2013年职称英语考试卫生类B级真题
2014-03-29来源:和谐英语
第4部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分) 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
31、 On the Trial of the Honey Badger
On a recent field trip to the Kalahari Desert，a team of researchers learnt a lot more about honey badgers(獾)．The team employed a local wildlife expert，Kitso Khama，to help them locate and follow the badgers across the desert．Their main aim was to study the badgers’movements and behavior as discreetly(谨慎地)as possible frightening them away or causing them to change their natural behavior．They also planned to trap a few and study them close up before releasing them in view of the animal’s reputation，this was something that even Khama was reluctant to do．
“The problem with honey badgers is they are naturally curious animals，especially when they see something new．”He says．“That，combined with their uNPRedictable nature，can be a dangerous mixture．If they sense you have food，for example，they won’t be shy about coming right up to you for something to eat．They’re actually quite sociable creatures around humans，but as soon as they feel they might be in danger，they can become extremely vicious(凶恶的)．Fortunately this is rare，but it does happen．”
The research confirmed many things that were already known．As expected，honey badgers ate any creatures they could catch and kill．Even poisonous snakes，feared and avoided by most other animals，were not safe from them．The researchers were surprised，however，by the animal’s fondness for local melons，probably because of their high water content．Previously researchers thought that the animal got all of its liquid requirements from its prey(猎物)．The team also learnt that，contrary to previous research findings，the badgers occasionally formed loose family groups．They were also able to confirm certain results from previous research，including the fact that female badgers never socialized with each other．
Following some of the male badgers was a challenge，since they can cover large distances in a short space of time．Some hunting territories cover more than 500 square kilometers．
Although they seem happy to share these territories with other males，there are occasional fights over an important food source，and male badgers can be as aggressive towards each other as they are towards other species．
As me badgers became accustomed to the presence of people．it gave the team the to get up close to them without being the subject of the animals’curiosity—or a sudden aggression．The badgers’eating patterns，which had been disrupted，to normal,It also allowed the team to observe more closely some of the other that form working associations with the honey badger，as these seemed to badgers’relaxed attitude when near humans．
根据以上内容，回答31-45题。
Why did the wild life experts visit the Kalahari Desert?
A．To find where honey badgers live．
B．To observe how honey badgers behave．
C．To catch some honey badgers for food．
D．To find out why honey badgers have a bad reputation．
32、What does Kitso Khama say about honey badgers?
A．They show interest in things they are not familiar with．
B．They are always looking for food。
C．They do not enjoy human company．
D．It is common for them to attack people．
33、What did the team find out about honey badgers?
A．There were some creatures they did not eat．
B．They were afraid of poisonous creatures．
C．They may get some of the water they needed from fruit．
D．Female badgers did not mix with male badgers．
34、Which of the following is a typical feature of male badgers?
A．They don’t run very quickly．
B．They hunt over a very large area．
C．They defend their territory from other badgers．
D．They are more aggressive than females．
35、What happened when honey badgers got used to humans around them?
A．They became less aggressive towards other creatures．
B．They started eating more．
C．Other animals started working with them.
D．They lost interest in people．
36、 “Don’t Drink Alone”Gets New Meaning
In what may be bad news for bars and pubs，a European research group has found that people drinking alcohol outside of meals have a significantly higher risk of cancer in the mouth and neck than do those taking their libations with food．Luigino Dal Maso and his colleagues studied the drinking patterns of 1，500 patients from four cancer studies and another 3，500 adults who had never had cancer．
After the researchers accounted for the amount of alcohol consumed，they found that individuals who downed a significant share of their alcohol outside of meals faced at least a 50 to 80 percent risk of cancer in the oral cavity，pharynx，and esophagus，when compared with people who drank only at meals．Consuming alcohol without food also increased by at least 20 percent the likelihood of laryngeal cancer．“Roughly 95 percent of cancers at these four sites raced to smoking or drinking by the study volunteers，”Dal Maso says．The discouraging news，his team reports，is that drinking with meals didn’t eliminate cancer risk at any of the sites．
For their new analysis，the European scientists divided people in the study into four groups，based on how many drinks they reported having in an average week．The lowest—intake group included people who averaged up to 20 drinks a week．The highest group reported downing at least 56 servings of alcohol weekly for all average of eight or more per day．Cancer risks for the mouth and neck sites rose steadily with consumption even for people who reported drinking only with meals．For instance，compared with people in the lowest—consumption group，participants who drank 21 to 34 alcohol servings a week at least doubled their cancer risk for all sites other than the larynx．If people in these consumption groups took some of those drinks outside meals，those in the higher consumption group at least quadrupled their risk for oral cavity and esophageal cancers．
People in the highest—consumption group who drank only with meals had lo times the risk of oral cancer，7 times the risk of pharyngeal cancer，and 16 times the risk of esophageal cancer compared with those who averaged 20 0r fewer drinks a week with meals．In contrast，laryngeal cancer risk in the high—intake，with-meals-only group was only triple that in the low．intake consumers who drank with meals．
“Alcohol can inflame tissues．Over time，that inflammation can trigger cancer．”Dal Maso says.He suspects that food reduced cancer risk either by partially coating digestive—tract tissues or by scrubbing alcohol off those tissues．He speculates that the reason laryngeal risks were dramatically lower for all study participants traces to the tissue’s lower exposure to alcohol．
根据以上内容，回答36-50题。
Who are more likely to develop cancer in the mouth and neck?
