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1、2002-2012年北京卷英语高考阅读理解试题汇编（含答案）英语刘金路老师整理QQ8729696152002年第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。AOneofthegreatestkillersintheWesternworldisheartdisease,Thedeathrate(率)fromthediseasehasbeenincreasingatanalarmingspeedforthepastthirtyyear
2、s.TodayinBritain,forexample,aboutfourhundredpeopleadaydieofheartdisease.Medicalexpertsknowthatpeoplecanreducetheirchancesofgettingheartdiseasebyexercisingregularly,bynotsmoking,bychangingtheirdiets,andbypayingmoreattentiontoreducingstress(压力)intheirwork.However,West
3、ernhealth-caresystemsarestillnotpayingenoughattentiontothepreventionofthedisease.Thereisaneedformoreprogramstoeducatethepublicaboutthecausesandpreventionofheartdisease.Insteadofsupportingsuchprograms,however,theU.S.health-caresystemisspendinglargesumsofmoneyonthesur
4、gical(外科的)treatmentofthediseaseafteritdevelops.Thisemphasis(强调)ontreatmentclearlyhassomethingtodowiththetechnologicaladvancesthathavetakenplaceinthepasttentofifteenyears.Inthistime,moderntechnologyhasenableddoctorstodevelopnewsurgicaltechniques.Manyoperationsthatwer
5、econsideredimpossibleoftoorisky(有风险的)afewyearsagoarenowperformedeverydayinU.S.hospitals.Theresulthasbeenahugeincreaseinheartsurgery.Althoughthereisnodoubtthatheartsurgerycanhelpalargenumberofpeople,somepeoplepointoutthattheemphasisonthesurgicaltreatmentofthediseaseh
6、asthreecleardisadvantages.First,itattractsinterestandmoneyawayfromthequestionofprevention.Second,itcausesthecostsofgeneralhospitalcaretorice.Afterhospitalsbuytheexpensiveequipmentthatisnecessaryformodernheartsurgery,theymusttrytorecoverthemoneytheyhavespent.Todothis
7、,theyraisecostsforalltheirpatients,notjustthosepatientswhosetreatmentrequirestheequipment.Thethirdpatients,notjustthosepatientswhosetreatmentrequirestheequipment.Thethirddisadvantageisthatdoctorsareencouragedtoperformsurgery—evenonpatientsforwhomanoperationisunneces
8、sary—becausetheequipmentandexpertskillsarethere.Agovernmentofficerecentlystatedthatmajorheartsurgery,forexample,only15percentofpatientsimp
