Question

Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis (結核病)and malaria combined（瘧疾）. They expect that by 2013, cancer will become the world's leading cause of death.

Experts say one reason that more people are dying from cancer is because they are smoking cigarettes in developing countries. 40 percent of the world's smokers are believed to live in China and India alone. Other things including high fat diets and fewer physical activities are also believed to be pushing the numbers more.

Rates (比率) of breast cancer (乳腺癌) in Japan, Singapore and South Korea are now 3 times what they were 40 years ago.

The W.H.O. report says that 12 million people will be found to have some kinds of cancer this year. It predicts that more than 7 million people will die early as a result of cancer. And more than 5 million of the new cancer cases will be in developing countries.

The number of cancer cases and deaths from cancer are expected to increase one percent each year. Experts are predicting the largest increases will be in China, Russia, and India.

Without new treatments, the W.H.O. says, the number of new cancer patients could reach 27 million a year by 2030. The number of deaths could reach 17 million a year.

A report in December said the number of men and women dying of cancer in the United States had dropped for the first time .The report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute said the drop was mainly the result of fewer cases of lung（肺）, prostate（前列腺） and colorectal(結腸) cancer in men. In women, it resulted from fewer cases of breast and colorectal cancer.

The American Cancer Society says governments can do things to help stop the increase in cancer cases and deaths. One idea is to provide poor and developing nations with vaccines(疫苗) that help to stop some cancer-causing infections (感染). One example of a cancer-causing infection is human papillomavirus (乳頭瘤病毒). This virus(病毒) can cause cervical cancer in women.

Another suggestion is more support for cigarette-control programs. And the cancer society says health officials and governments should pay more in cancer research and early detection(檢測).

1.根據短文內容完成句子填空(每空限填一個單詞)。

From the first paragraph of the passage, we know __________ will be the ________ killer soon.

2.根據短文內容完成句子填空(每空限填一個單詞)。

According to the passage, in developing countries more people are dying from cancer because of  ___________ ____________

3.根據短文內容回答問題。

According to the passage, in which countries will cancer increase fastest ?

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4.把短文中劃線句子譯成漢語。

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5.根據短文內容用一個完整的英文句子回答問題。（10個詞左右）

What can governments do to stop the increase of cancer ? （one thing is OK）

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Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.cancer  first/main/leading     

2.smoking cigarettes   

3.In China, Russia, and India.

4.十二月份的一份報告說，在美國男女死于癌癥的人數首次減少/ 數量下降。

5.此題應嚴格控制字數。超過12個詞的不能得全分。

a. They can provide poor and developing nations with vaccines.

b. They can support cigarette-control programs.

c. They can pay more in cancer research and early detection.

【解析】注意答題時，要根據上文的內容來填寫適當的內容，注意英語語言表達。