2019版高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 教材重点全程攻略 Unit 2 The United Kingdom限时规范特训 新人教版必修.docVIP

Unit 2 The United Kingdom Ⅰ.阅读理解 A [2018·山东泰安模拟]Death rates for heart disease in Britain have dropped by more than 40 percent in a decade, UK scientists will report today. Wide uptake of cholesterol－busting statin drugs (降胆固醇药), healthier lifestyles and better medical practices have seen a huge reduction in deaths caused by heart attacks, stroke and other cardiovascular (心血管的) problems. However, heart disease remains Britains biggest killer. The new study, by experts at Oxford University, shows there has been a 44.4 percent drop in death rates among men in the UK and a 43.6 percent drop among women linked to heart problems in the ten years to 2011. The team compared death rate associated with cardiovascular disease across Europe. They found that Britain has one of the best records in Europe, with 342 deaths as a result of heart disease per 100,000 men in 2011, and 232 per 100,000 women. Some nations—including Ukraine, Macedonia and Moldova—see more than 1,000 heart deaths per 100,000 of the population. Overall, heart disease causes 45 percent of all deaths across Europe, but only 27 percent in the UK. The study, led by Dr Nick Townsend, showed that cardiovascular disease is mainly a disease of old age. But researchers said that across Europe it still causes more than 1.4 million deaths in those aged under 75 and nearly 700,000 deaths in under 65s. Dr Townsend said, “Cardiovascular disease results in 49 percent of deaths among women and 41 percent among men.” 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。英国的心脏病死亡率在近十年来下降了百分之四十多，但心脏病仍然是英国国民健康的最大杀手。 1．From the text we can know ________. A．heart disease no longer threatens the British B．the heart death rate among British men is lower than among women C．the old mainly dies of stroke in Europe D．the heart death rate in Ukraine is higher than that in Britain 答案：D 推理判断题。由第五段第二句可知，英国男人在2011年因心脏疾病致死的死亡率是十万分之342，女人的死亡率是十万分之232。由第六段可知，乌克兰的死亡率是十万分之一千多。故选D项。 2．What does the word “it” in the last paragraph refer to? A．Stroke. B．Cardiovascular disease