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Passage #2 (Questions 46-50)  The vast sums of money ploughed into efforts to fight diseases such as AIDS, TB and malaria in the last 10 years have savedmany lives but have also sometimes undermined health systems in poor countries, according to a survey by the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) published recently. Funding for what the researchers call development assistance for health hasquadrupled from $5.6bn (£3.4bn) in 1990 to $21.8bn in 2007. A worldwide outcry around the turn of the millennium over theplight of people in Africa dying of AIDS, a disease kept in check with drugs in rich countries, triggered a rush to fund bigdisease-fighting programs on the part of western governments, aid organizations and philanthropic donors. But until now, therehas been little attempt to find out how well the money has been spent and what impact the focus on high-profile diseases hashad on the everyday business of hospitals, clinics and overworked healthcare staff in the poorer countries. An extensiveinvestigation headed by the WHO finds that, millions of people are alive because of the roll-out of HIV drugs to more than 3million people in developing countries. The number of children protected against malaria by insecticide-impregnated bed netsrose almost eightfold from 3% in 2001 to 23% in 2006. Disease elimination programs, such as for polio and river blindness, aremaking good progress. Global immunization has also made big strides, the report says. However, the WHO reports warns,healthcare workers have been lured away from government hospitals by the higher salaries paid by international organizationsinvolved in AIDS and other disease programs. Moreover, in some countries, the rush to win grants to fight AIDS, TB andmalaria may have led to proposals being put forward that are inappropriate. Overall, the report found that “poor countriesreceive more money than countries with more resources, but there are strong anomalies. Sub-Saharan Africa receives thehighest concentration of funding, but some African countries receive less aid than South American countries with lower diseaseburdens – like Peru and Argentina.”
46. Which of the following statement can best describe the main idea of this passage?
(A) AIDS patients in Africa are under control with drugs subsided by the WHO.
(B) Money might have been unwisely spent in some poor countries’ health programs.
(C) Global efforts to improve poor people’s health have made significant progress.
(D) Medical professionals are in great demand to fight off AIDS, TB and malaria.
(E) Funding for development assistance for health has to be increased to be effective. 

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.428571
統計：A(0),B(3),C(0),D(1),E(2)

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