单选题 In 1987, H. I. V/AIDS joined a list of that could keep a person out of the United States. The government later tried to cancel its decision, but congress made the travel ban a part of immigration law. People with H. I. V. , the virus that causes AIDS, could seek an exception, but that meant extra work. Last year, Congress and President George W. Bush began the process of ending the travel ban. Now President Obama is finishing the process. BARACK OBAMA : "We talk about reducing the stigma of this disease, yet we have treated a visitor living with it as a threat. We lead the world when it comes to helping the AIDS pandemic, yet we are only a dozen countries that still bar people H. I. V. from entering our country. " A final rule published Monday will end the travel ban effective January fourth. H. I. V. will no longer be a condition that can exclude people. And H. I. V. testing will no longer for those who need a medical examination for immigration purposes. AIDS has killed more than twenty-five people since the early 1980s. In September, there was news that a vaccine showed some ability to prevent H. I. V. infection in humans for the first time. The full results of the vaccine study were presented in later October at an international conference in Paris. They were also reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers confirmed that the study in Thailand produced only "modest" results. The United States Army sponsored the vaccine trial. The study combined two vaccines, using versions of H. I. V. common in Thailand. Neither vaccine alone had shown success in earlier studies. Thai researchers tested the combination in more than 16,000 volunteers. Half of the volunteers got the vaccine. The others got a placebo, an inactive substance. All were given condoms and counseling on AIDS prevention for three years. The study found 31 percent fewer cases of infection in the vaccine group than in the placebo group. But critics said the findings could possibly have resulted from chance. The announcement in September was based on all 16,000 volunteers. Almost one-third of them, however didn't follow all the required steps in the study. Results just from those who did were similar to the larger group, but the influence of chance is way more of a possibility. Still, the researchers said the study produced enough valuable information to offer new hopes for AIDS research.
单选题 According to the article, ______did not want people with H. I. V. virus to seek entry to America twenty years ago.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。信息定位在第一段第二句“后来政府试图取消这一规定,但是国会将旅行禁令列为移民法的一部分”。故答案为C。
单选题 According to this article, it was ______who sponsored that medical experiment to find vaccine for H. I. V. carriers.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。定位在文章第六段第一句“美国军方赞助了疫苗的试用工作”,由此可知,答案为D。
单选题 From the article we can infer that 8,000 volunteers in______were given the vaccine.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。定位在第七段前两句话:“泰国研究人员对16000多名志愿者进行了疫苗联合测试。一半的志愿者注射了疫苗”。故答案为A。
单选题 According to the article, which one of the following statements is true?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:是非判断题。第三段最后一句话指出“但是我国也是仅有的十几个禁止艾滋病人入境的国家之一”。第五段最后一句提及在泰国进行的该研究只产生了比较“温和”的结果。选项C的内容在文中并未涉及。故答案为B。
单选题 According to the critics, the findings of the test______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。定位在文章第八段首句“但批评者称,这一发现可能是偶然。”故答案为B。