Many Benefit from Cancer Organization

　　1. Do you know a child who survived leukemia? Do you have a mother, sister or aunt whose breast cancer was found early thanks to a mammogram? Do you have a friend or coworker who quit smoking to reduce their risk of lung cancer? Each of these individuals benefited from the American Cancer Society’s research program.

　　2. Each day scientists supported by the American Cancer Society work to find breakthroughs that will take us one step closer to a cure.1 The American Cancer Society has long recognized that research holds the ultimate answers to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.2

　　3. As the largest source of nonprofit cancer research funds in the United States, the American Cancer Society devotes over $100 million each year to research. Since 1946，they've invested more than $2.4 billion in research. The investment has paid rich dividends3 ：In 1946，only one in four cancer patients was alive five years after diagnosis; today 60 percent live longer than five years.

　　4. Investigators and health professionals in universities, research institutes and hospitals throughout the country receive grants from the American Cancer Society. Of the more than 1,300 new applications received each year, only 11 percent can be funded. If the American Cancer Society had more money available for research funding, nearly 200 more applications considered outstanding could be funded each year:

　　5. You can help fund more of these applications by participating in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life,a team event to fight cancer. More funding means more cancer breakthroughs and more lives being saved. To learn more,call Donna Hood,chair with the Neosho Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society at 451–4880.

　　练习：

　　1.Paragraph 2 __________

　　2.Paragraph 3 __________

　　3.Paragraph 4 __________

　　4.Paragraph 5 __________

　　A What Could Be Done with More Money

　　B Establishment of the American Cancer Society

　　C Significance of Funded Research

　　D Other Sources of Funding for Cancer Research

　　E Benefits Achieved Through Investment

　　F How You Can Offer Help

　　5.The American Cancer Society's research program has benefited __________.

　　6.The survival period for 60% of cancer patients today is __________.

　　7.Many outstanding applications are turned down each year for __________.

　　8.More cancer breakthroughs can be made with __________.

　　A lack of funding

　　B many cancer patients

　　C more lives being saved

　　D more than five years

　　E the ultimate answers

　　F more funding

　　答案与题解：

　　1.C　文章第二段主要讲得到美国癌症学会资助的科学家们日复一日地工作，以便早日找到攻克各种癌症的答案，而该学会之所以资助这些科学家们是因为其很久以来便认识到科研在攻克癌症方面无可取代的重要性。

　　2.E　文章第三段主要讲美国癌症学会多年投资所取得的成果。

　　3.A　文章第四段主要讲的是,虽然每年有1,300多个科研项目申请美国癌症学会的资助，但只有11%的项目得到资助。如果有更多资金的话,许多被认为是相当杰出的项目就不会被放弃了。

　　4.F　文章第五段主要讲读者个人怎样出把力，使更多杰出的项目获得资助。

　　5.B　从文章的第一段可以得知，美国癌症学会科研项目已经造福了许多癌症病人。

　　6.D　文章第三段提到，如今60%的癌症病人的存活时间在五年以上。

　　7.A　文章第四段提到，由于资金有限，每年有将近二百项申请虽然很有潜力，但却得不到资助。

　　8.F　文章第五段提到，更多的资金意味着癌症研究会有更多的突破，更多的生命会得以挽救。