阅读理解 AIDS AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The human immunodeficiency virus (人类免疫缺损病毒)called HIV is believed to cause AIDS. There is no cure. People who get the disease will die. AIDS itself does not kill. However, it attacks and destroys the body''s defense system that fights against infection. When this happens, a person has little ability to fight off many other diseases including pneumonia(肺炎), cancer and tuberculosis (结核病). A new study says the number of women in the United States with AIDS has increased sharply. The study says AIDS is increasing faster among women than among men. Eighteen percent of AIDS patients are women. This is almost 3 times the rate 10 years ago. Most women get the AIDS virus from having sexual relations with men. Pregnant women with the disease can pass it to their babies. The effect of AIDS in America is greatest in large cities. AIDS is the leading cause of death among all people in 79 cities. It is the leading cause of death among women in 15 cities. These include New York City and Miami, Florida. Doctors in the United States first noted AIDS 14 years ago in homosexual (同性恋的)men in New York and California. In the United States AIDS spread first among homosexual men. Then it appeared in people who shared needles to put illegal drugs into their blood. It also appeared in people who had received infected blood products at hospitals. The AIDS virus is spread through the exchange of infected blood or body fluids released during sexual activity. It is also spread by having sexual relations with someone who has the virus. And it is spread by sharing drug needles that have infected blood on them. AIDS has affected several famous American athletes. Two years ago, former tennis player Arthur Ashe died of the disease. At about the same time, former basketball player Magic Johnson announced that he has the AIDS virus. The most recent athlete to be affected is Gregory Louganis. Louganis won a number of gold medals in Olympic diving competition. He announced on television that he has AIDS. President Clinton met with Louganis and praised him for discussing his sickness. Mr. Clinton said it is important to educate the public. Activists have succeeded in educating Americans about AIDS and the people who have it. They also have been urging the federal government to increase efforts to find a cure for AIDS. Scientists first identified the virus that is believed to cause AIDS in 1983. Many of them then thought they could produce an anti-AIDS vaccine(痘苗). Such a medicine could be given to people to protect against the disease. However, scientists at American government agencies, universities and drug companies have failed to produce an anti-AIDS vaccine. But they are continuing effort to find better treatments for a cure.
单选题 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】选项A)即该文第1句，故该项是正确的，文章第3自然段末句说明了选择B)的正确性。文章第4自然段指明研究表明妇女患艾滋病的增长比例要比男人大。而不是C)项所指，故C)错误。
单选题 What is not likely to happen?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章的第5段中指明了几种艾滋病可能传播的渠道。包括A)、B)、D)，因此，该题的正确选项为C)项。
单选题 AIDS has created some reactions in America that are mentioned in the text except that______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章第8自然段中分别列举了几种艾滋病在美国引起的各种反应，其中有A)、C)、D)，但不包括B)。
单选题 Why are some museums closed in a yearly event called Day without Art?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从文章倒数第4自然段中“Many art museums across America take part in a yearly event called DAY WITHOUT ART，it is a way of remembering the people who have died from AIDS．”选项D)符合此意。
单选题 Have scientists produced an ant-AIDS vaccine?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文章第13段明确指出虽然美国政府各机构，各大学及药品公司未能制造出一种抗癌疫苗，但他们仍在为治愈AIDS找到更好的医治方法而不懈努力着。故正确答案为D)。