Attitudes to AIDS Now Most people say that the USA is making progress in fighting AIDS, but they don’t know there’s no cure

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问题                    Attitudes to AIDS Now
    Most people say that the USA is making progress in fighting AIDS, but they don’t know there’s no cure and strongly disagree that "the AIDS epidemic is over, " a new survey finds.
The findings, released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, reassure activists who have worried that public concern about AIDS might disappear in light of recent news about advances in treatment and declines in deaths.
    "While people are very optimistic about.the advances, theyre still realistic about the fact that there is no cure" says Sophia Chang, director of HIV programs at the foundation.
    The Kaiser survey, like a recent USATODAY Gallup Poll(民意测试) , does find that the number of people ranking AIDS as the country’s top health problem has fallen In the Kaiser poll, 38% say it’s the top concern, down from 44% in a 1996 poll; in the Gallup Poll, 29% say AIDS in No. 1, down from 41% in 1992 and 67% in 1987.
    Other findings from Kaiser, which polled more than 1, 200 adults in September and October and asked additional questions of another 1, 000 adults in November:
    52% say the country is making progress against AIDS, up from 32% in 1995.
    52% say the government spends too little on AIDS.
    86% correctly say AIDS drugs can now lengthen lives, an equal number correctly say that the drugs are not cures.
    67% incorrectly say that AIDS deaths increased or stayed the same in the past year, 24% know deaths fell.
    Daniel Zingale, director of AIDS Action Council, says, "I’m encouraged that the American people are getting the message that the AIDS epidemic isn’t over. I hope the decision - makers in Washington are getting the same message. ., We have seen signs of complacency (得意)。”
Before the findings released by the Kaiser Family Foudation, activists worried that

选项 A、the government is too optimistic about the cure of AIDS
B、the Americans might not concern about AIDS any more
C、the deaths caused by AIDS may increase
D、scientists may not find cures for AIDS

答案B

解析 本题有一定难度, 需要吃透原文句意, 主要答案依据在文章第一句的后半部分:…activists who worried that public concern about AIDS might disappear…谈到活动分子担心公众对艾滋病问题的关注会消失, 回来看选项, B项和原文句意相符, 是答案。
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