单选题
What if you were having a heart attack, but no one believed you? A new study of 515 female heart-attack survivors (aged 29 to 97) reveals that this happens all too often. In the study, 95% said they knew something was seriously wrong a month or more before their heart attack, but none of their doctors had even told them that they had heart disease. And when their heart attack happened, fewer than 30% had chest pain or discomfort, the classic warning signs that most emergency room physicians and nurses look for. One study volunteer in her mid-30s had a heart attack while driving her children to school. "She had repeatedly sought help for early warning symptoms," says study author Jean McSweeney of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Despite abnormal cardiac stress test results, she got no treatment. Two weeks later, she nearly died. Here are the signs that a heart attack may be weeks away: extreme fatigue, disturbed sleep, shortness of breath, and/or anxiety. "If a woman has risk factors for a heart attack and suddenly has unusual symptoms, she needs to tell the doctor that they're interfering with her everyday activities," McSweeney says. "Be sure of it./
单选题
It can be inferred from the text that ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在文章的第一句和第二段的这一句：In the study, 95% said they knew something was seriously wrong a month or more before their heart attack, but none of their doctors had even told them that they had heart disease．有95%的妇女心脏病发作以前一两个月就知道自己的病，但没有一个医生告诉说她们有心脏病。因此，她们的病常常被忽略了。 [解题秘籍] 选项A“没人相信妇女的研究”、选项B“很少有人相信妇女的预兆”、选项D“妇女总是意识到危险”都与原意不符。
单选题
The study shows that the classic warning signs of heart attack are ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[名师精解] 这项研究表明，典型的心脏病症状在妇女身上并不典型，文章还举了一位志愿者的例子来说明。 [解题秘籍] 选项C如果不是both male and female patients就是正确的答案。选项D“病发作前一个多月常见的症状”与题干中说的“classic warning signs”不是指同样的症状。
单选题
Which of the following is a sign of a possible attack in female patients?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[名师精解] 注意题干中的in female patients。选项A“胸痛”本来是心脏病的典型症状，但对女性来说，则是气短。 [解题秘籍] shortness of breath指气短。
单选题
By saying "Be sure of it." (Last sentence), McSweeney seems to mean that ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在文章的最后一句：“she needs to tell the doctor that they're interfering with her everyday activities,”McSweeney says.“Be sure of it.” [解题秘籍] 从上句看，McSweney说病人应当告诉医生这些症状正影响她每天的活动，接着就说：“要肯定地讲山来，”不要犹豫不决，拿不定主意。