职称英语考试2004年卫生类C级考试试题

  But it also noted a drop in cancer death rates．“Cancer death rates in both sexes for all sites combined have dropped greatly among black Americans since 1992，as have incidence rates(发生率)，”said the report．
31 Black Americans are more likely to die of cancer than
  A people in other countries．
  B white Americans．
  C a11 other Americans．
  D their ancestors．
32 Which may NOT be a reason for higher cancer death rates among US blacks?
A Unequal access to medical care．
B Greater probability of having other diseases．
C Differences in the biology of the cancer.
D Early diagnosis．
33 Cancer is more treatable if it is detected
  A  in an early stage．
  B  in a late stage．
  C  all of a sudden．
  D together with other diseases．
34 Public policy and education efforts may help to do away with
    A death rates．
    B various cancers．
    C unfair social differences．
    D biological differences．
35 Since 1 992，cancer death rates among black Americans
  A have been going up and down．
  B have remained stable．
  C have increased．
  D have fallen.
第二篇              A Desert Between Paul and Clara
  Paul had long promised to marry Clara．But at thirty·thee he met and married Alice．Clara was driven mad．
  Paul was taken to court．The judge ordered him to pay Clara$600 because of the broken promise．Paul had to borrow the money from a moneylender．He agreed to pay back$5 a month—for twenty years．His wages at the time were$16 a month．
  Paul and Alice were poor but not unhappy．They had little enough food，certainly，even before the children began to arrive．Each month Paul paid$5 to the moneylender．He worked hard, never taking a holiday．In time，there were seven mouths to feed．
    Illness was always with them．It grew serious when the oldest child was eight．The years of hunger weakened the family, because each month Paul paid$5．The details of the sickness were  ugly, but the result was this：after twelve years of family life，Paul was alone in the world.
    He lived alone．except for memories．Work was not now a god for him：it was a pain-killer．Each month he paid，and in time the twenty years ended．From that moment his wages were his own．
  One day, It was a holiday went to the seaside．He sat down on a seat by the sea．A middle．aged woman came and sat down near him．They recognized each other at once.
    The woman said．“The$600 has been in the bank since the day it was paid to me．It is now $6，000，and I have kept it for you．Will you let me share it with you?”
    “No，”said Paul，gently．“Each thousand is a lost life in a desert between us. It can never  bring any happiness．”
36 Paul was ordered to pay Clara$600 because
    A he had borrowed $600 from her．
    B he had broken his word to marry her．
    C he had promised to give her$600．
    D he had spent a lot of her money．
37 How many children did Paul and Alice have?
    A Two.
    B Four.
    C Five.
    D Eight.
38 Twelve years after his marriage，Paul was
  A poor but not sad．
  B very sick．
  C free from debt.
  D lonely and unhappy．
39 After his wife and children died，Paul turned to his work to
  A  ease his pain．
  B  forget his debt．
C  get pleasure．
D  seek friendship．
40 When Paul met Clara again 20 years later, he decided
    A to share the$600 with her．
    B not to marry her．
    C to ask back the$600．
    D not to refuse her offer
第三篇                         Florence Nightingale
  Florence Nightingale was born in Florence，Italy，while her wealthy English parents were traveling in Europe．As a child，she traveled to many places with her family and learned how to speak several languages．
  When Nightingale was 17，she told her family that she was going to help sick people．Her parents did not approve，but Nightingale was determined．
    She traveled to hospitals all over Europe．She saw that doctors were working too hard．She saw that patients died because they did not get enough care．Nightingale felt that women could be doing more to help doctors take care of sick people．
  Nightingale knew that in order for nurses to do more，they needed special training in how to take care of sick people．Nightingale went to a hospital in Germany to study nursing．Then she returned to London and became the head of a group of women called Gentlewomen During Illness．These women cared for sick people in their homes．
    In 1854．England was fighting a war with Russia．№reporters wrote about the terrible conditions in the hospitals that cared for the wounded．People demanded that something be done about it．A leader of the government asked Florence Nightingale to take some nurses into the war hospitals．So，in November 1 854，Nightingale finally got to work in a hospital．
    She took along 3 8 nurses whom she had trained herself．
    At first．the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale and her nurses in their hospitals．They did not believe that women could help．But in fact，the nurses did make a  difference．They worked around the clock，tending the sick．Thanks to their hard work，many  wounded soldiers survived．
    After the war, Nightingale and her nurses were treated 1ike heroes．。Finally，in 1 860，she  started the Nightingale School for Nurses．In time，thanks to Florence Nightingale，nursing  became an important part of medicine．
41 Florence Nightingale was born into a rich
  A  Italian family．
  B  Russian family．
  C  English family．
  D  German family．
42 Nightingale’s parents did not approve of her decision
    A to work as a doctor．
B to care for sick people．
C to fight in the war with Russia．
D to travel to hospitals all over Europe．
43 It was not until the War with Russia that Nightingale
  A  got to work in a hospital．
  B  began to study nursing．
  C  started to care for sick people in their homes．
  D  became the head of Gentlewomen During Illness
44 On the battlefields Nightingale and her nurses proved to be
  A  as bad as the doctors had expected．
  B  quite generous．
  C  less than useful．
  D  very helpful．
45 Nightingale played a great role in
  A the building of war hospitals．
  B the education of women．
  C the development of nursing．
  D the improvement of working conditions for women．
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All of US have felt pain．We have cut ourselves．We have been burned．Or we have had headaches．Some of us suffer pain rarely pain rarely.              (46)
Pain can take complete control of our body and mind，making it impossible to move and even to think．Yet we need pain．Without it，we would not know．1f we have hurt ourselves．It is our body’s warning system.               (47)
Pain is the most common reason we go to a doctor It is the most common reason we take medicines．Until recently，however, most doctors knew of only a few drugs that stopped some pains               (48)But new knowledge about the process of pain is helping them to control pain better．
Scientists have learned that the sense of pain is made up of both chemical and electrical signals.              (49)Scientists also have learned that the nervous system sends two different kinds of pain messages to the brain：one very fast，the other slow．The first message is the warning signal．It moves at a speed of 30 meters a second．In less than a second，the brain understands that part of the body is hurt and how badly it is injured．              (50)It tells us not to use the injured part until it heals．
A  And others have painful attacks all the time．
B These signals travel from nerve cells in the injured area，up the spinal cord(脊髓)to the brain，and back down again．
C It tells us that We are injured and should do something about it
D They knew little about the process of pain itself．
E The other message moves at a speed of only 013~meter a second．
F And they send the second，slower message of pain to the brain．
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What Is Cancer?
Cancer is actually a group of many related diseases that all have to do with cells．Cells are the very small units that make up all——(51)things，including the human body．There are billions of cells——(52)each person’s body．Cancer happens when cells that are not normal grow——(53)spread very fast．Normal body cells grow and divide and know when to stop growing．Over time，they also die．——(54)these normal cells，cancer cells just continue to grow and divide out of control and don’t die．Cancer cells usually group together to form tumors(肿瘤)．