The five countries that have been affected the most are ______, ______, ______, ______ and

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Studies Show US Spending Doesn"t Get Best Health

The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries， but it is not getting results to match according to studies released on Tuesday.

But in the study of five wealthy countries， published in the journal Health Affairs， researchers found no single nation had clearly the worst or best health care system.

Gerard Anderson at Johns Hopkins University"s school of public health and colleagues came up with a list of 21 health fields they could evenly compare across the five countries ——Australia，Canada， Britain， New Zealand and the United States.

"Hone of the five countries is consistently the best or the worst on all 21 indicators." Anderson said during a telephone briefing for reporters.

"If you are looking for the place to get the best care， there isn"t a single place. Every country has at least one indicator where it scores the best of the five countries and each country has at least one indicator where it scores the worst of the five countries. "

But， he said， the United States is not getting value for money. "The United States should be particularly concerned about these results， given that we spend twice as much on health care as any other country. So spending more doesn"t necessarily result in "better outcomes."

Anderson"s group of international health experts sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund spent five years working on the study， getting the latest possible data from the five countries on areas such as breast cancer and leukemia survival， suicide rates， death rates from asthma， vaccination rates and cancer screening.

The US spends twice as much on health care as other rich countries. 查看材料

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

Studies Show U. S. Spending Doesn't Get Best Health

The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries but it is not getting results to match, according to studies released on Tuesday.

But in the study of five wealthy countries, published in the journal Health Affairs, researchers found no single nation had clearly the worst or best health care system.

Gerard Anderson at Johns Hopkins University's school of public health and colleagues came up with a list of 21 health fields they could evenly compare across the five countries--Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and the United States.

"None of the five countries is consistently the best or the worst on all 21 indicators. " Anderson said during a telephone briefing for reporters.

"If you are looking for the place to get the best care. there isn't a single place. Every country has at least one indicator where it scores the best of the five countries and each country has at least one indicator(指标) where it scores the worst of the five countries. "

But, he said, the United States is not getting value for money. "The United States should be particularly concerned about these results, given that we spend twice as much on health care as any other country. So spending more doesn't necessarily result in better outcomes. "

Anderson's group of international health experts sponsored by The Commonwealth (联邦)Fund spent five years working on the study, getting the latest possible data from the five countries on areas such as breast cancer and leukemia (白血病) survival, suicide rates, death rates from asthma (哮喘 ), vaccination (种痘) rates and cancer screening.

The U. S. spends twice as much on health care as other rich countries.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

Studies Show US Spending Doesn't Get Best Health

The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries but it is not getting results to match, according to studies released on Tuesday.

But in the study of five wealthy countries, published in the journal Health Affairs, researchers found no single nation had clearly the worst or best health care system.

Gerard Anderson at Johns Hopkins University's school of public health and colleagues came up with a list of 21 health fields they could evenly compare across the five countries — Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and the United States.

"None of the five countries is consistently the best or the worst on all 21 indicators," Anderson said during a telephone briefing for reporters.

"If you are looking for the place to get the best care, there isn't a single place. Every country has at least one indicator where it scores the best of the five countries and each country has at least one indicator where it scores the worst of the five countries."

But, he said, the United States is not getting value for money. "The United States should be particularly concerned about these results, given that we spend twice as much on health care as any other country. So spending more doesn't necessarily result in better outcomes."

Anderson's group of international health experts sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund spent five years working on the study, getting the latest possible data from the five countries on areas such as breast cancer and leukemia survival, suicide rates, death rates from asthma, vaccination rates and cancer screening.

The US spends twice as much on health care as other rich countries.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

How many countries will be in the list of "Super Aged" nations in total in five years？

A．3.

B．6.

C．9.

