湖北省2014高考英语 专项训练 阅读理解30.doc

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1、2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-30A“America’sNo.1HealthProblem.”SoreadstheheadlineofanarticlepublishedbytheAmericanInstituteofStressthatclaimsthebiggestthreattohealthtodayisneithercancernorAIDS.Thereportsays:“Ithasbeenestimated（估计）that75to90percentofallvisitstoprimarycarephysiciansareforstressre

2、latedproblems.”Itisnoexaggeration（夸张）tosaythatpeopletodayarebeingattackedbystress.AccordingtotheNationalConsumersLeague,“Workisthetopsourceofstressforadultswhohaveproblemsandstressintheirlives(39%),followedbyfamily(30%).Othersourcesincludehealth(10%),concernabouttheeconomy(9%)andcon

3、cernaboutinternationalconflictandterrorism(4%).”However,stressishardlyuniquetotheUnitedStates.ABritishsurveyin2005estimatedthat“overhalfamillionindividualsinBritainbelievedin2004thattheywereexperiencingwork-relatedstressatalevelthatwasmakingthemill.”Asaresultof“work-relatedstress,de

4、pressionoranxiety,”thereare“anestimatedthirteenandahalfmillionreportedlostworkingdaysperyearinBritain.”ThepictureisnolessbleakinmainlandEurope.AccordingtotheEuropeanAgencyforSafetyandHealthatWork,“work-relatedstresshasbeenshowntoaffectmillionsofEuropeanworkersacrossalltypesofemploym

5、entsectors.”Onesurveyrevealedthatthereare“about41millionworkersaffectedbywork-relatedstresseachyear.”WhataboutAsia?AreportissuedbyaconferenceheldinTokyoconcluded:“Jobstressisacommonconcernamongmanycountriesintheworld,bothdevelopingandindustrializedcountries.”Thereportobservedthat“se

6、veralcountriesinEastAsia,includingChinaandKorea,haverapidlyindustrializedandeconomicallygrown.Thesecountriesnowhavealotofconcernsonjobstressanditsharmfuleffectsonworkers’health.”1.Theauthorquoted“America’sNo.1HealthProblem.”(Para.1)inorderto______.A.talkabouthealthproblemsinAmericaB

7、.introducethetopicofstressC.emphasizethestressinAmericaD.tellreaderssomethingaboutAmericanInstituteofStress答案解析：答案为B。本题为推理题。本文的内容是为了揭示世界上人们的工作压力非常大，对健康造成了威胁，因此作者在开头使用“America’sNo.1HealthProblem”是为了引入压力的话题，故答案为B。2.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat.A.bothcancerandAIDSarenotasseriousastheth

8、reatofstresstohealt