A．People who d rink alcohol outside of meals．
B．People who drink alcohol at meals．
C．People who never d rink alcohol．
D．People who d rink alcohol only at bars and pubs．
37、Which of the following is NOT a research finding about“drinking with meals”?
A．It lowers cancer risk compared with drinking without food
B．It increases by 20 percent the risk Of cancer in all the four sites．
C．It may be a cause of cancer.
D．It does not eliminate cancer risk at any of the four sites．
38、How many drinks do the lowest—intake group average per week?
A．21．
B．20．
C．34．
D．56．
39、Which Of the four cancers has the lowest risk?
A．Oral cancer．
B．Pharyngeal cancer．
C．Laryngeal cancer．
D．Esophageal Cancer．
40、According to the last paragraph，tissues’lower exposure to alcohol_______.
A．reduces the risk of laryngeal dancer
B．explains why Inflammation triggers cancer
C．accounts for why food can cover digestive—tract tissues
D．is the reason why food can take alcohol off them
41、 The World’s Best—Selling Medicine
Since ancient times，people all over the world have used willow to stop pain．The willow tree contains salicylic acid(水杨酸)．This stops pain．but there is one problem．Salicylic acid also hurts the stomach．In 1853，a French scientist made a mixture from willow that did not hurt the stomach．However，his mixture was difficult to make，and he did not try to produce or sell it.
In 1897，in Germany，Felix Hoffmann also made a mixture with salicylic acid．He tried it himself first and then gave it to his father because his father was old and in a lot of pain．His father’s pain went away，and the mixture did not hurt his stomach．
Hoffmann worked for Bayer，a German company．He showed his new drug to his manager，who tested the drug and found that it worked well．Bayer decided to make the drug．
They called it aspirin and put the Bayer name on every pill．
Aspirin was all immediate Success．Almost everyone has pain of some kind，so aspirin answered a true need．Aspirin was cheap，easy to take，and effective．It also lowered fevers．
Aspirin was a wonder drug．
At first，Bayer sold the drug through doctors，who then sold it to their patients．In i915，the company started to sell aspirin in drugstores．In the United States，Bayer had a patent(专利权)on the drug．Other companies could make similar products and sell them in other countries． but only Bayer could make and sell aspirin in the United States．In time，Bayer could no longer own the name aspirin in the United States．Other companies could make it,there，too．However，Bayer aspirin was the most well—known，and for many years，it was the market leader．
By the 1950s，new painkillers were on the market．Aspirin was no longer the only way to treat pain and reduce fever．Bayer and other companies looked for other drugs to make．
However，in the 1970s they got a surprise．Doctors noticed that patients who were taking aspirin had fewer heart attacks than other people．A British researcher named John Vane found the reason aspirin helped to prevent heart attacks．In 1982，he won the Nobel prize for his research． Doctors started to tell some of their patients to take aspirin every day to prevent heart attacks．It has made life better for the many people who take it．It has also made a lot of money for companies like Bayer that produce and sell it!
根据以上内容，回答41-55题。
Why didn’t the French scientist continue to make the medicine that stopped pain?
A．It didn’t work well．
B．It was hard to make．
C．It hurt the stomach．
D．It was riot cost-effective．
42、Why Was Felix Hoffmann looking for a painkiller?
A．His company told him to do that．
B．His father was In pain．
C．He wanted to make a lot of money．
D．He suffered from headache．
43、Bayer started making aspirin because__________．
A．it helped prevent heart attacks
B．other companies were making it
C．it worked well in stopping pain
D．the manager was a scientist
44、Bayer aspirin was________．
A．the only d rug with the name“aspirin”
B．the first aspirin sold in the United States
C．not sold in drugstores in 1915
D．not easy to find in drugstores
45、What has happened to aspirin since new painkillers came on the market?
A．Companies have stopped selling it
B．It has become the best-selling painkiller．
C．Its new use has been discovered
D．Doctors have sold it to patients.
