Natural Medicine
Since earliest days, humans have used some kinds of medicines. We know this because humans have survived. Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine. Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny (發(fā)亮的) instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals. Yet injuries are treated. And diseases are often cured, how? By ancient methods. By medicines that might seem mysterious, even magical (有魔力的). Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical, however.
Through the centuries, tribal (部落的) medicine men experimented with plants. They found many useful chemicals in the plants. And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today's' most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80% of the people in the world use plants for health care. These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment. They are used because people trust them. In developed areas, few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store. Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources, especially plants. Some experts say more than 25% of modern medicines come, in one way or another, from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory. All living things contain chemicals that help them survive. So scientists' interest in
traditional medicine is not new. But it has become an urgent concern. This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
1. The passage indicates that ancient treatments for injury and disease were
A. much more successful than modern ones.
B. successful in all cases.
C. successful enough for humans to survive
D. of little help to humans
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Many big and modern hospitals are expensive.
B. Modern medicines are now available all over the world.
C. Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical.
D. Humans have used some kinds of medicines since earliest days.
3. It is believed by scientists that traditional medicine
A. can cure all kinds of diseases
B. are no longer useful for modern men
C. may cure some of today's most serious diseases.
D. are too cheap to be useful
4. What do the majority of the people in the world use for health care?
A. plants
B. factory-produced chemicals
C. modern medicines
D. strange and wonderful equipment
5. It can be seen from the passage that the earth's supply of natural medicines
A. may never be exhausted
B. is surprisingly big
C. may be dropping rapidly
D. is as rich as ever
答案：
1.C.分析：借助常識(shí)和被選項(xiàng)中的用詞判斷C是答案。如果借助原文：利用ancient treatments作為答案線索詞，這樣在第一段中找到直接答案相關(guān)句(Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely/古代對(duì)于身體受傷和疾病的治療一直都是很成功的，這些治療方法足以讓人類免于完全滅亡。)
2.B. 分析：借助常識(shí)和被選項(xiàng)中的用詞(用了語意絕對(duì)的詞)判斷B(說法太絕對(duì))是答案。如果借助原文 Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals.(世界上許多地方仍然沒有經(jīng)過大學(xué)教育的醫(yī)生。這些地方也沒有昂貴的醫(yī)院。) 判斷B錯(cuò)誤。
3.C. 分析：借助常識(shí)和被選項(xiàng)中的用詞判斷C(C的說法較為客觀)是答案。如果借助原文：利用scientists作為答案線索詞，這樣找到直接答案相關(guān)句： And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today's' most serious diseases.(科學(xué)家相信這些傳統(tǒng)的醫(yī)藥能為一些今天最嚴(yán)重的疾病提供治療)
4.A 分析：圍繞文章主題選擇(文章標(biāo)題natural medicine)直接選擇答案。
Since earliest days, humans have used some kinds of medicines. We know this because humans have survived. Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine. Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny (發(fā)亮的) instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals. Yet injuries are treated. And diseases are often cured, how? By ancient methods. By medicines that might seem mysterious, even magical (有魔力的). Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical, however.
Through the centuries, tribal (部落的) medicine men experimented with plants. They found many useful chemicals in the plants. And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today's' most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80% of the people in the world use plants for health care. These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment. They are used because people trust them. In developed areas, few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store. Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources, especially plants. Some experts say more than 25% of modern medicines come, in one way or another, from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory. All living things contain chemicals that help them survive. So scientists' interest in
traditional medicine is not new. But it has become an urgent concern. This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
1. The passage indicates that ancient treatments for injury and disease were
A. much more successful than modern ones.
B. successful in all cases.
C. successful enough for humans to survive
D. of little help to humans
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Many big and modern hospitals are expensive.
B. Modern medicines are now available all over the world.
C. Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical.
D. Humans have used some kinds of medicines since earliest days.
3. It is believed by scientists that traditional medicine
A. can cure all kinds of diseases
B. are no longer useful for modern men
C. may cure some of today's most serious diseases.
D. are too cheap to be useful
4. What do the majority of the people in the world use for health care?
A. plants
B. factory-produced chemicals
C. modern medicines
D. strange and wonderful equipment
5. It can be seen from the passage that the earth's supply of natural medicines
A. may never be exhausted
B. is surprisingly big
C. may be dropping rapidly
D. is as rich as ever
答案：
1.C.分析：借助常識(shí)和被選項(xiàng)中的用詞判斷C是答案。如果借助原文：利用ancient treatments作為答案線索詞，這樣在第一段中找到直接答案相關(guān)句(Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely/古代對(duì)于身體受傷和疾病的治療一直都是很成功的，這些治療方法足以讓人類免于完全滅亡。)
2.B. 分析：借助常識(shí)和被選項(xiàng)中的用詞(用了語意絕對(duì)的詞)判斷B(說法太絕對(duì))是答案。如果借助原文 Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals.(世界上許多地方仍然沒有經(jīng)過大學(xué)教育的醫(yī)生。這些地方也沒有昂貴的醫(yī)院。) 判斷B錯(cuò)誤。
3.C. 分析：借助常識(shí)和被選項(xiàng)中的用詞判斷C(C的說法較為客觀)是答案。如果借助原文：利用scientists作為答案線索詞，這樣找到直接答案相關(guān)句： And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today's' most serious diseases.(科學(xué)家相信這些傳統(tǒng)的醫(yī)藥能為一些今天最嚴(yán)重的疾病提供治療)
4.A 分析：圍繞文章主題選擇(文章標(biāo)題natural medicine)直接選擇答案。