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第3篇NewU．S．PlanforDiseasePreventionUrgingAmericanstotakeresponsibilityf ortheirhealth,‘HealthandHumanServicesSecretaryTommyThompsononTuesday launcheda$15millionprogramtotrytoencouragecommunitiestodomoretopreven tchronicdiseaseslikeheartdisease，canceranddiabetes．Theinitiativehighlightsthecostofchronicdiseases一theleadingcausesofdeathintheUnitedStates――andoutlineswaysthatpeople Canpreventthem，includingbetterdietandincreasedexercise．“IntheUnitedStatestoday,7of 10deathsandthevastmajorityofseriousillness，disabilityandhealthcarecostsarecausedbychronicdiseases,"theHealthandH umanServicesDepartmentsaidinastatement．Thecausesareoftenbehavioral――smoking，pooreatinghabitsandalackofexercise．“Iamconvincedthatpreventingdisea sebypromotingbetterhealthisasmartpolicychoiceforourfuture，”Thompson toldaconferenceheldtolaunchtheinitiatiative.“Ourcurrenthealthcaresys temisnotstructuredtodealwiththeescalatingcostsoftreatingdiseasesthata relargelypreventablethroughchangesinourlifestylechoices."Thompsonsaid heartdiseaseandstrokeswillcostthecountrymorethan$351billioninXXXX．“Theseleadingcausesofdeathformenandwomenarelargelypreventable，yetweasanationarenottakingthestepsnecessaryforUStoleadhealthier,longe rlives，”hesaid．The$15millionisslatedtogotocommunitiestopromoteprev ention，pushingforchangesassimpleasbuildingsidewalkstoencouragepeopletowalkmo re．Dailyexercisesuchaswalkingcanpreventandevenreverseheartdiseaseand diabetes，andpreventcancerandstrokes．Themoneywillalsogotocommunityorganizations，clinicsandnutritionistswhoarebeingencouragedtoworktogethertoeducatepe opleatriskofdiabetesaboutwhattheycandotopreventitandencouragemorecanc erscreening．TheAmericanCancerSocietyestimatesthathalfofallcancerscan becaughtbyscreening，includingPaptestsforcervicalcancer,mammogramsforbreastcancer,colonosc

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opies,andprostatechecks．Ifsuchcancerswereallcaughtbyearlyscreening．thegroupestimatesthatthesurvivalrateforcancerwouldriseto95percent．词汇：．diabetes糖尿病behavioraladj．行为方面的slatevt．预定，’规划cervicaladj．子宫颈的colonoscopyn．结肠镜检查initiativen．主动的行动，倡议escalatevi．逐步上升；逐步增强nutritionistn．营养学家mammogramn．乳房x线照片prostateadj．前列腺的1．WhichofthefollowingisNoTtrueofchronicdiseasesintheUS?A)Theyaccount for70％ofalldeaths．B)Theyareresponsibleformostofthehealthcarecosts．C)Theyo ftenresultinunhealthylifestyles．D)Theyarelargelypreventable．2．Thea uthormentionsallthefollowingaswaysofdiseasepreventionEXCEPTA)betterdi et．B)increasedexercise．C)reductiononsmoking．D)highersurvivalratefo rcancer．3．Thearticleindicatesthatmoremoneyspentondiseasepreventionw illmeanA)greaterresponsibilityofthegovernment．B)muchlessmoneyneededf ordiseasetreatment．C)highercostsofhealthcare．D)more1ifestylechoices forpeople．4．The$15millionprogramisaimedatA)promotingdiseasepreventi on．B)buildingmoresidewalks．C)helpingneedycommunities．D)wipingoutch ronicdiseases．5.EarlycancerscreeningcanhelpreducesignificantlyA)thed eathratesforallchronicdiseases．B)thekindsofcancerattackingpeople．C) thecancerincidencerate．D)cancerdeathrate．