2015考研英语阅读理解精选20篇(第五篇)
<p> <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="Catholic">Catholic</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="condemns">condemns</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="contraception">contraception</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Paul">Paul</span> <span word="VI">VI</span> <span word="laid">laid</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="detail">detail</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Humanae">Humanae</span> <span word="Vitae">Vitae</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1968. <span word="Over">Over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subsequent">subsequent</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="brawls">brawls</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="secular">secular</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="pills">pills</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="recently">recently</span>, <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="bishops">bishops</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="fought">fought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obamas">Obamas</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="contraception">contraception</span> <span word="free">free</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="exemption">exemption</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="church">church</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="coverage">coverage</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="Catholic">Catholic</span> <span word="institution">institution</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="Catholics">Catholics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="institution">institution</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="secular">secular</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>. <span word="Given">Given</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="this">this</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pill">Pill</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="nuns">nuns</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="precisely">precisely</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lancet">Lancet</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="authors">authors</span>, <span word="Kara">Kara</span> <span word="Britt">Britt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Roger">Roger</span> <span word="Short">Short</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Monash">Monash</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Melbourne">Melbourne</span>, <span word="urge">urge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Church">Church</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="oral">oral</span> <span word="contraception">contraception</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sisters">sisters</span>. <span word="Nuns">Nuns</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pill">Pill</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1713, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="write">write</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span> <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nuns">nuns</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="accursed">accursed</span> <span word="pest">pest</span>, <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>. <span word="Modern">Modern</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Catholic">Catholic</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dying">dying</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="breast">breast</span>, <span word="ovarian">ovarian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="uterine">uterine</span> <span word="cancers">cancers</span>. <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="menstrual">menstrual</span> <span word="cycles">cycles</span>, <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lactation">lactation</span> . <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="menstrual">menstrual</span> <span word="cycles">cycles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prevalence">prevalence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="cycles">cycles</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="risk">risk</span>. <span word="Nuns">Nuns</span> - <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="celibate">celibate</span> - <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="cycles">cycles</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="typical">typical</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Pill">Pill</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="counteract">counteract</span> <span word="this">this</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="mortality">mortality</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="use">use</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="used">used</span>, <span word="oral">oral</span> <span word="contraception">contraception</span>, <span word="is">is</span> 12% <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="ovarian">ovarian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="endometrial">endometrial</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="greater">greater</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="cancers">cancers</span> <span word="plummets">plummets</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="about">about</span> 50%. <span word="Drs">Drs</span> <span word="Britt">Britt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Short">Short</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="compelling">compelling</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="case">case</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sway">sway</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Church">Church</span>.</p>
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