阅读理解 In 1987, H. I. V/AIDS joined a list of diseases that could keep a person out of the linked 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 stem the AIDS pandemic, yet we are one of only a dozen countries that still bar people with 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 be required 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 other 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 was more of a possibility.
Still, the researchers said the study produced enough valuable information to offer new hopes for AIDS research.
单选题 61.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】本题为事实细节题,定位在第一段第二句“后来政府试图取消该决定,但是国会将旅行禁令列为移民法的一部分”,由此可知本题选C。
单选题 62.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】本题为事实细节题,定位在第六段第一句“美国军方发起了疫苗的试验工作”,由此可知,本题选D。
单选题 63.From the article we can infer that 8,000 volunteers in______were given the vaccine.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题为事实细节题,定位在第七段的前两句话“泰国研究人员对超过1.6万名志愿者进行了组合疫苗的测试。半数的志愿者接种了疫苗”,故本题选A。
单选题 64.According to the article, which one of the following statements is true?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题为正误判断题。第三段最后一句话指出:我们在帮助防止艾滋病流行方面在世界上起着领导作用,然而,我们却是仅有的几个限制艾滋病人入境的国家之一。第五段后三句指出:这种疫苗研究的全部结果发布在10月末巴黎国际会议上,同时,《新英格兰医学期刊》上也有报道。研究人员证实,在泰国进行的该研究只产生比较“温和”的结果。可判断本题选B。
单选题 65.According to the critics, the findings of the test______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据文章第八段第一句话“但是批评者称,该研究结果可能只是偶然”可知,结果存在偶然性,由此可判断本题选B。