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
99
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 4: ______
选项
答案
B
解析
该段的首句就是本段的主题句。注意本句里的“causes”和B句里的“causes”的对应关系。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/wZ9d777K
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
Lookatthefollowingstatement:Beingcreativeisthekeytocareersuccess.Doyouagreeordisagreew
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingstatement.Face-to-facecommunicat
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingstatement:Trafficandhousingpro
Youareaskedtowriteacompositioninwhichyougiveyourownopinionsonthefollowingstatement:Face-to-facecomm
Lookatthefollowingadvertisement.ChinaDailyWewouldliketohearyouropinionsaboutthe
Readthefollowingletterandcompletethegiveninformationform.Writeaword,phraseornumberinthespaces1-5.De
随机试题
purchaseattempt(s)
组成核酸分子的碱基主要有A.2种B.3种C.4种D.5种E.6种
A公司为支付货款,于2011年3月1日向B公司签发一张金额为50万元、见票后1个月付款的银行承兑汇票。B公司取得汇票后,将汇票背书转让给C公司。C公司在汇票的背面记载“不得转让”字样后,将汇票背书转让给D公司。其中,D公司将汇票背书转让给E公司,但D公司在
某民营企业是从一个仅有几十名员工的小作坊式机电企业发展起来的,目前已拥有3000多名员工,年销售额达几千万元,其组织结构属于比较典型的直线职能制形式。随着本行业的技术更新和竞争的加剧,高层领导者开始意识到,企业必须向产品多元化方向发展。其中一个重要的决策是
企业为客户提供的现金折扣应冲减当期收入。()
2010年3—12月中,汽车单月产量超过150万辆的月份有()个。
某企业采用防火墙保护内部网络安全。与外网的连接丢包严重,网络延迟高,且故障持续时间有2周左右。技术人员采用如下步骤进行故障检测:1.登录防火墙,检查(55),发现使用率较低,一切正常。2.查看网络内各设备的会话数和吞吐量,发现只有一台设备异常,连接数有
WhatisaprisonerinanopenprisonNOTallowedtodo?
OneofMy______cametoseeMeonSundayMorning.
Thismonthisexpectedtoseethatseminal(有创意的)momentwhendigitalcinemawilloutstripthe35mmtechnologythathasbeenthed
最新回复
(
0
)