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China’s health and education authorities on Monday required the country’s schools to establish systems to report HIV/AIDS infection cases in students.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Ministry of Education said in a joint circular that infections of the virus among young students saw a marked rise in recent years, a sign of problems in education and students’ awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention.
The two authorities required local health and education agencies to improve awareness at schools and called for establishment of an infection reporting system and regular consultation mechanism to analyze the cause of infections and formulate countermeasures.
The circular also urged proper protection of infected students’ privacy.
“Students in secondary schools and older should attend special classes on HIV/AIDS prevention focused on prevention of unsafe behavior as well as sexual responsibility and morality, ” the circular said.
It also pledged financial support for volunteer services. The circular said HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing services should be improved and schools should encourage students with risky behavior to use the services.
【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。本文主要讲述了中国卫生和教育部门要求各地学校加强学生艾滋病预防宣传教育, 建立完善的防控体系, 完善对艾滋病防范的服务。
1. What does the underlined word “circular” in the second paragraph mean?
A. round B. notice
C. advertisements D. news
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据上文The National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Ministry of Education said in a joint与下文infections of the virus among young students saw a marked rise in recent years, a sign of problems in education and students’ awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention. 可知: 近年来, 青年学生中的病毒感染明显增加, 这是教育和学生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的预防意识存在问题的迹象, 是对circular的具体阐述, 其内容是一份公告和通知, 由此可见, circular意思为“通知; 公告”, 故选B。
2. From the passage, we can infer that _______.
A. students have fully realized the meaning of HIV/AIDS
B. China’s health and education authorities pay little attention to HIV/AIDS issues in Chinese students
C. students’ awareness about HIV/AIDS should be greatly improved
D. HIV/AIDS infection cases in students have drawn no concern among students
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第五段“Students in secondary schools and older should attend special classes on HIV/AIDS prevention focused on prevention of unsafe behavior as well as sexual responsibility and morality, ” the circular said. 可知, 该通知称, 中学及以上年级的学生应参加以预防不安全行为以及性责任和道德为重点的艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防特别班。由此可见, 应加大提高学生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的认识, 故选C。
3. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Call for reports on students with HIV.
B. Public concerns about HIV/AIDS infection.
C. Volunteer services for HIV/AIDS infection cases.
D. To ignore HIV/AIDS infection cases is wrong.
【解析】选C。标题拟定题。根据文章大意可知, 本文主要讲述了中国卫生和教育部门要求各地学校加强学生艾滋病预防宣传教育, 建立完善的防控体系, 完善对艾滋病防范的服务。故选C。
【知识拓展】长难句分析
The two authorities required local health and education agencies to improve awareness at schools and called for establishment of an infection reporting system and regular consultation mechanism to analyze the cause of infections and formulate countermeasures.
分析: 这是一个简单句, 有两个并列谓语动词required. . . and called for. . . 。to improve awareness at schools是第一个谓语动词之后的目的状语; to analyze the cause of infections and formulate countermeasures是第二个谓语动词后的目的状语。
翻译: 这两个部门要求当地的卫生和教育部门要提高在校意识, 要求建立感染报告机制以及定期咨询机制来分析感染原因、制定对策。
