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1、2014高考英語沖刺閱讀理解專項50-30A“America’sNo.1HealthProblem.”SoreadstheheadlineofanarticlepublishedbytheAmericanInstituteofStressthatclaimsthebiggestthreattohealthtodayisneithercancernorAIDS.Thereportsays:“Ithasbeenestimated（估計）that75to90percentofallvisitstoprimarycarephysiciansareforstressre
2、latedproblems.”Itisnoexaggeration（夸張）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.”O(jiān)nesurveyrevealedthatthereare“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：答案為B。本題為推理題。本文的內(nèi)容是為了揭示世界上人們的工作壓力非常大，對健康造成了威脅，因此作者在開頭使用“America’sNo.1HealthProblem”是為了引入壓力的話題，故答案為B。2.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat.A.bothcancerandAIDSarenotasseriousastheth
8、reatofstresstohealt
