| 67％ incorrectly say that AIDS deaths increased or stayed the same in the past year；24％ know deaths fell．
Daniel Zingale，director of AIDS Action Council，says，“I’m encouraged that the American people are getting the message that the AIDS epidemic isn’t over．I hope the decision-makers in Washington are getting the same message… We have seen signs of complacency.’’
练习：
1.What do activists worry about?
A)Recent news about AIDS is not true．
B)People may stop worrying about AIDS．
C)Deaths caused by AIDS may not decline．
D)Advances in AIDS treatment are too slow
2.According to the passage，people’s attitude toward the cure of AIDS is
A)optimistic．
B)realistic．
C)pessimistic．
D)hopeless．
3.The Gallup Poll shows that the number of people
A)who suffer from the worst disease—AIDS has fallen．
B)who think AIDS threatens the countryside has fallen．
C)who worry about AIDS and health problems has fallen．
D)who think AIDS is the country’s top health killer has fallen.
4.According to the Kaiser Poll，which of the following is NOT correct?
A)The country is making progress against AIDS．
B)AIDS drugs still cannot save people’s lives．
C)AIDS drugs can now make people live longer．
D)More and more people die of AIDS now．
5.The word “message’’ in the last paragraph means
A)printed news．
B)contact．
C)meaning．