Question

The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.

The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.?

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.?

In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.?

At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.?

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains—taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.?

No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms(症状).

1.The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument.

A. 4      B. 5      C. 6       D. 3

2.Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

B. Colds are not caused by cold.

C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had one.

3.Arctic explorers may catch colds when ________.

A. they are working in the isolated Arctic regions

B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C. they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions

D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

4.The passage mainly discusses ________.

A. the fallacy about the common cold

B. the experiments on the common cold  

C. the reason and the way people catch colds

D. the continued spread of common colds

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析 本文是科普类阅读，介绍普通感冒的成因不一定是寒冷，没有人发现他的治疗方案，只能缓解。

1.B 细节题。第二段作者举例爱斯基摩人，第三段一战士兵 第四段二战奥斯维辛集中营，第五段英国研究，最后一段阿莫西林，来支持他的观点。故选 B 项。

2.C 细节题。根据第二段If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever爱斯基摩人也会得感冒故A正确。B 项感冒也会由寒冷引起，故正确.而C项，一个人可能呆在室内就不会感冒，是错误的，故选C项。

3.D细节题。 根据倒数第二段One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.?呆在室内多，更容易得感冒故选D项。

4.A 主旨大意。本文主要讲感冒不一定是由寒冷引起的，这是错误的观点，且不能被治愈，只能缓解。

考点  科谱类阅读。