4　　Having cancer does not always mean having pain. Whether a patient has pain may depend on the type of cancer, the extent of the disease, and the patient's tolerance for pain. Most pain occurs when the cancer grows and presses against bones, organs, or nerves. Pain may also be a side effect of treatment. However, pain can generally be relieved or reduced with prescription medicines or over-the-counter drugs recommended by the doctor.

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A　Does cancer always cause pain?

B　Can cancer be prevented?

C　What is cancer?

D　How common is cancer?

E　What causes cancer?

F　How is cancer treated?

27　Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without 　　　　　

28　Gene alterations may be caused by 　　　　　

29　Treatment for cancer may also bring about some 　　　　　

30　Cancer patients may differ in their 　　　　　

A　prescription medicines

B　control or order

C　tolerance for pain

D　various factors

E　normal genes

F　side effects

参考答案：

. C　24. E　25. F

26. A　27. B　28. D　29. F　30. C

2009年职称英语卫生类b级考试试题及答案

第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

第一篇 College Night Owls Have Lower Grades

College students who are morning people tend to get better grades than those who are night owls (晚睡的人), according to University of North Texas researchers.

They had 824 undergraduate students complete a health survey that included questions about sleep habits and daytime functioning, and found that students who are morning people had higher grade point averages (GPAs) than those who are night people.

"The finding that college students who are evening types have lower GPAs is a very important finding, sure to make its way into undergraduate psychology texts in the near future, along with the research showing that memory is improved by sleep," study co-author Daniel J. Taylor said in a prepared statement.

"Further, these results suggest that it might be possible to improve academic performance by using chronotherapy (时间疗法) to help students retrain their biological clock to become more morning types," Taylor said.

The research was expected to be presented Monday at SLEEP, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Baltimore.

In other findings expected to be heard at the meeting, University of Colorado researchers found a significant association .between insomnia (失眠) and a decline in college students' academic performance.

The study included 64 psychology, nursing and medical students, average age 27.4 years, who were divided into two groups - low GPAs and high GPAs.

Among those with low GPAs, 69.7 percent had trouble falling asleep, 53.1 percent experienced leg kicks or twitches (痉挛) at night, 65.6 percent reported waking at night and having trouble falling back to sleep, and 72.7 percent had difficulty concentrating during the day.

"In college students, the complaint of difficulty concentrating during the day continues to have a considerable impact on their ability to succeed in the classroom," study author Dr James F. Pagel said in a prepared statement. "This study showed that disordered sleep has significant harmful effects on a student's academic performance, including GPAs."

31 In the first study, students who stay up late A had lower GPAs.

A had lower GPAs.

B had higher GPAs.

C performed equally well in their studies

D had little difficulty concentrating during the day

32 Mr. Taylor believed that the finding of their study would soon

A be criticized by psychology students.

B be confirmed by psychological studies.

C be included in undergraduate psychology texts

D become the most popular psychology text

33 The passage indicates that chronotherapy can be used to help people to

A forget their troubles.

B improve their image.

C better their social relationships.

D readjust their biological clock.

34 In the second study, students with low GPAs did NOT complain of

A having trouble falling asleep.

B waking at night and having trouble falling back to sleep.

C having difficulty concentrating during the day.

D being kicked in the leg at night.

35 According to Dr. Pagel, the academic performance of a student wili be affected

A if he or she is not motivated.

B if he or she is troubled by disordered sleep.

C if he or she is a morning type.

D if he or she is a lazy person.

参考答案：

31. A　32. C　33. D　34. D　35. B

2009年职称英语卫生类b级考试试题及答案

第二篇 Online Cancer Chat with a Safety Net

Cancer Research UK has launched an online chat forum for cancer patients to swap (交换) stories and share experiences on how to cope with such a devastating disease.

But Cancer Chat is a forum with a difference: it has an information safety net.

This means that a Cancer Research UK team will keep a watching brief to ensure that patients are not subjected to rogue (劣等的)"cancer cures, or scientifically unsound information.

Anyone can have access to the messages posted on Cancer Chat, but if people wish to post a message, they will need to register.

And Rebekah Gibbs, cancer patient and star of TV's Casualty, has pledged her support for the new project. "1 think Cancer Chat is a brilliant idea," she said. "1 have written a public :diary about whatl wentthrough with breast cancer and t have had such a heart-warming response from other people going through the-same thing.

"The idea of a Cancer Chat forum means you can share information about treatment and side effects and you can really open up about your feelings online in a way that can be difficult w