Are You Just Not Ill or Excellent in Health?

　　As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing diseaseespecially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.

　　Today medical care is placing more stress on

　　B.removing peoples bad living habits.

　　D.ensuring peoples psychological well-being.

　　解析:問題問的是：當今的醫療保健更加強調什么?文章開頭提到當今醫療保健的焦點已經從治療疾病轉移到預防疾病上，特別是在改變許多不利于健康的行為，如不良的飲食習慣，吸煙和不運動等。因此B正確，即去除不好的生活習慣。

　　A.drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmful.

　　C.prevention is more difficult than cure.

　　正確答案:A

　　Traditionally, a person is considered well if he

　　B.does not have any physical handicaps.

　　D.is able to handle his daily routines.

　　解析:問題問的是：傳統上認為一個人健康的標準是什么?第二段開頭提到傳統上并沒有將健康細分為沒有病和身體非常好并非常關注身體的特殊需要，就是說，只要沒有病就算健康。因此C正確。

　　A.to best satisfy their bodys special needs.

　　C.to meet the strictest standards of bodily health.

　　正確答案:B

　　According to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy

　　B.People who are not presently experiencing any symptoms of disease.

　　D.People who can recover from illness even without seeking medical care.

　　解析:問題問的是：根據作者倡導的理念，下列那組人應被認為是健康的?第二段提到新的理念認為一些患病的或者有殘疾的人也可以是健康的，只要他們能夠在身體條件限制情況下，努力爭取達到最好的健康狀況。因此C正確。

　　Are You Just Not Ill or Excellent in Health?

　　As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing diseaseespecially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.

　　Today medical care is placing more stress on

　　B.removing peoples bad living habits.

　　D.ensuring peoples psychological well-being.

　　解析:問題問的是：當今的醫療保健更加強調什么?文章開頭提到當今醫療保健的焦點已經從治療疾病轉移到預防疾病上，特別是在改變許多不利于健康的行為，如不良的飲食習慣，吸煙和不運動等。因此B正確，即去除不好的生活習慣。

　　A.drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmful.

　　C.prevention is more difficult than cure.

　　正確答案:A

　　Traditionally, a person is considered well if he

　　B.does not have any physical handicaps.

　　D.is able to handle his daily routines.

　　解析:問題問的是：傳統上認為一個人健康的標準是什么?第二段開頭提到傳統上并沒有將健康細分為沒有病和身體非常好并非常關注身體的特殊需要，就是說，只要沒有病就算健康。因此C正確。

　　A.to best satisfy their bodys special needs.

　　C.to meet the strictest standards of bodily health.

　　正確答案:B

　　According to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy

　　B.People who are not presently experiencing any symptoms of disease.

　　D.People who can recover from illness even without seeking medical care.

　　解析:問題問的是：根據作者倡導的理念，下列那組人應被認為是健康的?第二段提到新的理念認為一些患病的或者有殘疾的人也可以是健康的，只要他們能夠在身體條件限制情況下，努力爭取達到最好的健康狀況。因此C正確。