首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page. Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Heart
Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page. Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Heart
admin
2019-03-04
47
问题
Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page.
Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Hearts?
0. Women are a lot more likely to suffer a broken heart than men, researchers say. The good news is that it probably won’t kill you.
1. In the first national study of its kind, researchers at the University of Arkansas looked at rates of "broken heart syndrome" — when a sudden shock or prolonged stress causes heart attack-like symptoms or heart failure — and found that it overwhelmingly affects women. Women are at least seven times more likely than men to suffer the syndrome, and older women are at greater risk than younger ones, according to data presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association conference in Orlando.
2. Broken heart syndrome can happen in response to shocking or suddenly emotional events — both positive ones like winning the lottery, or negative ones like a car accident or the unexpected death of a loved one. A flood of stress hormones and adrenaline causes part of the heart to enlarge temporarily and triggers symptoms that can look like heart attack: chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heart rhythm. The difference is that the factors that would normally cause heart attack, such as a blocked artery, aren’t present. Most sufferers usually recover within a week or two, but in rare cases — about 1% — people die of the condition.
3. Doctors have long known about broken heart syndrome — first described by Japanese researchers two decades ago — and that it seemed to occur mostly in women. So, Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh, a cardiologist at the University of Arkansas who has treated women with broken heart syndrome, became curious about just how gender-specific the condition was. Using a federal database that included data from roughly 1,000 hospitals, Deshmukh found 6,229 cases of broken heart syndrome in 2007. Of those, only 671 —just under 11% — were in men. He found that, overall, women had about 7.5 times the risk of broken heart syndrome as men; in people under 55, women were at 9.5 times greater risk than men. Women over 55 were also three times more likely to suffer broken heart syndrome than younger women.
4. Researchers don’t know what causes the gender disparity, but they have some ideas. One theory is that hormones play a role. Another is that men have more adrenalin receptors on cells in their hearts than women do, "so maybe men are able to handle stress better" and the chemical surge it releases. Deshmukh said.
5. About 10% of sufferers will have a second episode at some point, but most return to full heart function without permanent damage or need for follow-up treatment. So, it looks like the way to mend a broken heart is what Mom always said: just give it time.
Questions 9-13(10 marks)
For questions 9-13, choose from the list A~G which best summarizes each part of the article.
For each numbered paragraph(1~5), mark one letter(A~G)on your Answer Sheet.
Do not mark any letter twice.
A. Data Source and analysts
B. Possible causes for gender difference
C. Findings released at a conference
D. Medication for broken heart syndrome
E. Occurrence of broken heart syndrome
F. Recovery from broken heart syndrome
G. Ways to avoid broken heart syndrome
Paragraph 5: ______
选项
答案
F
解析
本段是关于“broken heart syndrome”病的后期恢复,讲到该疾病不需治疗,也一般不会落下后遗症。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/5Z9d777K
本试题收录于:
BFT阅读题库国际化人才外语考试(BFT)分类
0
BFT阅读
国际化人才外语考试(BFT)
相关试题推荐
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:Technologygivesyoungpeopletodayknowledgeandpowerthattheyhaveneverhadbefore.Th
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingstatement:Trafficandhousingpro
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingtopic:Tea
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingtopic:
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingstatement:Face-to-facecomm
Lookatthefollowingadvertisement.ChinaDailyWewouldliketohearyouropinionsaboutthe
Readthefollowingletterandcompletethegiveninformationform.Writeaword,phraseornumberinthespaces1-5.De
Readthefollowingletterandcompletethegiveninformationform.Writeaword,phraseornumberinthespaces1-5.De
随机试题
在教育工作中,对待避免失败者,不合适的方式是()
口咽通气管适用于()
患者男,40岁。发热伴皮肤黏膜出血2周。查体:贫血貌,胸骨压痛,肝肋下3cm,血常规检测:Hb70g/L,白细胞14×109/L,血小板40×109/L。骨髓象:骨髓增生明显活跃,原始细胞60%。应进一步做的检查是
刘女士近来头疼,昨天到药店咨询,店员推荐她服用布洛芬胶囊。刘女士买下后看着眼熟,拿回家一对照,果然跟家里的一盒极其相似,但后者是医生开给她,用于治疗关节炎。再仔细对比,两盒药的生产厂家、成份都一样,包装却不一样,药店里注明是OTC,医院却不是。更关键的是,
采用计算机替代手工记账的单位必须具备的基本条件是()。
2008年7月6日,甲与乙就乙提供中介服务达成口头协议。7月7日,甲向乙预付了款项。下列选项中正确的是( )。
根据下列文字资料回答问题。按照《广西北部湾经济区2008—2015年人才发展规划》预测,2010年广西北部湾经济区人才需求总量约为115万人,2015年将达到168万人,尤其在石化、林浆纸、能源、钢铁和铝加工、海洋产业、高新技术、物流和观代服务等
某人射击8枪,命中4枪,命中4枪中恰好有3枪连在一起的情况共有多少种?()
在古印度种姓制度中,平民被称为_______。
以下程序运行后,输出结果为______。main(){inta[2][3]={1,3,5,7,9,11},*s[2],**pp,*p:s[0]=a[0],s[1]=a[1];pp=s;p=(int*)mal
最新回复
(
0
)