The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government’s health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.
Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and frits, seems to be quite important.
One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better and reduce stress.
In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people’s health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one’s family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problem among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, Which will work before it is too late.
However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.
小题1:What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Prevention or Education?
B．Prevention or Treatment?
C．Health or Illness?
D．Exercise or Illness?小题2:Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt”?
A．Unable to be cured
B．Unable to pay one’s debts
C．Stronger than ever before
D．More successful than ever before小题3: We learn form the passage that _______
A．dressing warmly can prevent disease
B．a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise
C．the more health education, the better
D．the government’s health budget should be increased小题4:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
题目分析：文章主要是关于保障人类健康的问题，预防比治疗更重要，同时健康方面的教育也很重要。
小题1:主旨大意题。纵观全文和第一段的句子：To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government’s health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. 可知文章主要是关于保障人类健康的问题，预防比治疗更重要，同时健康方面的教育也很重要。故Ｂ正确。
小题2:猜测词义题。根据本句Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention.可知吃健康的饮食可以让很多人不生病，不会因为生病而陷入经济困境。故B正确。
小题3:细节题：根据文章第四段In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people’s health.可知，对人们进行健康方面的教育是非常重要的，故C正确。
小题4:篇章结构题。本文第一段是中心段，2,3,4是三个措施，第5段是结论。故B正确。