Ifyouareamaleandyouarereadingthiscongratulationsyouareasurvivor．AccordingtostatisticsyouaremorelikelytodieofskincancerthanawomanandninetimesmorelikelytodieofAIDS．Assumingyoumakeittotheendofyou

　　Ifyouareamaleandyouarereadingthiscongratulationsyouareasurvivor．AccordingtostatisticsyouaremorelikelytodieofskincancerthanawomanandninetimesmorelikelytodieofAIDS．Assumingyoumakeittotheendofyournaturaltermabout78yearsformeninAustraliayouwilldieonaveragefiveyearsbeforeawoman．

　　Therearemanyreasonsforthis—typicallymentakemorerisksthanwomenandaremorelikelytodrinkandsmokebutperhapsmoreimportantlymendon’tgotothedoctor．

　　“Menaren’tseeingdoctorsasoftenastheyshould”saysDr．Gullotta“Thisisparticularlysofortheover40swhendiseasestendtostrike．”

　　Gullottasaysahealthymanshouldvisitthedoctoreveryyearortwo．Forthoseover45itshouldbeatleastonceayear．

　　TwomonthsagoGullottasawa50-year-oldmanwhohaddelayeddoinganythingabouthissmoker’scoughforayear．

　　“WhenIfinallysawhimithadalreadyspreadandhehassincediedfromlungcancer”hesays“Earlierdetectionandtreatmentmaynothavecuredhimbutitwouldhaveprolonged（延长）hislife．”

　　Accordingtoarecentsurvey95%ofwomenagedbetween15andearly40sseeadoctoronceayearcomparedto70%ofmeninthesameagegroup．

　　“Alotofmenthinktheyareinvincible（不可战胜的）”Gullottasays．“Theyonlycomeinwhenafrienddropsdeadonthegolfcourseandtheythink‘Geezifitcouldhappentohim’”

　　Thenthereistheostrich（鸵鸟）approach“Somemenarescaredofwhatmightbethereandwouldrathernotknow”saysDr．RossCartmill．

　　“Mostmengettheircarsservicedmoreregularlythantheyservicetheirbodies”Cartmillsays．Hebelievesmostdiseasesthatcommonlyaffectmencouldbeaddressedbypreventivecheck-ups．

　　Regularcheck-upsformenwouldinevitablyplacestrainonthepublicpurseCartmillsays．“Butpreventionischeaperinthelongrunthanhavingtotreatthediseases．Besidestheultimatecostisfargreater:it’scalledprematuredeath．”

　　1．Whatdoestheauthorstateisthemostimportantreasonmendiefiveyearsearlieronaveragethanwomen?

　　A．Mendrinkandsmokemuchmorethanwomen．

　　B．Mendon’tseekmedicalcareasoftenaswomen．

　　C．Menaren’tascautiousaswomeninfaceofdanger．

　　D．Menaremorelikelytosuffer