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2012年12月英语六级仔细阅读试题(文字版)

  Passage Two

  Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

  Our risk of cancer rises dramatically as we age. So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened for new tumors-or doesn’t it?

  While such vigilant (警觉的) tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly. With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it’s important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.

  In many cases, screening can lead to surgeries to remove cancer, while the cancers themselves may be slow-growing and may not pose serious health problems in patients’ remaining years. But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so deep-rooted that when health care experts recommended that woman under 50 and over 74 stop screening for breast cancer, it caused riotous reaction among doctors, patients and advocacy groups.

  It’s hard to uproot deeply held beliefs about cancer screening with scientific data. Certainly, there are people over age 75 who have had cancers ——————————

  Chevy’s.

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