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2、56.2 percent of Chinese families buy prescription medicines and store them at home for later use. Of them, about 80 percent throw away medicines that have passed their use by date, a survey reveals.Officials said the government should introduce laws to regulate the collection and disposal of out-of-date medicines. A risk analysis system for medicines should also be established, the experts said.
To study the way people stored medicines and the way medicines were handled after they had passed their used by date, the survey covered more than 1,800 families in 18 cities and counties from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong, Shandong, Sichuan and Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region between October and November in 2007. In Shanghai, 56.4 percent of the residents said they threw away out-of-date medicines and 25.5 percent returned them to pharmacies, the highest percentage recorded of all the regions in the survey.About 60 percent of residents knew that out-of-date medicines could be an environmental threat and 75.3 percent were aware of the dangers involved in selling out-of-date medicines to illegal drug dealers.
"The dangers in using out-of-date medicine are more serious than the adverse reactions to drugs. Local drug authorities have begun education campaigns to teach residents to return out-of-date medicines," said the vice director of the Shanghai Clinical Center for Drug Adverse Reaction Monitoring."There were some 15,000 adverse drug reaction cases in the city last year. About 90 percent of these were caused by improper use of drugs, and one of the main causes of this was people using out-of-date medicines."
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How many Chinese families throw away medicines that are out of date?
A) 56.2 percent.
B) 80 percent.
C) More than 80 percent.
D) Less than 50 percent.
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The government is expected to .
A) dispose of out-of-date medicines carefully
B) introduce laws and set up a risk analysis system
C) educate people not to take out-of-date medicines
D) inform people of the danger of out-of-date medicines
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The purpose of the survey is to .
A) study how people stored and handled medicines
B) cover as many families and countries as possible
C) provide some information for the government
D) study the medicines in a proper way
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Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?
A) Most provinces in China are included in the survey.
B) Many people sold out-of-date medicines to illegal drug dealers.
C) People in Shanghai did best in handling out-of-date medicines.
D) Few people knew out-of-date medicines would harm the environment.
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Those people who took out-of-date medicines might .
A) be asked to return the medicines
B) be accused of by the drug authorities
C) be required to attend educational classes
D) suffer from adverse drug reactions
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1、There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had a baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, “My goodness! How small it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her.
“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth,” the king said, “If you don’t do this, you’ll have a beating.”
The doctors thought it impossible, but they dared not say anything against the king’s order. Just then and old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it takes time. We have to dig a mineral from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need twelve years.”
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive presents.
( )1.Which of the following words makes the sentence untrue? The baby was _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. Toothless
B. hairless
C. unusual
D. small
( )2.The doctors would be beaten if _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. the baby daughter didn’t drink their medicine
B. they refused to obey the king’s order
C. the baby daughter grew to the right size
D. the baby daughter became a monster
( )3.The old doctor wanted to keep the king’s daughter for twelve years because _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. they needed a lot of different plants
B. they need a lot of different minerals
C. this would give the baby time to grow up
D. they had to dig a mineral the snow melted for the second time
( )4.The doctors thought it impossible _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. for them to change the king’s order
B. for them the prepare the medicine in twelve years
C. for the small baby to drink the medicine
D. for them to make the baby have teeth and hair or grow teeth at once
( )5. _ _ _ _ _ _ the king wouldn’t have given them expensive presents.
A. Had the doctors not brought back a beautiful girl
B. If the doctors hadn’t found the minerals
C. Had the doctors not been able to prepare the magic medicine
D. If the daughter were still a monster twelve years later
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2、 Washoe, a female chimpanzee (黑猩猩) believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept.
The chimp died on Tuesday night, according to Roger and Deborah Fouts, co-founders of The Chimpanzee and Human Communications Institute in Washington, where she lived.
Washoe was born in 1965 in Africa, where she was captured by the Air Force and taken to the US for research use in the space program. In 1966, she left the program and began living with two scientists, Allen and Beatrix Gardner, who led a project to teach the chimp American Sign Language (ASL) in Washoe, Nevada, for which it was named. Washoe had been living on Central Washington University’s Ellensburg Campus since 1980. She had a vocabulary of about 250 words. Also, Washoe taught sign language to three younger chimps: Tatu, 31, Loulis, 29, and Dar, 31
Primate (灵长类) researcher Jane Goodall, in Fouts’ book Next of Kin, noted the importance of the work with Washoe. “Roger, through his ongoing conversations with Washoe and her extended family, has opened a window into a chimpanzee’s mind,” Goodall said.
Though previous efforts to teach chimps spoken languages had failed, the researchers believed there was a better chance using signs. But Washoe’s language skills were disputed by scientists who believed that language is unique to humans. Among those who doubted that chimps could use language were linguist (语言学家) Noam Chomsky and Harvard scientist Steven Pinker. They believed primates simply learn to perform certain acts in order to receive rewards, and do not acquire true language. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
1. As for its first task, Washoe was involved with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. some space research
B. a study on African animals
C. an ASL project
D. the program of training the Air Force
2. In Goodall’s opinion, teaching Washoe ASL _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. was not successful
B. led to the book Next of Kin
C. won honor for Fouts
D. made a difference
3. In the last paragraph, the underlined word “disputed” probably means “ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”.
A. supported
B. studied
C. questioned
D. discussed
4. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The ASL project was first set up in Africa for the study on Washoe.
B. Washoe may communicate with other chimps by signing.
C. Washoe must have been able to speak 250 words or so.
D. The researchers will prove that most chimps could use language.
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Washoe was the first animal to be taught human language.
B. Washoe, the chimp, was named in honor of a place.
C. There were four chimps in total at Ellensburg Campus.
D. Chomsky believed primates only perform silent signs.
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1、Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.
High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That’s happening in those areas of business and data processing where one person and a computer can replace a team of workers.
But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive. High technology has led to a new type of teamwork in a number of fields, including advertising, scientific research, engineering design, architecture and ocean exploration. Through computer networking, scientists, engineers and technicians at different locations – often thousands of miles apart – can work on the same project at once. They can exchange ideas, try out different designs and test their results.
Examples? An engineering team can now design and try out a robot system, a new manufacturing process, or an entire factory before it is built. An architectural team can do the same with a building or a bridge. A medical team can simulate (模拟) a dangerous operation before performing it on a patient.
Of course, computer – assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation. It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer – aide design (CAD) and computer – aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric. “Interdisciplinary (跨学科的) teams and engineers follow a product from concept to production. Everything is interconnected like a network.”
Sometimes a computer – aided effort can extend beyond production. A team that produces robots may use them to explore space and ocean depth. For high – technology team work, the future seems limitless.
6. The underlined part “hold more” most probably means to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. maintain more chances B. give more rights
C. make more regulations D. store more information
7. According to the passage, the writer believers that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. teamwork requires more use of computers than that of human beings
B. teamwork will be completely replaced by computers
C. the concept of teamwork is still alive and no longer the same as the past
D. high technology would make teamwork a thing of the past
8. The examples given by the writer in Paragraph 4 serve _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. to prove high technology has a promising future
B. to explain his idea of new type of teamwork is reasonable
C. to show that it tends to be an end to teamwork soon
D. to indicate the computer – assisted team effort just means investigation and simulation.
9. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Many fields of science and technology are now using computers effectively.
B. No details are given in the passage about barriers between traditional desigand manufacturing functions.
C. Experts from different fields have to cooperate to develop a product from concept to production.
D. High technology is nothing but a new type of teamwork plus CAD and CAM.
10. The author’s attitude to towards the introduction of the computer to teamwork is of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A. objection B. indifference C. support D. doubt
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