2017职称英语模拟题卫生C 第四套
Millions of women lack health insurance, and states make it difficult to enroll in Medicaid, the state—federal health insurance plan for the poor, according to the report.
And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking—the leading cause of death in the United States.
“The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals,” reads the report, put together by the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon Health & Science University.
“These health objectives, primarily set for the nation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2010 agenda, provide a road map for assessing the status of women's health.”
Of 27 measures examined by the group, from screening for diseases to actually treating them, the nation passes on only two, the researchers said. “The nation is so far from the Healthy People goals that it receives an overall grade of unsatisfactory,” they wrote.
The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general, the NWLC said.
“State policy makers' piecemeal approach to our health Care crisis has resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of women,” Judy Waxman, NWLC Vice President for Health, said in a statement.
“Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive, long-term approach to meeting women's health needs and tackle this serious problem that plagues so many families.”
词汇：
mammogram／n. 乳腺X光照片
dental／adj. 牙齿的；牙科的
enroll／vi.加入，参加
piecemeal／adj. 一件一件(做)的：逐渐(做)的；零碎(做)的
plague／vt. 使苦恼；折磨；烦扰
练习：
1. The nation does poorly in all the following aspects of women's health EXCEPT_______
A1 conducting dental check-ups.
B)helping women quit smoking.
C)screening for diseases.
D)treating cancer.
2. Medicaid is a program aimed at______
A)helping women.
B)helping the poor.
C)reducing poverty.
D)preventing disease.
3.Which causes the biggest number of deaths in the US?
A)Accidents.
B)Heart disease.
C)Cancer.
D)Smoking.
4. The national goals for women's health make it easier to_______
A)meet women's health needs.
B)assess the status of women's health.
C)make an overall plan for health in general.
D)deal with the health care crisis.
5.What kind of approach should be adopted to meet women's health needs?
A)Piecemeal.
B)State-federal.
C)Comprehensive and long-term.
D)Complex and ineffective.
第2篇
Cigars instead
Smoking one or two cigars a day doubles the risk of cancers of the lip, tongue, mouth and throat, according to a government study.
Daily cigars also increase the risk of lung cancer and cancer of the esophagus, and increase the risk of cancer of the larynx (voice box) sixfold, say researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
In addition, the report revealed that smoking three or four cigars a day increased the risk of oral cancer to 8.5 times the risk for nonsmokers and the risk of esophageal cancer by four times the risk of nonsmokers.
The health effects of smoking cigars is one of eight sections of the article “Cigars: Health Effects and Trends.” The researchers report that, compared with a cigarette, a large cigar emits up to 90 times as much carcinogenic tobacco, specific nitrosamines.
“This article provides clear and invaluable information about the disturbing increase in cigar use and the significant public health consequences for the country,” said Dr. Richard Klausner, director of the National Cancer Institute, in a statement.
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