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科文学院2012级大学英语C期末复习题集（非艺术类）大学英语教研室2013年12月PartIReadingcomprehensionPassage1Whenitcomestohealth,thepooraredoublycursed.Notonlyaretheymorepronetodeadlyinfectiousdiseasesthantherich,buttheyhavefarlessaccesstothemeansofimprovement.Twentyyearsago,PaulFarmer,anAmericandoctorandanthropologist(人类学者),setouttodosomethingaboutthis.Amidthepoliticalturmoil(混乱)andpovertyofruralHaiti,hecreatedacommunitybasedhealthcaresystemcalledZanmiLasante,orPartnersinHealth.Itnotonlydeliversappropriate,affordablemedicaltreatmenttothousandsofpoorpeople,butgoesbeyondtheclinictoaddressthesocialcausesmakingthemsickandkeepingthemfromgettingbetter.AsDr.Farmerargues,improvingthehealthofthepoorisnotjustamedicalchallenge,butaquestionofhumanrights.Tacklingtheinequality,racism,sexismandotherformsof“structuralviolence”whichoppressthepoorisascriticalasextendingthedrugs.OrashisHaitipatientsputit,medicinewithoutfoodislikewashingone’shandsanddryingtheminthedirt.Unfortunately,Dr.Farmer’spowerfulmessageisoftenweakenedbyhisbook’sacademictone.Itdoes,however,screamoutinpassagesdescribingthehumanfaceof“structuralviolence”.ItisthesepersonalstoriesthatmakeDr.Farmer’sangeratsuch“stupiddeaths”socompelling.Thegooddoctor’smotivesandmethodsarebetterdescribedinMountainsBeyondMountains.ThisbiographybyTracyKiddertracesDr.Farmerfromhisunconventionalupbringingandunusualeducation,shuttling(来回穿梭于)betweentheshacksofcentralHaitiandthehallsofHarvardMedicalSchool,tohislaterworkaroundtheworld.Thoughwellwritten,Mr.Kidder’sbookalsomakesforuncomfortablereading.Theauthorisclearlyclosetohissubject,havingtraveledwithDr.FarmerfromthegreenpovertyofHaititothetubercularwhitenessofRussia.Tooclose,perhaps.Thebiographerseemstobeseekinghissubject’sapproval,ratherthantheotherwayround.Mr.Kidderwrites,ratherdisturbingly,abouthisfearofdisappointingDr.Farmer,hisownpainatwoundinghimwithacriticalremarkandhisreliefatthedoctor’sforgiveness.WhenMr.Kidder’shealthfalls,thisdependencebecomesallthemoreintense.Butratherthancompromis
