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Joyce Sipes and Mary Ellen Dodge
When Joyce Sipes was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999,she shared the news immediately with her sister Mary Ellen Dodge.Mary Ellen was there for her-helping her through the terror,and the fear,and the thousand questions that are inevitably a part of hearing the word"cancer".
Fortunately,a friend at work who had had a similar diagnosis highly recommended Alonzo Walker,MD,Medical College of Wisconsin surgical oncologist（外科肿瘤学家）and director of the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Breast Cancer Program.Joyce made an appointment.At an initial consultation,Dr.Walker spent two hours with Joyce and her husband.Joyce was so reassured;she cancelled her appointment to get a second opinion elsewhere.
Ultimately,Joyce's cancer required a mastectomy（乳房切除术）.Reconstructive surgery took place right away.She came to think of Dr.Walker as her partner,"not just my doctor."And the Froedtert nurses,she says,were"very unusual and impressive."
As it turned out,Joyce would soon have the chance to do something important for her sister Mary Ellen.During her own cancer treatment,Joyce suggested that Mary Ellen should get herself checked through the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Breast Cancer Program.In addition to its opportunities for examination and screening,the hospital had established a program especially for women in families at high risk for cancer.Sure enough,it turned our that Mary Ellen had some cysts（囊肿）,one of which was dangerous enough that it needed to be surgically removed.She's fine now-thanks to Joyce's suggestion.
Both sisters experienced firsthand how Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin offers more than leading-edge technology and the unmatched experience of physicians in an academic medical center.It offers a comrehensive team approach-of consultation,collaboration,and care-all focused on the individual patient.That's why Joyce came to think of Froedtert,throughout the process of her treatment,as being her "security blanket".
Joyce Sipes has been cancer-free five years now-an important milestone（里程碑）for breast cancer survivors.Joyce and Mary Ellen are together once again in their workshop in Joyce's home,making the beautiful market baskets,bread baskets,muffin（松饼）baskets,and Nantucket baskets that they-and their customers-love.
41.What did Mary Ellen do for her cancer-stricken sister?
A.She recommended Dr.Walket.
B.She kept her from being disturbed.
C.She asked her a lot of questions.
D.She comforted her as much as she could.
42.After talking with Dr.Walker,Joyce decided
A.to get a second opinion elsewhere.
B.not to see any other doctors.
C.to give up treatment.
D.not to trust him.
43.Thanks to Joyce's suggestion,Mary Ellen got
A.an opportunity to work as a nurse.
B.the same surgical procedure as her sister.
C.a timely check and treatment for breast cancer.
D.a chance to work for the Breast Cancer Program.
44.Which is NOT true of Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin?
A.It does not care much about the individual patient.
B.It offers more than leading-edge technology.
C.Its physicians have unique experience.
D.It adopts a comprehensive team approach.
45.It can be seen from the last paragraph that the two sisters
A.are leading a sad and lonely life.
B.are still at high risk of breast cancer.
C.are leaming to make various kinds of baskets.
D.very much enjoy their present life and work.
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American Dreams
There is a common response to America among foreign writers:the US is a land of extremes where the best of things qre just as easily found as the worst.This is a cliche（陈词滥调）.
In the land of black and white,people should not be too surprised to find some of the biggest gaps between the rich and the poor in the world.But the American Dream offers a way out to everyone.（46） No class system or govemment stands in the way.
Sadly,this old argument is no longer true.Over the past few decades there has been a fundamental shift in the structure of the American economy.
The gap between the rich and the poor has widened and widened.（47）
Over the past 25 years the median US family income has gone up 18 per cent.For the top 1 per cent,however,it has gone up 200 per cent.Twenty-five years ago the top fifth of Americans had an average income 6.7 times that of the bottom fifth.（48）
Inequalities have grown worse in different regions.In California,incomes for lower class families have fallen by 4 per cent since 1969.（49） This has led to an economy hugely in favor of a small group of very rich Americans.The wealthiest 1 per cent of households now control a third of the national wealth.There are now 37 million Americans living in poverty.At 12.7 per cent of the population,it is the highest percentage in the developed world.
Yet the tax burden on America's rich is falling,not growing.（50） There was an economic theory holding that the rich spending more would benefit everyone as a whole.But clearly that theory has not worked in reality.
ANobody is poor in the US.
BThe top 0.01 per cent of households has seen its tax bite fall by a full 25 percentage points since 1980.
CFor upper class families they have risen 41 per cent.
DNow it is 9.8 times.
EAs it does so,the possibility to cross that gap gets smaller and smaller.
FAll one has to do is to work hard and climb the ladder towards the top.
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World Heart Day
Sunday was World Heart Day.The World Heart Federation and its member groups in more than one hundred countries organized the celebrations.The World Health Organization and other United Nations agencies provided support for the（51）.
World Heart Day was first observed six years（52）.Organizers proposed the event as a way to help reduce the spread of heart disease.The World Heart Federation says heart（53）kills seventeen million people each year.
The group urges people to be active and have a good,healthy diet.It also warns（54）activities known to increase a person's risk of heart attack or stroke.
Some of the warnings are directed at children.The World Heart Federation says about twenty-two million boys and girls under the age of five are obese-severely overweight.
Children are normally energetic and active.（55）,two thirds of all children are not active enough.Such children greatly（56）their risk of becoming obese.They also increase their（57）of developing heart disease or other disorders.
One message of World Heart Day is to eat right.Children（58）eat a healthy and balanced diet.Also,limit sugary drinks,sweets and eating between meals.
The World Heart Federation urges parents to keep their children（59）.It says physical exercise helps to decrease the risk of obesity and （60）a child healthy.Obese children often become obese adults.（61）you believe your child is too heavy,talk with a health care provider.
The World Heart Federation is also concerned about the effects of tobacco on young people.It says the younger someone begins to smoke,the （62）the chance of a health problem tied to smoking.Half of the young people who continue to smoke are （63）to die later in life from a smoking-related disease.
The group says almost half of all children live with a smoker.It says children who live with a （64）can breathe an amount of tobacco equal to more than two thousand cigarettes.And that is by the time they are five years old.
The World Heart Federation also says parents should warn children not to be（65）by tobacco companies.And it says parents who smoke should try to stop.
51.A.group B.event C.organization D.agency
52.A.earlier B.before C.ago D.past
53.A.accident B.health C.disease D.beating
54.A.against B.toward C.upon D.onto
55.A.Therefore B.However C.Hence D.But
56.A.manage B.lower C.meet D.increase
57.A.mood B.desire C.age D.risk
58.A.may B.might C.should D.will
59.A.young B.happy C.early D.active
60.A.maintains B.protects C.keeps D.helps
61.A.If B.Although C.After D.Because
62.A.greater B.harder C.slimmer D.lesser
63.A.supposed B.possible C.likely D.lucky
64.A.patien tB.relative C.parent D.smoker
65.A.influenced B.bought C.employed D.troubled
2007年度职称外语等级考试标准答案
英语
卫生类A卷（A级）
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.C 11.A
12.B 13.D 14.C 15.A 16.A 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.B 21.B
22.C 23.C 24.A 25.E 26.D 27.B 28.E 29.C 30.A 31.B
32.D 33.A 34.D 35.C 36.C 37.D 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.D
42.B 43.C 44.A 45.D 46.F 47.E 48.D 49.C 50.B 51.B
52.C 53.C 54.A 55.B 56.D 57.D 58.C 59.D 60.C 61.A
62.A 63.C 64.D 65.A