D．34.

ental issues of the moment？

B: It’s quite difficult to make a kind of hierarchy of worry here, because so many issues are there, and so … and they’re all very very important. But I think it has to be said that as far as we we’re concerned, as a campaigning organization, it really is the rain forest that we are concentrating on most. If we don’t take action on that issue within the next five years, then environmental pressure groups won’t have anything to do in ten years’ time, because there won’t be any rain forests, really, for them to campaign about. So this is a critical period for the rain forests, the next five years, and there is enough flexibility in the system to allow us to hope that we’re going to be able to make some changes during that time. So that’s why we’ve made it our priority.

A: What’s so important about the rain forests, then？ Er, what’s, what’s the difference between having them or not having them？ Isn’t it just, you know, basically either there’re a lot of trees there or there aren’t a lot of trees there？

B: Uhh…well that’s what some people would like to think. Um, there, it’s important in many different ways, important firstly for the countries themselves, in terms of the fact that millions of people depend on the rain forests for their livelihood, and for their … the quality of their environment, through the protection of watersheds, and so on. Secondly, they’re important because of the biological richness of the rain forests. Um, a genetic chest … treasure chest is how they’ve been described. Um, more than 60% of the world’s species is to be found in the rain forests. Write that off, and you write off that genetic storehouse. Lastly, they’re important at international level because of the impact on climate patterns that one would find if the rain forests were destroyed. So, whether you’re looking closely at the tribal people who depend on them, the countries which depend on them, the international community which depends on them, indeed the, the, you know, the creatures themselves, um, it’s actually the most critical issue that we face. And our prime job is of course to try and get people to understand how it is, even in countries where there are no rain forests, that they still have a connection with that rain forest.

You will hear a recording about environmental issues.

Mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer.

After you have listened once, replay the recording.

According to the speaker, ______ is the most important environmental issues of the moment.

A．air pollution

B．water pollution

C．rain forests

Of the 74 million people added to the population each year______.

A．four out of five will be born in countries that do not have a large population

B．80% will be born in countries which do not have problems of malnutrition

C．80% will be born in developed countries

D．four fifths will be born in underdeveloped countries

ectively for mothers.

A．filed

B．followed

C．ranked

D．placed

New Guidelines for Fighting HIV

At the moment, four million people around the world receive anti-retroviral drugs. There's another five million who need them but don't get them.

The WHO recommendations on when to start treatment for HIV would mean an extra three to five million people would be added to that waiting list. The WHO wants people who have HIV to start drugs before their immune systems get so weak that they start displaying symptoms. A study recently published in the medical journal The Lancet showed starting treatment at the newly recommended level could increase survival by nearly 70% .

It would also add significantly to the cost on health care systems. In South Africa, which has one of the biggest HIV burdens in the world, currently fewer than half of the people who should be receiving HIV drugs get them.

Poor health infrastructure is a common problem for nearly all developing countries. Putting HIV-positive people on drugs earlier would significantly reduce the cost to health systems of treating opportunistic infections- illnesses which take hold while the immune system is weak. It would also greatly improve life expectancy of HIV patients, with repercussions for families and the workforce. The WHO is still working out how much it would cost countries to improve their treatment regimes, but it won't be cheap.

What is the main idea of this passage？

A．It would add much more cost for the WHO to treat with people who have HIV.

B．Those people with HIV is a common problem for all developing countries.

C．Starting treatment early could increase survival opportunities for people with HIV.

D．The WHO has raised new proposals to fight against AIDS.

The two countries leaders did not visit each other for five years because

A．Sino-Japanese relations were not important to the Chinese.

B．Junichiro Koizumi frequently paid visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.

C．Chinese people thought Japan always tried to glorify militarism.

D．the former Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Koizumi stepped down.

shall hold a meeting every year to discuss problems in the execution of the contract,to exchange views on technical development and improvement and lay a foundation for further technical cooperation.The aforesaid meeting shall be held in the two countries in turn.The contents and conclusion of such discussions shall be written in memorandum.The number of attendants of each party shall be no more than five persons. Each party shall bear its own expenses.