
a
problem
to
be
solved.
Shielded
by
third-party
payers
from
the
cost
of
our
care,
we
demand
everything
that
can
possibly
be
done
for
us,
even
if
it's
useless.
The
most
obvious
example
is
late-stage cancer care.
Physicians
—
frustrated by
their inability to cure the disease and fearing
loss
of
hope
in
the
patient
—
too
often
offer
aggressive
treatment
far
beyond
what
is
scientifically
justified.
In
1950,
the U.S.
spent
＄
12.7
billion
on
health
care.
In
2002,
the cost
will
be
＄
1
，
540
billion. Anyone can see this trend is
unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to
reverse it. Some
scholars conclude that
a government with finite resources should simply
stop paying for medical
care
that
sustains
life
beyond
a
certain
age
—
say
83
or
so.
Former
Colorado
governor
Richard
Lamm has been quoted as saying that the
old and infirm
“have a duty
to
die and get out of the
way
”
so that
younger, healthier people can realize their
potential.
I would not go
that far. Energetic people now routinely work
through their 60s and beyond,
and
remain dazzlingly productive. At 78, Viacom
chairman Sumner Redstone jokingly claims to
be 53. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor is in her 70s, and former surgeon general
C.
Everett Koop chairs an Internet
start-up in his leaders are living proof that
prevention
works
and
that
we
can
manage
the
health
problems
that
come
naturally
with
age.
As
a
mere
68-year-
old, I wish to age as productively as they have.
Yet there are limits to
what a society can spend in this pursuit. Ask a
physician, I know the
most
costly
and
dramatic
measures
may
be
ineffective
and
painful.
I
also
know
that
people
in
Japan and Sweden,
countries that spend far less on medical care,
have achieved longer, healthier
lives
than
we
have.
As
a
nation,
we
may
be
overfunding
the
quest
for
unlikely
cures
while
underfunding research
on humbler therapies that could improve people's
lives.
36. What is implied in the first
sentence?
[A] Americans are
better prepared for death than other people.
[B] Americans enjoy a
higher life quality than ever before.
[C] Americans are over-confident of
their medical technology.
[D] Americans take a vain pride in
their long life expectancy.
37. The
author uses the example of cancer patients to show
that
[A] medical resources
are often wasted.
[B]
doctors are helpless against fatal diseases.
[C] some treatments are too
aggressive.
[D] medical
costs are becoming unaffordable.
38.
The author's attitude to ward Richard Lamm's
remark is one of
[A] strong
disapproval.
[B] reserved
consent.
[C] slight
contempt.
[D] enthusiastic
support.
39. In contras to the U.S.
,Japan and Sweden are funding their medical care
[A] more flexibly.
[B] more extravagantly.
[C] more cautiously.
[D] more reasonably.
40. The text intends to express the
idea that
[A] medicine will
further prolong people's lives.
[B] life beyond a certain limit is not
worth living.
[C] death
should be accepted as a fact of life.
[D] excessive demands increase the cost
of health care.
名师解析
36. What is
implied in the first sentence?
第一句话暗示什么？
[A]
Americans are better prepared for death than other
people.
美国人对于死亡的准备超过其他人。
[B] Americans enjoy a higher life
quality than ever before.
美国人比先前享受更高的生活质量。
[C] Americans are over-confident of
their medical technology.
美国人对他们的医学技术过于自信。
[D] Americans take a vain pride in
their long life expectancy.
美国人对于他们的长寿有一种虚荣的自豪感。
【答案】
C
【考点】
推断题。
【分析】
该题问的是篇首第一句的含
义。这句话说的是“据说，在英国死亡是迫在眉睫
的，在加拿大死亡是不可避免的，在加
利福尼亚死亡是可以选择的。
”从这句
话中，
< br>我们可以看出美国人自认为美国拥有先进医疗技术，
死亡是可以控制的。
所以
[C]
项是正确的。
[A]
项毫无道理，因为从文章中可以看出美国人还是害怕
死
亡的。
[B]
项是将美国人的现状与过去相比，与本句无关。<
/p>
[D]
项说的是美国
人对于他们的长寿有
一种虚荣的自豪感，也是不正确的，因为分析第一段就发
现，作者谈论的，或者说作者自
己进行解释的是美国人对医疗技术的自信，所
以
[D]
不正确。
37. The author
uses the example of cancer patients to show that
作者用癌症病人的例子来说明
[A] medical resources are often wasted.
医疗资源常常被浪费。
[B] doctors are helpless against fatal
diseases.
医生对于致命的疾病也无计可施。
[C] some treatments are too aggressive.
有一些治疗过去大胆。
[D] medical costs are becoming
unaffordable.
医疗费用越来越支付不起。