Many Benefit from Cancer Organization

　　1. Do you know a child who survived leukemia? Do you have a mother, sister or aunt whose breast cancer was found early thanks to a mammogram? Do you have a friend or coworker who quit smoking to reduce their risk of lung cancer? Each of these individuals benefited from the American Cancer Society’s research program.

　　2. Each day scientists supported by the American Cancer Society work to find breakthroughs that will take us one step closer to a cure.1 The American Cancer Society has long recognized that research holds the ultimate answers to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.2

　　3. As the largest source of nonprofit cancer research funds in the United States, the American Cancer Society devotes over $100 million each year to research. Since 1946，they've invested more than $2.4 billion in research. The investment has paid rich dividends3 ：In 1946，only one in four cancer patients was alive five years after diagnosis; today 60 percent live longer than five years.

　　4. Investigators and health professionals in universities, research institutes and hospitals throughout the country receive grants from the American Cancer Society. Of the more than 1,300 new applications received each year, only 11 percent can be funded. If the American Cancer Society had more money available for research funding, nearly 200 more applications considered outstanding could be funded each year:

　　5. You can help fund more of these applications by participating in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life,a team event to fight cancer. More funding means more cancer breakthroughs and more lives being saved. To learn more,call Donna Hood,chair with the Neosho Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society at 451–4880.

　　練習(xí)：

　　1.Paragraph 2 __________

　　2.Paragraph 3 __________

　　3.Paragraph 4 __________

　　4.Paragraph 5 __________

　　A What Could Be Done with More Money

　　B Establishment of the American Cancer Society

　　C Significance of Funded Research

　　D Other Sources of Funding for Cancer Research

　　E Benefits Achieved Through Investment

　　F How You Can Offer Help

　　5.The American Cancer Society's research program has benefited __________.

　　6.The survival period for 60% of cancer patients today is __________.

　　7.Many outstanding applications are turned down each year for __________.

　　8.More cancer breakthroughs can be made with __________.

　　A lack of funding

　　B many cancer patients

　　C more lives being saved

　　D more than five years

　　E the ultimate answers

　　F more funding

　　答案與題解：

　　1.C　文章第二段主要講得到美國癌癥學(xué)會(huì)資助的科學(xué)家們?nèi)諒?fù)一日地工作，以便早日找到攻克各種癌癥的答案，而該學(xué)會(huì)之所以資助這些科學(xué)家們是因?yàn)槠浜芫靡詠肀阏J(rèn)識(shí)到科研在攻克癌癥方面無可取代的重要性。

　　2.E　文章第三段主要講美國癌癥學(xué)會(huì)多年投資所取得的成果。

　　3.A　文章第四段主要講的是,雖然每年有1,300多個(gè)科研項(xiàng)目申請(qǐng)美國癌癥學(xué)會(huì)的資助，但只有11%的項(xiàng)目得到資助。如果有更多資金的話,許多被認(rèn)為是相當(dāng)杰出的項(xiàng)目就不會(huì)被放棄了。

　　4.F　文章第五段主要講讀者個(gè)人怎樣出把力，使更多杰出的項(xiàng)目獲得資助。

　　5.B　從文章的第一段可以得知，美國癌癥學(xué)會(huì)科研項(xiàng)目已經(jīng)造福了許多癌癥病人。

　　6.D　文章第三段提到，如今60%的癌癥病人的存活時(shí)間在五年以上。

　　7.A　文章第四段提到，由于資金有限，每年有將近二百項(xiàng)申請(qǐng)雖然很有潛力，但卻得不到資助。

　　8.F　文章第五段提到，更多的資金意味著癌癥研究會(huì)有更多的突破，更多的生命會(huì)得以挽救。