卫生类---C级

Bringing Nanotechnology to Health Care for the
Poor
1. Which of the following uses of
nanotechnology is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A To make beauty products and dirt-resistant
clothing.

B To produce better and lighter building
materials.

C To help more accurately diagnose diseases.

D To help more effectively treat diseases.
2. How can quantum dots be used to confirm
diseases?

A By traditionally looking at a person's blood
under a microscope.

B By letting a person take some kind of
medicine.

C By lighting up in the presence of a targeted
molecule.

D By subjecting a person to an X-ray
examination.

1.
How can nanotechnol0gy be used to make a drug more effective?

A By making a drug target the focus of a
disease.

B By changing the structure of the body
ceils.

C By lowering the side effects caused by a
drug.

D By letting a patient take a dose as large as
possible.
4. The following developingcountries are doing
very well scientificresearch on nanotechnology EXCEPT

A
China

B
Brazil

C
Iran

D India
5. Which of the following is the possible risk
in using nano materials mentioned in the passage?

A They may cause some damage to the body
cells.

B They are harmful materials themselves.

C They may store in the
body.

D They may behavedifferently in the body and the
environment.

Dreams
1. There are in general two opinions about
what we experience in a dream:


A. one, we "see" our dreams,
and two, we "think" our dreams.

B.
one, we are happy, and two, we are angry.

C.
one, dreams put new information into our memories, and two, dreams
have real meanings in pictures different from our logical
thinking.

D.
we have pictures in dreams because one, we have slow eye movements,
and two, we have rapid eye movements.
2. According to this article, we

A.
often think seriously when we are dreaming.


B. hardly ever hear music when
we are dreaming.
C. very often feel something tastes good when we are
dreaming.


D. almost always see different
"pictures" when we are dreaming.
3. In your dreams, you

A.
very often feel happy and unhappy at the same time.

B.
always feel that you are afraid of somebody.


C. seldom feel fear now and joy
later.


D. only feel anger.
4. This essay tells us that


A. people usually dream in a NREM sleep.

B.
people usually dream in an REM sleep.

C.
people always remember what they have dreamed in an REM sleep.

D.
people may have an REM sleep all night through.
5. Based on what is discussed in this writing,
an adult may have at most about _______ of the time of his or her
sleep dreaming.
A.
90%

B. 50%

C.
25%

D. 20%

Medical Journals
1. The main readers of medical journals
are
A. the general
public.
B. health
professionals.
C. medical
critics.
D. news
reporters.
2. Which of the following statements is NOT
true?
A. Many medical journals also publish online.
B. A few medical journals are general medical journals.
C. Most medical journals publish only online.
D. Most medical journals are specialty journals.
3. How many major types of articles are
mentioned in the passage?
A.
Five.
B.
Seven.
C.
Four.
D. Six.
4. An article dealing with results from
different studies on the same topic is called
A. a research
article.
B. a review article.
C. a case
report.
D. an editorial.
5. Letters to the editor enable readers of a
medical journal to express comments on
A. any medical
event.
B. articles published in the same issue.
C. articles published in that
journal.
D. medical development.

Drug Reactions-A Major Cause of Death
1. Researchers at the University of Toronto
believe that
A. ADRs
have caused medical problems, though they seldom lead to death.
B. ADRs
have very often caused patients to die in Canada.
C. ADRs
have caused many deaths in America over the past 30 years.
D. it is
easy to prevent ADRs from happening.
2. The investigators say that
A. 67
patients out of 100 in every America hospital die from ADRs each
year.
B. 67
patients out of 100 in every American hospital experience an ADR
each year.
C. 6. 7%
of all hospitalized patients in American experience ADRs each year
on average.
D. 6. 7%
of all hospitalized patients in Canada experience ADRs each year on
average.
3. An American research estimates that the
total sum of money spent in treating ADRs each year is as much
as
A. $ 40,
000, 000,
000.

B. $ 4, 000, 000, 000.
C. $ 400,
000,
000.

D.
$ 40, 000, 000.
4. The Canadian investigators think that
A. the
ADR incidence figures from their research are surely very
exact.
B. the
ADR incidence figures from their research are probably too
high.
C. the
ADR incidence figures from their research are perhaps too low.
D. None
of the above is true.
5. According to Dr. David Bates, hospitals in
America
A. are
not paying enough attention to possibilities of ADR happenings.
B. have
never tried to use computers to prevent ADRs from happening.
C. do not
use those drugs which will cause side effects to their
patients.
D. know
that many ADRs are easily preventable.

