2009年职称英语教材阅读理解新增部分(卫生类)

　　5. Which is NOT true of sparklers?

　　A They are harmless to children.

　　B They are considered safe by many people.

　　C They are a threat to the eyes.

　　D They can burn at very high degrees.

　　答案与题解：

　　1.D短文的第一段讲到，去年七月四日，Pete在观看国庆焰火燃放时不幸被击中眼睛。

　　2.B短文的第二段讲到，美国眼科学会呼吁人们在庆祝国庆时最好让专业人员去放烟火，而自己只作观赏者。

　　3.C短文的第三段讲到，在美国，每年发生9，000多起有烟火导致的伤害，其中有一半是头部伤，而在这一半头部伤中，又有三分之一是眼伤。

　　4.D前面三项危害短文都分别提到过，而head—related injuries包含fireworks eye injuries，而不是由其导致的。

　　5.A短文最后一段说到，sparklers在许多人看来是安全的，但其实对于小于5岁的孩子来说，但其所有烟花造成的伤害的三分之一都是由sparklers导致的。显然，它们不是没有危害的

　　U.S. to Start $3.2 Billion Child Health study in January

　　A study that will cost $3.2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of 100,000 U. S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January, U. S. health officials said on Friday.

　　Officials from the U. S. government's National Institutes of Health said they hope the study, to be conducted at I05 locations throughout the United States, can help identify early-life influences that affect later development, with the goal of learning new ways to treat or prevent illness.

　　The study will examine hereditary and environmental factors such as exposure to certain chemicals that affect health.

　　Researchers will collect genetic and biological samples from people in the study as well as samples from the homes of the women and their babies including air, water, dust and materials used to construct their residences, the NIH said.

　　Officials said more than $200 million has been spent already and the study is projected to cost $3.2 billion.

　　"We anticipat1that in the long term , what we learn from the study will result in a significant savings in the nation's health care costs," Dr. Duane Alexander, who heads the NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, told reporters.

　　The study will begin in January when the University of North Carolina and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York start signing up2 pregnant women whose babies will then be followed to age 21.

　　Some of the early findings will be about factors behind pre-term birth3, which has become more common in recent years, according to Dr. Peter Scheidt of the NIH, who heads the study.

　　The people taking part will be from rural, urban and suburban areas, from all income and educational levels and from all racial groups, the NIH said.

　　词汇：

　　Hereditary adj.遗传的

　　注释：

　　1.in the long term：从长远说来

　　2.sign up：使报名从事

　　3.pre-term birth：早产

　　练习:

　　1. The aim of the study is to find new ways to___________.

　　A conduct research.

　　B track public health.

　　C prevent or treat illness.

　　D speed up development.