Question

【题目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Health Workers Aim to Save Lives of Mothers, Babies with Smartphone Data

A new project in India and Uganda is aimed at helping health workers save the lives of mothers and babies with information from electronic devices.

The $100 million project is 【1】 by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and other groups. Officials plan to 【2】 the project to a total of 10 countries. The goal is to 【3】 the premature deaths of 6 million women and children by 2030.

Raj Shah is president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which leads the project. The group is providing $60 million of the $100 million 【4】 cost. Shah said the plan is to give health workers low-cost tools to help them gather the information they need to help communities and families most at risk.

The project will provide 【5】 such as real-time risk maps to help health workers reach mothers and children. Workers also will be able to study non-health data on climate or social media patterns to predict and prepare for local disease 【6】 or health emergencies.

Shah told Reuters, "A few years ago, these community health workers had no real technology ... today the vast majority of them have smartphones with data and software technologies in their hands --- and with those, we can help them do their work better."

A U.N. report published last week 【7】 that more women and newborn babies survive now than ever before. But the report said that a baby or a 【8】 woman still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world.

Deaths of mothers are nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa than in 【9】 countries. The report also found that babies in Sub-Saharan Africa are 10 times more 【10】 to die in their first month of life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】H

【3】I

【4】F

【5】A

【6】K

【7】G

【8】E

【9】J

【10】C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章阐述了在印度和乌干达将使用智能手机数据来挽救妇女及儿童的生命。这一低成本程序可以帮助收集妇女儿童的健康数据，帮助和预防当地疾病。

【1】考查动词。fund：提供资金。句意：这一百万美元项目由洛克菲勒基金会、世界卫生组织、联合国儿童基金会、世界银行及其他团体共同赞助。一些大项目的运行需要用资金支持，fund作名词时意为基金、资金，作动词时意为为…提供资金。故选B。

【2】考查动词。extend：扩大、延伸。句意：官员们计划将这一项目扩展至10个国家。文中第一段第一句提到“A new project in India and Uganda…”，刚开始的计划只在印度和乌干达实行，然后要在10个国家中实行，说明计划扩大了。故选H。

【3】考查动词。prevent：阻止、防止。句意：其目标是到2030年防止600万妇女及儿童过早死亡。文中第一段第一句提到“…save the lives of mothers and babies”该项目是为了拯救妇女和儿童的生命，即防止他们的死亡。故选I。

【4】考查形容词。total：总体的，全部的。句意：该团体提供了1亿美元总成本中的6000万美元。第二段第一句提到“The $100 million project…”，这个亿万美元计划由几个组织资助，即其总成本为1亿美元。故选F。

【5】考查名词。tools：工具。句意：这一项目将会为医疗工作者提供如实时风险地图这样的工具用于研究妇女及儿童的情况。实时风险地图是用来帮助研究妇女儿童情况的工具之一，故选A。

【6】考查名词。outbreak：发作、爆发。句意：工作人员也要学习气候或社交媒体模式等非健康性数据，来预测及准备应对当地疾病爆发或卫生突发事件。disease经常搭配outbreak使用，意为疾病爆发。故选K。

【7】考查动词。state：声明、陈述、说明。句意：上周发表的联合国报告称，如今妇女及新生儿的存活率远高于前。state作动词意为陈述、说明、声明，即以一种小心谨慎、明确的方式书写或告知某事。联合国的报告应是以一种正式的情况声明的，故选G。

【8】考查形容词。pregnant：怀孕的。句意：但报告也指出，在世界上每11秒仍会有一名婴儿或孕妇死去。根据文章可知，在一些贫困国家新生儿和孕妇的死亡率非常高，故选E。

【9】考查形容词。wealthy：富有的、充分的、丰裕的。句意：在撒哈拉以南地区，母亲的死亡率比富裕地区母亲的死亡率高50倍。一个地区的死亡率比另外一个地区的死亡率高出50倍，说明一个地区较富裕而另一个地区较贫困。故选J。

【10】考查副词。likely：可能的。句意：报告还发现，在撒哈拉以南地区的首月新生儿有10倍以上死亡的可能性。根据最后一段可知，撒哈拉以南地区较为贫穷，该地区母亲的死亡率比其他富裕地区母亲的死亡率高50倍，因此在贫穷地区新生儿的死亡率可能也是非常高的。故选C。