第四部分：閱讀理解（每題3分，共45分）
    下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請仔細閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇1個答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
    第1篇：U.S states do poorly in women’s health
    Not a single U．S．state meets basic federal goals for women’s health，and the nation as a whole fails except in two areas-mammograms and dental check-ups-researchers said on
    Thursday．
    Millions of women lack health insurance，and states make it difficult to enroll in Medicaid，the state—federal health insurance plan for the poor，according to the report．
    And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking—the leading cause of death in the United States．
    “The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals，”reads the report．put together by the National Women’s Law Center and the Oregon Health & Science University，
    “These health objectives，primarily set for the nation by the U．S．Department of Health and Human Services’Healthy People 2010 agenda，provide a road map for assessing the status of women’s health．”
    Of 27 measures examined by the group，from screening for diseases to actually treating
    them，the nation passes on only two，the researchers said．“The nation is so far from the Healthy People goals that it receives an overall grade of‘unsatisfactory’，”they wrote．
    The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general，the NWLC said．
    “State policy makers’ piecemeal approach to our health Care crisis has resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of women，”Judy Waxman，NWLC Vice President for Health，said in a statement．
    “Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive，long-term approach to meeting women’S health
    needs and tackle this serious problem that plagues SO many families．”
    詞匯：
    mammogram／n．乳腺X光照片
    dental／adj．牙齒的；牙科的
    enroll／vi.加入，參加
    piecemeal／adj．一件一件(做)的：逐漸(做)的；零碎(做)的
    plague／vt．使苦惱；折磨；煩擾
    練習(xí)：
    1．The nation does poorly in all the following aspects of women’s health EXCEPT
    A1 conducting dental check-ups．
    B)helping women quit smoking．
    C)screening for diseases．
    D)treating cancer．
    2．Medicaid is a program aimed at
    A)helping women．
    B)helping the poor．
    C)reducing poverty．
    D)preventing disease．
    3． Which causes the biggest number of deaths in the US?
    A)Accidents．
    B)Heart disease．
    C)Cancer．
    D)Smoking．
    4．The national goals for women’s health make it easier to
    A)meet women’s health needs．
    B)assess the status of women’s health．
    C)make an overall plan for health in general．
    D)deal with the health care crisis．
    5． What kind of approach should be adopted to meet women’s health needs7
    A)Piecemeal．
    B)State-federal．
    C)Comprehensive and long-term．
    D)Complex and ineffective．
    答案分析：
    1． A 從文章的第一段可以得知，美國整個國家的婦女衛(wèi)生保健工作堪稱不合格，只有
    兩個方面除外，其中之一便是牙科檢查。
    2． B 從文章的第二段可以得知，"Medicaid"是美國州與聯(lián)邦政府為幫助窮人而制定的
    衛(wèi)生保險項目。
    3． D 從文章的第三段可以得知，在美國，吸煙是頭號殺手。
    4． B 文章的第五段提到，婦女衛(wèi)生保健計劃為評價婦女健康狀況提供了"道路圖"。
    5． C 文章的最后一段提到，立法者應(yīng)當(dāng)采取全面、長期的措施以滿足婦女衛(wèi)生保健方
    面的需求。