题目内容
Operations which left patients ________ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.
- A.injured
- B.deserted
- C.exhausted
- D.abandoned
句意:曾一度使病人疲惫不堪,需要长时间休整恢复的手术现在却让病人轻松舒适。exhausted“筋疲力尽”,符合句意。injured“受伤的”;deserted“废弃的,荒芜的”;abandoned“被抛弃的”。
There is a brown female(母的) Canadian duck that weighs only four hundred fifty grams. The duck had flown to the southern state of Florida for the winter.A hunter shot it on January fifteenth and took it to his home in the city of Tallahassee.He put it in the refrigerator(冰箱).Two days later the man’s wife opened the refrigerator door.The duck lifted its head and looked at her.It was alive!
The family took the duck to a doctor who treats animals.The doctor gave the duck to the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary(动物保护区).Animal sanctuaries provide homes for animals and teach people about their care.
The doctor said it was easy to understand why people thought the duck was dead. He said ducks generally do not move a 1ot,especially after being shot.And he said its low body temperature helped it survive in the refrigerator.
That was enough to make the duck famous around the world.The Tallahassee newspaper published the story that was re-printed in many different countries.But that was not the end of the story.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary named the duck Perky.And they got the doctor to give an operation to repair the duck’s damaged wing.During the operation,Perky stopped breathing--not just once but two times.The doctor tried to save Perky by giving her oxygen.But he finally said the duck had died.A few seconds later, however, Perky began to move.Reports say the people in the operating room were so happy that they cried.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary say Perky will not have any more operations. It seems the drugs that were used had side-effects on her.Perky is expected to live at the sanctuary.And a local company has begun to sell T-shirts showing a picture of the lucky duck. Money from the sale of the shirts will help pay for Perky’s care.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Animal sanctuaries are homes specially for wounded animals. |
B.The hunter shot the duck in the wing. |
C.Ducks do not move at all for the whole winter. |
D.The hunter’s wife intended to free the duck in the refrigerator. |
2.The underlined Word “That” in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that______.
A.the duck survived the shot and the cold in the refrigerator |
B.the hunter had saved the duck by freezing it |
C.the hunter shot the duck from Canada |
D.the Tallahassee newspaper published the story |
3.The duck in the story______.
A.was big and strong |
B.flew to Florida for food |
C.stayed in the refrigerator to keep its body temperature low |
D.was considered dead before being put in the refrigerator |
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Save the Duck |
B.The Lucky Duck |
C.Stop Killing Ducks |
D.The Poor Duck |
5.It can be inferred from the passage that_______.
A.the local company will get large profits by selling the T-shirts |
B.it was illegal for me hunter to shoot the duck |
C.the duck is likely to be well cared for in the sanctuary |
D.Perky likes Florida better than Canada |
A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in people recently injured in an accident could potentially save the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, a new study says.
Researchers studied the effects of tranexamic acid (凝血酸), or TXA, in more than 10,000 injured people in 40 countries who received the drug within 8 hours of being injured. The study was published in the medical journal Lancet. Doctors found that patients who got TXA had a 15percent lower chance of dying from hemorrhage than those who didn’t get it . They also had a 10 percent lower chance of dying from any other cause, including organ failure and a head injury. The study was paid for by the British government.
The drug is commonly used in wealthy countries during elective surgeries(外科手术) to stop bleeding , but isn’t used for accident victims. TXA is off-patent and made by many companies. It costs about $4.5 per gram, and a typical dose is two grams. It is usually given via an injection(注射) and would be relatively easy to introduce, even in poor countries, experts said.
Previous tests of the drug regarded its use in elective surgeries, such as heart operations, but this was the first study to test the drug on accident victims. Doctors were worried it might increase side effects such as blood clots (凝块)in the heart and lungs, strokes, or heart attacks. There was no evidence of that in the Lancet study, though the authors said it was possible they might have missed some of these incidents.
For people between 5 and 45, accidents are the second leading cause of death worldwide after AIDS, and about 600,000 injured patients bleed to death every year. Experts estimated that if TXA were readily available, between 70,000 and 100,000 lives a year could be saved. Though the drug wasn’t tested on children , experts said it would almost certainly work with them as well.
1.The underlined word” hemorrhage” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________
A.serious illness |
B.heart disease |
C.heavy bleeding |
D.lack of drug |
2.What can we learn about TXA from the passage?
A.It can only be made in England |
B.It was only used in operations before |
C.It is a patented drug |
D.It is mainly used in poor countries |
3.Doctors were worried about using TXA because ________
A.a lot of patients died unexpectedly after using it |
B.it has no treatment effect on patients |
C.it can cause blood clots or stroke |
D.they hadn’t used it on accident victims before |
4. What do we know from the last paragraph?
A.It is a pity that TXA wasn’t widely used on injured patients before |
B.Tests have proved that TXA can be used on children |
C.People between 5 and 45 should be injected with TXA every year |
D.Accidents are the first leading cause of death worldwide. |