Need for Emphasis on Treatment
1. Which is true of many AIDS sufferers in
developing countries?
A. They put too little emphasis on treatment. B. They are not
receiving any treatment.
C. They refuse to be
treated.
D. They live longer than those in developed countries.
2. The WHO publishes its World Health
Report.
A. once every two
years.
B. once a decade.
C. once a
year.
D. twice a year.
3. According to Lee, our response to the AIDS
disease is
A. a matter of great
significance.
B. a matter of little significance.
C.
overemphasized.
D. timely
4. AIDS treatment programs may also result
in
A. better
drugs.
B. lower yearly cost.
C. more effective
prevention.
D. greater emphasis on treatment.
5. How many people have died of AIDS so
far?
A.36
million.
B. 46 million.
C. Around
440,000.
D. More than 20 million.

Common-cold Sense
1. According to the essay, you may have a cold
because
A. it is
caused by the cold winter weather.
B. the
spread of rhinoviruses gets people infected.
C.
because another person's coughing passes the cold to you.
D.
because you wash your hands too often.
2. The best way to keep yourself from getting
colds is
A. to
keep yourself clean.

B. to use a disinfectant soap.
C. to
take two aspirin pills every day.
D.
to drink lots of water.
3. Children have more colds because
A. they
are usually infected about eight times each year.
B. they
are not immune to many cold viruses.
C. they
never wash their hands so that their thumbnails are dirty.
D. they
don't like eating lemon.
4. When you are having a cold,
A. it is
always the same kind of cold that you had last time.
B. it may be the same kind of cold that you
had last time.
C. it is
certainly not the same kind of cold that you had last time.
D. it is
probably not the same kind of cold that you had last time.
5. When one is having a cold, he often has
some symptoms EXCEPT
A.
coughing.

B. having a
sore throat.
C. having
a runny nose.

D. having a
stomachache.

Multivitamins Urged for All Pregnant Women
1. How many babies are born with low birth
weight in the developed countries every year according to WHO?

A
20,000,000.
B 18,000,000.

C
2,000,000.
D 38,000,000.
2. A pill of multivitamins may contain all of
the following substances EXCEPT

A all vitamins in the B
group.
B vitamins C and E.

C much iron and
folate.
D antiviral substances.
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the
effects of multivitamins mentioned in the passage.9

A To reduce the rate of babies born too
early.

B To reduce the risk of low birth weight.

C To reduce fetal deaths in pregnant women
infected with HIV.

D To increase the number of lymphocytes in
mothers' blood.
4. What a role do lymphocytes play in the
human body?

A To reduce the rate of dying while still a
fetus.

B To raise the body's immunity against
infection.

C To help prevent the development or heart
disease.

D To help prevent the development of
diabetes.
5. How many percent of babies were born with
low birth weight to women who were not
infected
with the AIDS virus and took the multivitamins according to a new
study?

A Less than
8%.

B About
9.5%.

C 1.5%.


D
17.5%.

Sleeplessness
1. The word "insomnia" means
A. having
trouble falling asleep.

B.
feeling that sleep is enough.
C. having
no sweats at night.

D. having normal sleep pattern.
2. How many possible causes of sleeplessness
are mentioned in the second paragraph?
A.
Five.
B.
Six.

C.
Seven.
D. Numerous.
3. The expression "Second on the list" in the
second paragraph means
A. the
second least important cause of all kinds of sleeplessness.
B. the
second most important cause of sleeplessness.
C. the
second on the doctor's list about sleepless people.
D. the
second on the writer's list recording sleeplessness.
4. Concerning the use of sleeping pills, which
of the following statements is true?
A. Most
adult Americans use sleeping pills for sleep.
B.
Doctors seldom give sleepless people sleeping pills.
C.
Sleeping pills should be used for a very fixed period.
D.
Sleeping pills should be used in a very small amount.
5. Which of the following does not fit with
sleep hygiene?
A. Make a
rule to go to bed at a specific time every day.
B. Go to
bed when sleepy, not always at the same time.
C. Try not to drink any caffeine and alcohol
in the evening.
D. Change
bad sleep habits and follow doctors' advice.

Cigars Instead?
1. According to the report, smoking three or
four cigars a day
A.
increases the risk of oral cancer for non-smokers.
B.
greatly increases the risk of oral cancer for smokers.
C.
increases the risk of more than one cancer for non-smokers.
D.
greatly increases the risk of more than one cancer for smokers.
2. In the passage how many cancers are
mentioned in relation to smoking cigars daily?
A.
Six.

B.
Seven.
C.
Eight.

D. Nine.
3. What is the main idea of the article
"Cigars: Health Effects and Trends" ?
A. When
it comes to cancer, cigars are not any safer than cigarettes.
B. Cigars
may be addictive while cigarettes are not easily so.
C. Cigars
contain less harmful substances than cigarettes.
D.
Increase in cigar-smoking does not affect public health much.
4. What is the doctors' advice to those
cigar-smokers?
A. To
give it up
completely
B. To give up part of it.
C. Not to
think about it any more.

