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1、- 1 -2015 山西省大同县高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（5）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。【天津市蓟县二中 2014 高考英语模拟试题】AThe World Health Organization and several other United Nations agencies are calling for a major new effort to fight malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. These three infectious diseases killed almost 6 million peop
2、le last year. That is about 10 percent of the total number of deaths around the world last year.The WHO and UN agencies released a new report at the World Economic Forum in New York City earlier this month. The document says that deaths around the world from malaria and tuberculosis could be cut in
3、half by the year 2010. It also says the number of deaths from AIDS could be reduced 25 percent within that same time period.The report is called “Calling Up the Response to Infectious Diseases.” It calls for huge new investments in methods to prevent and treat infectious diseases. Officials say mone
4、y is needed for research and to purchase drugs. Money is also needed to devices to prevent diseases, such as bed nets. Bed nets prevent mosquitoes that carry malaria from biting people while they sleep.David Heymann, director of the infectious disease program at the World Health Organization, says t
5、hat providing effective drug treatments is important for improving peoples health and economic well being. Reducing disease can also help improve economic growth in developing countries.The WHO report also describes successful health programs in developing countries. In Peru, for example, the number
6、 of tuberculosis cases was cut in half by increasing the treatment to control the disease. In Vietnam, malaria was reduced 97 percent through the use of bed nets. And in Uganda, cases of the virus that causes AIDS were cut in half among pregnant women and children through the use of anti AIDS drugs.
7、This new international health campaign is estimated to cost about 12,000 - 2 -million dollars a year. So far, officials say the campaign has about 2,000 million dollars. The WHO says the campaign will need stronger relationships among government, private aid agencies, and drug companies to succeed.3
8、6According to the report is the disease most difficult to fight.Amalaria Btuberculosis CAIDS Dinfluenza37To prevent these diseases, a large amount of money is needed to .Ato buy food and pay for the caretakersBdo research work buy drugs and devicesCtake care of the families of the deathsDset up more
9、 hospitals and health institutions38We can infer from the text that reducing infectious diseases is .Ato help the countries develop betterBto promote cooperation between countriesCto help people get more scientific knowledgeDto help people get a cleaner environment39Most serious infectious diseases
10、spread mainly in .AAfrica BSouth AmericaCAsia Ddeveloping countries40To fight the diseases, is necessary.Abetter environment Bcooperation between different peopleCto wipe out the pests Dmore drugs and money【参考答案】3640 CBADB 较难题目特训：人物故事类Inside the pleasingly fragrant cafe, So All May Eat (SAME) in dow
11、ntown Denver, the spirit of generosity (慷慨) is instantly noticeable: A donation box stands in place of a cash register. Customers here pay only what they can afford, no questions asked.- 3 -A risky business plan, perhaps, but SAME Cafe has done one unchangeable thing in the Mile High City for six ye
12、ars: Open only at midday, the restaurant provides poor local people with healthy, delicious lunches six days a week. Those unable to pay for their meals can instead volunteer as waiters and waitresses, and dishwashers, or look after the buildings and equipment for the cafe.“Its based on trust, and i
13、ts working all right, ” says co- owner Brad Birky, who started the cafe in 2006 with his wife Libby. Previously volunteering at soup kitchens, the Birkys were dissatisfied with the often unhealthy meals they served there.“We wanted to offer quality food in a restaurant where everyone felt comfortabl
14、e, regardless of their circumstances, ” Birky says. SAMEs special lunch menu changes daily and most food materials are natural and grown by local farmers.The cafe now averages 65 to 70 customers(and eight volunteers) a day. And the spirit of generosity behind the project appears to be spreading. In
15、early 2007, one volunteer who had cleared snow for his meals during the long winter said goodbye to the Birkys. “He said he was going to New Orleans to help with the hurricane cleanup, ” says Birky.1. What can we learn about the soup kitchens the Birkys previously worked for?A. They refused to have
16、volunteers.B. They offered low quality food. C. They provided customers with a good environment.D. They closed down because of poor management.2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?- 4 -A. The customers who cannot pay can work as volunteers instead.B. More volunteers will go to New Orleans for the hurricane cleanup.C. Many new cafes will be opened to offer free lunches in the town.
