2．All areas of the world face a nurses shortage．But the shortage is most severe in developing countries．Many of their nurses move to the more developed nations for better pay，better working conditions and better chances for career development．For example，nearly 2，000 nurses left the Caribbean between 2002 and 2006．
    The Caribbean nations currently have about 1 nurse for every 1，000 people．The ratio（比例） of nurses to population is about 10 times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union（EU）．Now，more than 21，000 nurses who trained in the Caribbean are working in the United States，Canada and Britain．
    Gaetan Lafortune is an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development（O．E．C．D） in Paris．He says the nurses shortage also affects industrialized countries．He says，"There is concern in most O．E．C．D．countries that the number of nurses is too small to meet the demand．And what is more worrying is that their concern is sort of growing．"Mr Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next 10 years．At the same time，the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow，intensifying the shortage of nurses．
    Gaetan Lafortune said，"In the U．S．，for instance，some researchers have found that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by 2020．"The United States is 1 of the 21 countries in the O．C．E．D．Gaetan Lafortune says in the recent years many of the countries increased their efforts to hire foreign nurses．As a result of that，O．E．C．D．countries were mainly exporting their shortage problem to countries that may have an even greater need for these nurses．
1．What will be the main causes of the global nurses shortage in the next 10 years？C
A．The demand for nurses will decrease．
B．Many nurses will be too old to work．
C．Many rich countries will hire more foreign nurses．
D．Nurses are often looked down upon．
E．Aging populations will increase rapidly
 A．a(chǎn) and b      B．b and c      C．b and e      D．c and d
2．The underlined word"intensify"in para.3 means"A"．
A．strengthen       B．neglect          C．reduce           D．cause
3．We know from this text that America and the EU countriesB．
A．refuse to offer equal pay to foreign nurses
B．have at least one nurse out of 100 people
C．don't like to train nurses of their own countries
D．have more serious nursing problems than the Caribbean nations
4．What does the text mainly tell us？D
A．Nursing is no longer a worthwhile profession in most countries．
B．The different attitudes towards nursing in different countries．
C．Nurses shortage will result in serious consequences．
D．The health care industry needs more nurses．

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了人口老齡化的衛(wèi)生保健需求預(yù)計(jì)將增長，目前護(hù)士行業(yè)缺口大，醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生行業(yè)需要更多的護(hù)士．

解答 1．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段五、六兩句"Mr．Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next 10 years．At the same time，the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow，intensifying the shortage of nurses．"Mr．Lafortune 說大量的護(hù)士預(yù)計(jì)將在10年內(nèi)退休．與此同時(shí)，人口老齡化的衛(wèi)生保健需求預(yù)計(jì)將增長，加劇護(hù)士的短缺．故選擇C項(xiàng)．
2．A．推理判斷題．strengthen加強(qiáng)，鞏固；neglect疏忽，忽視；reduce減少，降低；cause引起，使遭受．"intensifying"在句中是"增強(qiáng)，加強(qiáng)"，A項(xiàng)更貼近，故選擇A項(xiàng)．
3．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中敘述可知，護(hù)士到發(fā)達(dá)國家去有更高的薪水，更好的工作條件和更好的職業(yè)發(fā)展機(jī)會，因此A項(xiàng)不正確；根據(jù)第二段中敘述可知，在加勒比國家中每一千人有一名護(hù)士，而在美國和歐洲那些發(fā)達(dá)國家這個(gè)比例要高于加勒比國家10倍，也就是每一百人中有一個(gè)護(hù)士，因此B項(xiàng)正確；C項(xiàng)在文中沒有提到；由文中大量護(hù)士離開加勒比國家到美國或歐洲國家去，可知加勒比國家的護(hù)理問題應(yīng)比美國和歐洲國家更嚴(yán)重，因此D項(xiàng)不正確．故選擇B項(xiàng)．
4．D．主旨大意題．通讀全文可知目前護(hù)士行業(yè)缺口大，醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生行業(yè)需要更多的護(hù)士．故選擇D項(xiàng)．

點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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