D. To cure the diseases
first.
5. In the context of this passage, "secondhand
smoke" may mean
A.
smoking bad-quality cigars.
B.
smoking very cheap cigars.
C. being
near cigar smokers when they are not smoking.
D. being near cigar smokers when they are
smoking.

Pushbike Peril
1. According to the passage, some engineerss
are trying to improve the handlebars because
A they are not noble
enough.
B they may kill children.
C they are likely to
crash.
D they make the bike move at a low speed.
2. In paragrah 2, the author mentions a study
of serious abdominal injuries
A to discuss how abdominal injuries in children occur.
B to show that more than a third injuries were caused by bicycle
accicents.
C to point out what the countermeasures can be.
D to telll us why Kristy Arbogast began the project.
3. Paragrah 3 mainly discusses
A why the children and their parents were interviewed.
B when the children turn the handlebars through 90 degrees.
C what cause the children to topple over.
D how serious injuries occur.
4. The passage implies that
A it is not easy to persuade manufacturers to adopt the new
design.
B the team of engineers has not found any countermeasures.
C children like to ride bicycles at a very low speed.
D a lot of children were killed in bicycle accidents in the past
30 years.
5. In which of the following ways the handgrip
work?
A It can be
commercialized.
B It reduces the dangerous forces in bicycle accidents.
C It adds a few dollars to the cost of a bike.
D It changes the direction of the handlebars in an impact.
U.S. to Start $3.2 Billion Child Health Study
in January
1. The
aim of the study is to find new ways to

A conduct
research.
B
track public health.

C prevent or treat
illness.

D speed up development.
2. Researchers will collect all the following
EXCEPT

A genetic samples from people in the study.

B biological samples from people in the
study.

C samples from the homes of the women and their
babies.

D samples of air and water from hospitals.
3. It is expected that through the study the
nation's health care costs

A Will be lowered in the long
run.

B will be significantly increased.

C will be more than $200
million.

D will reach $3.2 billion.
4. The babies of the participants will be
followed

A throughout their
lives.
B
for more than two decades.

C from birth to 21
months.
D
until they get married.
5. Which is NOT true of the people in the
study?

A They'll be
from various
areas.
B They'll be from all income levels.

C They'll be from all
educational
levels.
D They'll be from all age groups.

Attitudes to AIDS Now
1. What do activists worry about?
A. Recent
news about AIDS is not true.

B. People may stop worrying
about AIDS.
C. Deaths
caused by AIDS may not decline.

D. Advances in AIDS treatment
are too slow.
2. According to the passage, people's attitude
toward the cure of AIDS is
A.
optimistic.
B. realistic.
C.
pessimistic.
D. hopeless.
3. The Gallup Poll shows that the number of
people
A. who
suffer from the worst disease-AIDS has fallen.
B. who
think AIDS threatens the countryside has fallen.
C. who
worry about AIDS and health problems has fallen.
D. who
think AIDS is the country's top health killer has fallen.
4. According to the Kaiser Poll, which of the
following is NOT correct?
A. The
country is making progress against AIDS.
B. AIDS
drugs still cannot save people's lives.
C. AIDS
drugs can now make people live longer.
D. More
and more people die of AIDS now.
5. The word "message" in the last paragraph
means
A.
printed
news.


B. contact.
C.
meaning.

D. central idea.
U.S. Eats Too Much
Salt
1. Too much salt raises one' s risk for

A high blood
pressure.
B
heart attacks.

C
strokes.
D
all of the above.
2. How much salt do most American adults eat
per day?

A No more than 1,500
mg.

B
Closer to 3,500 mg.

C Less than 3,436
mg.

D
Closer to 1,500 mg.
3. To improve their blood pressure, people
should have a diet

A rich in potassium and sodium.

B rich in potassium and calcium.

C rich in calcium and
sodium.

D none of the above.
4. The high-risk groups include those

A who are
black.

B who are over the age of 40.

C who are white and
young.
D both A and B.
5. Packaged, processed and restaurant foods
are known to be

A cheap.

B tasty.
C rich in salt.

D
healthy.

Late-night Drinking （此篇文章与综合C相同，详细内容参见P20）
1．The author mentions "pick-me-up" to indicate that


A. melatonin levels need to be raised.


B. neurohormone can wake us up.


C. coffee is a stimulant.


D. decaf is a caffeinated coffee.


2. Which of the following tells us how caffeine
affects sleep?


A. Caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that stops melatonin
production.


B. Caffeine interrupts the flow of the hormone that prevents people
from sleeping.


C. Caffeine halves the body's levels of sleep hormone.


D. Caffeine stays in the body for many hours.