2015年职称英语考试真题卫生类B级阅读理解(1)

　　第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）

　　下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

　　第一篇 More American Getting High Blood Pressure

　　The number of Americans with high blood pressure is on the rise thanks in large part to growing rates of obesity (过度月巴胖)，researchers said on Tuesday.

　　But increasing numbers of those with high blood pressure, also called hypertension are getting the condition treated, researchers from the US government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in the journal Hypertention.

　　High blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure or kidney (Jff) failure. It is sometimes called the “silent killer” because it has no symptoms, and many people have it for years without knowing it.

　　Data spanning six years through 2004 showed that 29 percent of US adults had high blood pressure, compared to 24 percent in the six-year period ending in 1994，the researchers said.

　　“The percentage of the population with high blood pressure is going the wrong way ---it’s increasing，” Dr. Jeffrey Cutler of the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute said in a telephone interview.

　　Some of the leading factors behind high blood pressure include being obese or overweight, not getting regular physical activity, smoking and too much salt in the diet.

　　The study showed blacks continued to have higher rates of high blood pressure than whites.

　　During the 1999-2004 period, 61 percent of those with high blood pressure were undergoing treatment for it and 35 percent had their blood pressure under control, the researchers said. A number of different drugs are used to treat hypertension.

　　The finding were based on data on a nationally representative sample of 16,351 US adults for 1988- 1994 and 14,430 adults for 1999-2004.

　　31 The number of Americans with hypertension is A • smaller than before

　　A. the same as before

　　B. greater than before

　　C. hard to calculate

　　32. Hypertension may lead to

　　A. stroke

　　B. heart attack

　　C. kidney failure

　　D. all of the above

　　33. Hypertension is sometimes called the “silent killer” because

　　A. its causes remain unknown

　　B. it often has no symptoms

　　C. it’s a lifelong condition

　　D. it9s treated secretly.

　　34. Twenty-nine percent of US adults had hypertension

　　A. during the 1999-2004 period

　　B. during the 1988-2004 period

　　C during the 1994-1999 period

　　D. during the 1988-1994 period

　　35. which of the following is NOT a likely cause of hypertension?

　　A.Constant smoking

　　B. Obesity or overweight

　　C. Regular physical activity.

　　D. Too much salt in the diet