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If you’re a male and you’re reading this, congratulations: you’re a survivor. According to statistics, you’re more than twice as

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问题     If you’re a male and you’re reading this, congratulations: you’re a survivor. According to statistics, you’re more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you’ll die on average five years before a woman.
    There’re many reasons for this--typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke--but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.
    "Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should," says Dr. Gullotta. "This is particularly so for the over-40s, when. diseases tend to strike."
    Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year.
    Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year.
    "When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer," he says. "Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged (延长) Ns life."
    According to a recent ’survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.
    "A lot of men think they’re invincible (不可战胜的)," Gullotta says. "They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, ’Geez, if it could happen to him...’"
    Then there’s the ostrich approach. "Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know," says Dr. Ross Cartmill.
    "Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies," Camnill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.
    Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says. "But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater; it’s called premature death."
选项 A、They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.
B、Their average life span has been considerably extended.
C、They have lived long enough to read this article.
D、They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.
答案A
解析 推理题。定位到文章第一段，文章第一段讲述了男性往往比女性更容易患病早亡，并列举了一些数据。因此如果男性读者能够读到第一段，便是有幸躲过严重疾病的人。对应的正确答案为[A]，即因为他们现在更有可能在经历了严重的疾病之后活下来。[B]和[D]选项错误在于文章并没有提及寿命的延长；[C]为强干扰性选项，错在仅重复了文章首句的字面意思，而没有深入理解作者的意图。
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