题目内容
13.Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living.The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are closely linked,like medical practice itself,with the belief in magic.Only during the last hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made it possible for some of the causes of symptoms to be understood,so that more accurate diagnosis has become possible.The doctor is now able to follow up the correct diagnosis(诊断)of many illnesses with specific treatment of their causes.In many other illnesses,of which the causes remain unknown,it is still limited,like the unqualified prescriber (出具处方者),to the treatment of symptoms.The doctor is trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the cause:this is the essential difference between medical prescribing and self-medication.The advance of technology has brought about much progress in some fields of medicine,including the development of scientific drug therapy (治疗法).In many countries public health organization is improving and people's nutritional standards have risen.Parallel with such beneficial trends have two harmful effects.One is the use of high-pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical(制药)industry,which has tended to influence both patients and doctors and has led to the overuse of drugs generally.The other is the emergence of the sedentary (需要久坐的) society with its faulty ways of life:lack of exercise,over-eating,unsuitable eating,not enough sleep,too much smoking and drinking.People with disorders arising from faulty habits such as these,as well as from unhappy human relationships,often resort to self-medication and so add the taking of pharmaceuticals to the list.Advertisers go to great lengths to catch this market.
Clever advertising,aimed at chronic (慢性的) sufferers who will try anything because doctors have not been able to cure them,can induce such faith in a preparation,particularly if steeply priced,that it will produce-by suggestion-a very real effect in some people.Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs,which clear up by themselves within a short time.
These are the main reasons why laxatives,indigestion remedies,painkillers,tonics,vitamin and iron tablets and many other preparations are found in quantity in many households.It is doubtful whether taking these things ever improves a person's health; it may even make it worse.Worse because the preparation may contain unsuitable ingredients; worse because the taker may become dependent on them; worse because they might be taken in excess; worse because they may cause poisoning,and worse of all because symptoms of some serious underlying cause may be masked and therefore medical help may not be sought.
24.The first paragraph is intended toA.
A.suggest that self-medication has a long history
B.define what diagnosis means exactly
C.praise doctors for their expertise
D.tell the symptoms from the causes
25.Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints becauseB.
A.they often watch ads on TV
B.they are more likely to buy the drugs advertised
C.they generally lead a sedentary life
D.they don't take to sports and easily catch colds
26.Paragraphs 2and 3explainC.
A.those good things are not without side effects
B.why clever advertising is so powerful
C.why in modern times self-medication is still practised
D.why people develop faulty ways of life
27.The best title for the passage would beC.
A.Medical Practice
B.Clever Advertisin
C.Self-Medication
D.Self-Treatment.
分析 文章主要介绍了自我药疗(self-medication)的历史、现状以及危害等.
解答 24.A.细节理解题 根据第一段前两句Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living.The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are closely linked,like medical practice itself,with the belief in magic.关键词self-medication,have a long history.自我药疗,有着悠久的历史.故选A.
25.B.判断推理题 根据第三段最后一句Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs,which clear up by themselves within a short time.一般只是得了轻微的感冒、咳嗽的人会根据广告自己买药治病.由此可推出做广告的目的是要吸引顾客买他们的药品.故选B.
26.C.段落大意题 文章第二段和第三段主要论述了现在依然存在自我药疗的原因,即医生很难治愈人们不良的生活习惯造成的亚健康状态.故选C.
27.C.标题确定题 全文是围绕自我药疗(self-medication)展开论述的,介绍了它的历史、现状以及危害等,所以C正确.
点评 本文是一个科教类阅读理解,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.

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