LIPITOR

ABOUT LIPITOR

       Lipitor is a prescription medicine．Along with diet and exercise, it lowers（降低）"bad" cholesterol（胆固醇）in your blood．It can also raise "good" cholesterol．

       Lipitor can lower the risk of heart attack in patients with several common risk factors, including family history of early heart disease, high blood pressure, age and smoking．

WHO IS LIPITOR FOR?

Who can take LIPITOR:

       ●People who cannot lower their cholesterol enough with diet and exercise

       ●Adults and children over 10

Who should NOT take DIPITOR:

       ●Women who are pregnant, may be pregnant, or may become pregnant．Lipitor may harm your unborn baby．

       ●Women who are breast-feeding．Lipitor can pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby．

       ●People with liver（肝脏） problems

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF LIPITOR              

       Serious side effects in a small number of people:

       ●Muscle（肌肉）problems that can lead to kidney （肾脏） problems, including kidney failure

       ●Liver problems．Your doctor may do blood tests to check your liver before you start Lipitor and while you are taking it．

Call your doctor right away if you have：

       ●Unexplained muscle pain or weakness, especially if you have a fever or feel very tired

       ●Swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat that may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing

       ●Stomach pain

Some common side effects of LIPITOR are:

       ●Muscle pain

       ●Upset stomach

       ●Changes in some blood tests

HOW TO TAKE LIPITOR

DO：

       ●Take Lipitor as prescribed by your doctor．

       ●Try to eat heart-healthy foods while you take Lipitor．

       ●Take Lipitor at any time of day, with or without food．

       ●If you miss a dose（一剂）, take it as soon as you remember．But if it has been more than 12 hours since your missed dose, wait．Take the next dose at your regular time．

Don't:

       ●Do not change or stop your dose before talking to your doctor．

       ●Do not start new medicines before talking to your doctor．

Taking Lipitor is helpful for _______________.

A. women who are pregnant           B. teenagers with liver problems

C. breast-feeding women              D. adults having heart disease

If it has been 7 hours since you missed a dose, you should ____________.

       A. eat more when taking your next dose

       B. have a dose as soon as you remember

       C. take the next dose at your regular time

       D. change the amount of your next dose

Which of the following is a common side effect of taking Lipitor?

       A．Throat swelling．                    B．Upset stomach.

       C．Kidney failure.                      D．Muscle weakness．

What is the main purpose of the passage?

      A．To teach patients ways for quick recovery．

       B．To show the importance of a good lifestyle．

       C．To give information about a kind of medicine．

       D．To present a report on a scientific research．

补全对话，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

---- What was the party like last night, Bruce?

---- Not bad at all, thanks, Betty. There are some interesting people there. 1.

---- Well. I couldn’t get away from work early. And when I got home I had a headache, so I had to go straight to bed. But I wasn’t able to sleep for hours.

---- __2._Why didn’t you take some sleeping pills?

---- I don’t like them. I used to take them when I wasn’t able to sleep, you know, but they did have side effect.

----__3._

---- Three every night.

---- _4..

---- Because I was under a lot of stress. Anyway, I used to feel terrible the next morning.

---- 5._

---- The doctor said I had to be careful.

---- He was quite right.

---- So I have decided to give up the habit of taking coffee late at night.

E. What do you have in mind? F. How many did you use to take?

G. Oh, why did you take so many?

Generally speaking_______acording to the

instructions，the drug has no side effect.

A.when taking??? B.when taken?? C.when to take????? D.when to be taken

It is uncertain _______ side effect the medicine will bring about,although about two thousand patients have taken it.

   A. that         B. what       C.how         D.whether

       Officials say an elephant has killed an American woman and her baby while the family was on a tour in Kenya．Kenya Wildlife Service official Michel Kipkeu said Sharon Brown，39, was holding her one-year-old daughter when they were trampled (踩踏) by the elephant Monday．Melia van Laar, owner of the castle Forest Hotel，where the family was walking with a guide about 2 kilometers from the hotel when an elephant came out from the bush at full speed．The father of the family is a teacher in Naiobi．Friends and colleagues held funeral services Wednesday．

       From world leaders on the White House lawn to people at the bus stop，the common handshake is the universal greeting of peace and kindness．But young people are kissing goodbye to traditional social etiquette (礼节)，killing off the handshake, researchers say．The custom is seen as too formal by many, who prefer to touch fists or blow an air kiss instead．Nearly 74 percent of adults shake hands less than they used to — and only 45 percent of under-25s use the greeting．But many prefer no physical contact at all, a side effect of the growing fear of diseases，according to the survey of 1,000 people．

       The growing mountain of e-waste will cause great environmental damage if no new strategies are produced to deal with the discarded televisions, mobile phones and computers，the UN Environment Program (UNEP) study said．Electronic waste is piling up around the world at a rate estimated at 40 million tons a year．China produces 2.6 million tons of electronic waste a year,  second only to the United States with 3.3 million tons, it said．LNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said the globe was ill-prepared to deal with the explosion of electronic products over the past decade．

1.What’s the main idea of the 1paragraph?

        A．Tour in Kenya                                                            

B．Kenya wildlife Service                 

C．A one-year-old girl trampled by an elephant             

D．American mother, baby killed by elephant in Kenya

2.Yong people wave goodbye to handshakes because     

       A．they prefer physical contact

       B．many young people think handshaking is too formal

       C．they prefer to touch fists or blow an air kiss

       D．they are not accustomed to handshaking

3.What ean be inferred from passage three?

       A．America ranks first in producing e-waste a year

     B．China produces 2.6 million tons of electronic waste a year

       C．the globe was ill prepared to deal with the explosion of electronic products

       D．The growlng mountain of e-wasted won’t cause great environmental damage．

4.The underlined word“discarded”means      

        A．disliked                    B．deserted                 C．scarred                        D．scared

5.The passages are most likely to appear in a/an       

     A．brochure                 B．science book          C．newspaper                      D．magazine