31、 On the Trial of the Honey Badger
On a recent field trip to the Kalahari Desert，a team of researchers learnt a lot more about honey badgers(獾)．The team employed a local wildlife expert，Kitso Khama，to help them locate and follow the badgers across the desert．Their main aim was to study the badgers’movements and behavior as discreetly(谨慎地)as possible frightening them away or causing them to change their natural behavior．They also planned to trap a few and study them close up before releasing them in view of the animal’s reputation，this was something that even Khama was reluctant to do．
“The problem with honey badgers is they are naturally curious animals，especially when they see something new．”He says．“That，combined with their uNPRedictable nature，can be a dangerous mixture．If they sense you have food，for example，they won’t be shy about coming right up to you for something to eat．They’re actually quite sociable creatures around humans，but as soon as they feel they might be in danger，they can become extremely vicious(凶恶的)．Fortunately this is rare，but it does happen．”
The research confirmed many things that were already known．As expected，honey badgers ate any creatures they could catch and kill．Even poisonous snakes，feared and avoided by most other animals，were not safe from them．The researchers were surprised，however，by the animal’s fondness for local melons，probably because of their high water content．Previously researchers thought that the animal got all of its liquid requirements from its prey(猎物)．The team also learnt that，contrary to previous research findings，the badgers occasionally formed loose family groups．They were also able to confirm certain results from previous research，including the fact that female badgers never socialized with each other．
Following some of the male badgers was a challenge，since they can cover large distances in a short space of time．Some hunting territories cover more than 500 square kilometers．
Although they seem happy to share these territories with other males，there are occasional fights over an important food source，and male badgers can be as aggressive towards each other as they are towards other species．
As me badgers became accustomed to the presence of people．it gave the team the to get up close to them without being the subject of the animals’curiosity—or a sudden aggression．The badgers’eating patterns，which had been disrupted，to normal,It also allowed the team to observe more closely some of the other that form working associations with the honey badger，as these seemed to badgers’relaxed attitude when near humans．
根据以上内容，回答31-45题。
Why did the wild life experts visit the Kalahari Desert?
A．To find where honey badgers live．
B．To observe how honey badgers behave．
C．To catch some honey badgers for food．
D．To find out why honey badgers have a bad reputation．
32、What does Kitso Khama say about honey badgers?
A．They show interest in things they are not familiar with．
B．They are always looking for food。
C．They do not enjoy human company．
D．It is common for them to attack people．
33、What did the team find out about honey badgers?
A．There were some creatures they did not eat．
B．They were afraid of poisonous creatures．
C．They may get some of the water they needed from fruit．
D．Female badgers did not mix with male badgers．
34、Which of the following is a typical feature of male badgers?
A．They don’t run very quickly．
B．They hunt over a very large area．
C．They defend their territory from other badgers．
D．They are more aggressive than females．
35、What happened when honey badgers got used to humans around them?
A．They became less aggressive towards other creatures．
B．They started eating more．
C．Other animals started working with them.
D．They lost interest in people．
36、 “Don’t Drink Alone”Gets New Meaning
In what may be bad news for bars and pubs，a European research group has found that people drinking alcohol outside of meals have a significantly higher risk of cancer in the mouth and neck than do those taking their libations with food．Luigino Dal Maso and his colleagues studied the drinking patterns of 1，500 patients from four cancer studies and another 3，500 adults who had never had cancer．
After the researchers accounted for the amount of alcohol consumed，they found that individuals who downed a significant share of their alcohol outside of meals faced at least a 50 to 80 percent risk of cancer in the oral cavity，pharynx，and esophagus，when compared with people who drank only at meals．Consuming alcohol without food also increased by at least 20 percent the likelihood of laryngeal cancer．“Roughly 95 percent of cancers at these four sites raced to smoking or drinking by the study volunteers，”Dal Maso says．The discouraging news，his team reports，is that drinking with meals didn’t eliminate cancer risk at any of the sites．
For their new analysis，the European scientists divided people in the study into four groups，based on how many drinks they reported having in an average week．The lowest—intake group included people who averaged up to 20 drinks a week．The highest group reported downing at least 56 servings of alcohol weekly for all average of eight or more per day．Cancer risks for the mouth and neck sites rose steadily with consumption even for people who reported drinking only with meals．For instance，compared with people in the lowest—consumption group，participants who drank 21 to 34 alcohol servings a week at least doubled their cancer risk for all sites other than the larynx．If people in these consumption groups took some of those drinks outside meals，those in the higher consumption group at least quadrupled their risk for oral cavity and esophageal cancers．
People in the highest—consumption group who drank only with meals had lo times the risk of oral cancer，7 times the risk of pharyngeal cancer，and 16 times the risk of esophageal cancer compared with those who averaged 20 0r fewer drinks a week with meals．In contrast，laryngeal cancer risk in the high—intake，with-meals-only group was only triple that in the low．intake consumers who drank with meals．
“Alcohol can inflame tissues．Over time，that inflammation can trigger cancer．”Dal Maso says.He suspects that food reduced cancer risk either by partially coating digestive—tract tissues or by scrubbing alcohol off those tissues．He speculates that the reason laryngeal risks were dramatically lower for all study participants traces to the tissue’s lower exposure to alcohol．
根据以上内容，回答36-50题。
Who are more likely to develop cancer in the mouth and neck?
