Question

The most common disease in the world is the cold. It often starts with a sore throat . You sneeze and your nose runs. You usually have a headache, too. Often you have a cough later. It's not a serious disease, but you can feel quite bad.

There isn't a cure (良藥) for a cold, but you can take some medicine to make you feel better. For example, you can take aspirin (阿司匹林) to get rid of your headache. It is good to rest and drink a lot of water. A doctor once told me, "With the right medicine, a cold will last for seven days. With no medicine, it will go on for a whole week!"

A long time ago, people understood that some plants made them feel better. For example, the juice of lemons makes a sore throat feel better. In modern times, scientists have found out which chemicals (化學藥品) are in them. Man, of our medicines today are made from those chemicals. There are some diseases that we can't cure yet. And nobody has found a cure for old age. But because of modern medicine, the average people now live longer than their grandparents.

1.A cold often starts with _______.

A. headache  B. a cough 

C. a pain in your throat  D. feeling a little cold

2.What should we do when we catch a cold?

A. We only take some medicine.

B. We should rest well, drink much water and have some medicine.

C. We just wait for a whole week.

D. We only need a good rest.

3.What makes a sore throat feel better?

A. The medicine aspirin. B. A lot of water.

C. Something inside lemons.  D. The root of a plant.

4.What is the real meaning of the doctor's words?

A. There is almost no medicine that can cure the cold. 

B. There is some medicine that can cure the cold. 

C. You will feel well after a whole week when you take some medicine.

D. The cold is a serious disease.

5.From the passage, which of the following is not TRUE?

A.You can feel quite bad though the cold is not a serious disease.

B.We can get some medicine to get rid of our headache.

C.Even if you don't take any medicine, you will feel well after seven days.

D.People have found a cure for old age.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：感冒是世界上最常見的疾病。通常最開始的癥狀是嗓子痛，打噴嚏流鼻涕，常常伴隨著疼痛。然后就是咳嗽。雖然不是嚴重的病，但是人會感到不舒服。感冒沒有治愈的方法，但是可以通過藥物來緩解。

1.

2.好休息和喝大量的水。加上前面提到吃些藥讓你感覺更好。因此選擇第二項。故選B

3.的感覺更好一些。故選C

4.

5.目前仍有一些疾病無法治愈，而且過去也沒有治愈的方法。明確指出第四項的描述是錯誤的。故選D

考點：科普知識類短文閱讀。