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Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Many workers who worked in the World Trade Center after the September eleventh attacks became sick. They breathed a mix of dust, smoke and chemicals in the ruins of the Twin Towers and a third building that fell. Some went clays without good protection for their lungs. Five years later, many of the thousands who worked at Ground Zero in the early days after the attacks still have health problems.
Doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City have announced the results of the largest study of these workers. The study confirmed high rates of breathing problems in members of the building trades, firefighters, police officers and other workers. Almost seventy percent of the workers in the study had a new or worsened breathing problem. These problems developed during or after their time working in the mountain of wreckage. About sixty percent still had breathing problems at the time of their examination. The researchers say they decided to study the effects on breathing first because other disorders might be slower to appear. Mount Sinai says it tested almost twelve thousand people between two thousand two and two thousand four. Eight out of ten of them agreed to have their results used in the report. The new results added strength to a Mount Sinai study released in two thousand four. That study was based on only about one thousand workers.
Some lawmakers have sharply criticized city and state officials for letting workers labor at Ground Zero without satisfactory equipment. Officials have also been criticized for saying the air was relatively safe. State and federal officials have promised more than fifty million dollars to pay for treatment of the workers. Doctor Robin Herbert is one of the directors of the Mount Sinai testing program. She says people are still coming to the hospital for treatment of problems that were caused by the dust at Ground Zero. In her words:" My worry is that money will be gone in a year, and what happens then?"
47. What contributed to problems of the workers in World Trade Center after the attacks?
48. Who had the most serious breathing problems according to the latest study?
49. The researchers decided to carry on some study on the effects on breathing first because __________ might appear in a later period of time.
50. ______ are sharply criticized by some lawmakers because they let workers labor at Ground Zero with out satisfactory equipment.
51. What measures have the officials promised to take to deal with the health problem?
原文精译
9.11事件之后，在世贸中心工作的许多工人都生病了。在双子塔以及倒塌的第三幢楼的废墟中，【47】他们呼吸着尘、烟、化学物质的混合体。有些人没有好好保护他们的肺，撒手而去。五年后，当时恐怖袭击后不久在“爆心投影点”(位于华盛顿)工作的成千上万的员工中，很多人的健康都仍有问题。
纽约市Mount Sinai医疗中心的医生宣布了对这些工人的研究结果。【48】这项研究确认，商贸中心成员、消防队员、警察和其他工人中，呼吸出现问题的比率很高。研究中大概70%的工人有了新的呼吸问题，或原有的呼吸问题加重。他们在如山般的残骸中工作，期间或随后出现了这些问题。在调查研究期间，大概60%的人依然有呼吸问题。【49】研究人员说，其他的紊乱可能出现得比较晚，他们决定先研究对呼吸的影响。Mount Sinai说，2002和2004期间，测试了将近12，000人，其中80%的人同意把结果写在报告里。新的结果支持2004年Mount Sinai发表的研究结果，而那时的研究只测试了1，000人。
【50】市以及州政府官员让工人在没有令人满意的设备的“爆心投影点”工作，一些立法者尖锐地批评了这一点;政府官员声称空气相对来说安全，这也受到了批判。【51】州及联邦政府许诺，5亿多美元将用来支付工人的治疗费用。Robin Herbert医生是Mount Sinai测试项目的负责人之一，她说，因“爆心投影点”的烟尘所引起的问题，还有很多人来医院治疗，“我担心一年之后钱花完了，怎么办?”
47.答案A harmful mix of dust，smoke and chemicals in the ruins.
解析：根据问题可将答案定位在文章的第一段。工人呼吸了某一种混合物，才导致健康问题。考生要注意首字母要大写。
48.答案The building trades，firefighters，police officers and other workers.
解析：根据问题，考生可将答案定位在文章的第二段。研究表明，在商贸中心成员、消防队员、警察和其他工人中，呼吸出现问题的比率很高。考生要注意首字母要大写。
49.答案other disorders
解析：根据题干，考生可锁定文章的第二段。在填写过程中，不可忘记名词复数形式。
50.答案City and state officials
解析：根据题干，考生可将答案定位在文章的第三段。需要特别注意的是，空白处是主语，所以首字母要大写。
51.答案To pay more than fifty million dollars for treatment of the workers.
解析：根据问题，考生可锁定文章的第三段。考生要对原句做细微的调整，用to do不定式的结构来表示措施。
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