A．People who d rink alcohol outside of meals．
B．People who drink alcohol at meals．
C．People who never d rink alcohol．
D．People who d rink alcohol only at bars and pubs．
37、Which of the following is NOT a research finding about“drinking with meals”?
A．It lowers cancer risk compared with drinking without food
B．It increases by 20 percent the risk Of cancer in all the four sites．
C．It may be a cause of cancer.
D．It does not eliminate cancer risk at any of the four sites．
38、How many drinks do the lowest—intake group average per week?
A．21．
B．20．
C．34．
D．56．
39、Which Of the four cancers has the lowest risk?
A．Oral cancer．
B．Pharyngeal cancer．
C．Laryngeal cancer．
D．Esophageal Cancer．
40、According to the last paragraph，tissues’lower exposure to alcohol_______.
A．reduces the risk of laryngeal dancer
B．explains why Inflammation triggers cancer
C．accounts for why food can cover digestive—tract tissues
D．is the reason why food can take alcohol off them
41、 The World’s Best—Selling Medicine
Since ancient times，people all over the world have used willow to stop pain．The willow tree contains salicylic acid(水杨酸)．This stops pain．but there is one problem．Salicylic acid also hurts the stomach．In 1853，a French scientist made a mixture from willow that did not hurt the stomach．However，his mixture was difficult to make，and he did not try to produce or sell it.
In 1897，in Germany，Felix Hoffmann also made a mixture with salicylic acid．He tried it himself first and then gave it to his father because his father was old and in a lot of pain．His father’s pain went away，and the mixture did not hurt his stomach．
Hoffmann worked for Bayer，a German company．He showed his new drug to his manager，who tested the drug and found that it worked well．Bayer decided to make the drug．
They called it aspirin and put the Bayer name on every pill．
Aspirin was all immediate Success．Almost everyone has pain of some kind，so aspirin answered a true need．Aspirin was cheap，easy to take，and effective．It also lowered fevers．
Aspirin was a wonder drug．
At first，Bayer sold the drug through doctors，who then sold it to their patients．In i915，the company started to sell aspirin in drugstores．In the United States，Bayer had a patent(专利权)on the drug．Other companies could make similar products and sell them in other countries． but only Bayer could make and sell aspirin in the United States．In time，Bayer could no longer own the name aspirin in the United States．Other companies could make it,there，too．However，Bayer aspirin was the most well—known，and for many years，it was the market leader．
By the 1950s，new painkillers were on the market．Aspirin was no longer the only way to treat pain and reduce fever．Bayer and other companies looked for other drugs to make．
However，in the 1970s they got a surprise．Doctors noticed that patients who were taking aspirin had fewer heart attacks than other people．A British researcher named John Vane found the reason aspirin helped to prevent heart attacks．In 1982，he won the Nobel prize for his research． Doctors started to tell some of their patients to take aspirin every day to prevent heart attacks．It has made life better for the many people who take it．It has also made a lot of money for companies like Bayer that produce and sell it!
根据以上内容，回答41-55题。
Why didn’t the French scientist continue to make the medicine that stopped pain?
A．It didn’t work well．
B．It was hard to make．
C．It hurt the stomach．
D．It was riot cost-effective．
42、Why Was Felix Hoffmann looking for a painkiller?
A．His company told him to do that．
B．His father was In pain．
C．He wanted to make a lot of money．
D．He suffered from headache．
43、Bayer started making aspirin because__________．
A．it helped prevent heart attacks
B．other companies were making it
C．it worked well in stopping pain
D．the manager was a scientist
44、Bayer aspirin was________．
A．the only d rug with the name“aspirin”
B．the first aspirin sold in the United States
C．not sold in drugstores in 1915
D．not easy to find in drugstores
45、What has happened to aspirin since new painkillers came on the market?
A．Companies have stopped selling it
B．It has become the best-selling painkiller．
C．Its new use has been discovered
D．Doctors have sold it to patients.
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