2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题（15）及答案.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题（15）及答案.doc2014 高考英语阅读理解基础练****精品题( 15 )及答案阅读理解 If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations: you are a survivor. According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman. There are many reasons for this, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke, but perhaps more importantly, men don ’t go to the doctor. “ Men aren ’t seeing doctors as often as they should, ” says Dr. Gullotta, “ This is particularly so for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike. ” Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45,it should be at least once a year. According toa recent survey, 95%of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group. “A lot of men think they are invincible (不可战胜的) ” Gullotta says “ They e in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think 'Dear me, if it could happen to him, …'” Then there is the ostrich ( 鸵鸟)approach, “ Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know, ” says Dr. Ross Cartmill. “ Most men get their cars serviced more often than they service their bodies, ” Cartmill says. He believes mo