2015年职称英语考试《卫生类》C级完形填空习题(8)

　　Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found

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　　The World Health Organization1 estimates that about one-third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis . Most times, the infection remains inactive. But each year about eight million people develop active cases of TB, usually in their ______1______. Two million people die ______2______ it. The disease has ______3______ with the spread of AIDS and drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. #

　　Current treatments take at least six months. People have to ______4______ a combination of several antibiotic drugs daily. But many people stop ______5______ they feel better. Doing that can _______6______ to an infection that resists treatment. Public health experts agree that a faster-acting cure for tuberculosis would be more effective. Now a study estimates just how _______7______it might be. A professor of international health at Harvard University2 led the study. Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients _______8_____. It would also mean ______9______infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others. #

　　The researchers developed a mathematical model to examine the effects of a two-month treatment plan. They ______10______the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia. The scientists found that a two-month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases. And it might ______11______about twenty-five percent of TB deaths. The model shows that these ______12_____would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty. That is, if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve. #

　　The World Health Organization ______13______the DOTS3 program in nineteen ninety. DOTS is Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. Health workers watch tuberculosis patients take their daily pills to make ______14______they continue treatment. #

　　Earlier this year, an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program. The ten-year plan also aims to finance research ______15______new TB drugs. The four most common drugs used now are more than forty years old. The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development4 says its long-term goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses. #

　　1. A) kidneys B) lungs C) bones D) livers #

　　2. A) with B) without C) of D) out of

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　　3. A) increased B) decreased C) changed D) disappeared #

　　4. A) make B) take C) try D) test

　　5. A) as if B) as though C) as far as D) as soon as #

　　6. A) refer B) apply C) lead D) amount

　　7. A) effective B) ineffective C) expensive D) inexpensive

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　　8. A) cured B) to cure C) being cured D) having been cured #

　　9. A) many B) more C) few D) fewer #

　　10. A) provided B) introduced C) tested D) tempted

　　11. A) bring about B) contributed to C) promote D) prevent #

　　12. A) increases B) reductions C) creations D) collections #

　　13. A) developed B) invented C) delayed D) refused#p#分页标题#e# #

　　14. A) easy B) uneasy C) sure D) unsure

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　　15. A) with B) to C) onto D) into

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