Ifyouareamaleandyouarereadingthiscongratulations:youareasurvivor.AccordingtostatisticsyouaremorethantwiceaslikelytodieofskincancerthanawomanandninetimesmorelikelytodieofAIDS.Assumingyoumakeitto
Ifyouareamaleandyouarereadingthiscongratulations:youareasurvivor.AccordingtostatisticsyouaremorethantwiceaslikelytodieofskincancerthanawomanandninetimesmorelikelytodieofAIDS.Assumingyoumakeittotheendofyournaturaltermabout78yearsformeninAustraliayouwilldieonaveragefiveyearsbeforeawoman.
Therearemanyreasonsforthis-typicallymentakemorerisksthanwomenandaremorelikelytodrinkandsmokebutperhapsmoreimportantlymendon’tgotothedoctor.
“Menaren’tseeingdoctorsasoftenastheyshould”saysDr.Gullotta“Thisisparticularlysofortheover-40swhendiseasestendtostrike.”Accordingtoarecentsurvey95%ofwomenagedbetween15andearly40sseeadoctoronceayearcomparedto70%ofmeninthesameagegroup.
“Alotofmenthinktheyareinvincible（不可战胜的）”Gullottasays. “TheyonlycomeinwhenafrienddropsdeadonthegolfcourseandtheythinkGeezifitcouldhappentohim……”
Thenthereistheostrich(鸵鸟)approach“Somemenarescaredofwhatmightbethereandwouldrathernotknow”saysDr.RossCartmill.
“Mostmengettheircarsservicedmoreregularlythantheyservicetheirbodies”Cartmillsays.Hebelievesmostdiseasesthatcommonlyaffectmencouldbeaddressedbypreventivecheck-ups.“Preventionischeaperinthelongrunthanhavingtotreatthediseases.Besidesthefinalcostisfargreateritiscalledprematuredeath.”
1.Whydoestheauthorcongratulatehismalereadersatthebeginningofthepassage?
A.Theircanlivelongerthantheyexpected.
B.Theyaresuretoenjoyalongerandhappierlife.
C.Theyhavelivedlongenoughtoreadthisarticle.
D.Theyaremorelikelytosurviveseriousdiseasestoday.
2.Whichoftheauthor’sstatementsisthemostimportantreasonthatmendiefiveyearsearlieronaveragethanwomenaccordingtothepassage?
A.Mendrinkandsmokemuchmorethanwomen.
B.Mendon’tseekmedicalcareasoftenaswomen.
C.Menaremorelikelytosufferfromdeadlydiseases.
D.Menaren’tascautionsaswomeninfaceofdanger.
3.Whichofthefollowingbestcompletesthesentence“Geezifitcouldhappentohim…’?
A.itcouldhappentometoo
B.it
