阅读理解

　1. The first paragraph is intended to
　　[A] suggest that self-medication has a long history
　　[B] define what diagnosis means exactly
　　[C] praise doctors for their expertise
　　[D] tell the symptoms from the causes
　　2. Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints because
　　[A] they often watch ads on TV
　　[B] they are more likely to buy the drugs advertised
　　[C] they generally lead a sedentary life
　　[D] they don’t take to sports and easily catch colds
　　3. Paragraphs 2 and 3 explain
　　[A] those good things are not without side effects
　　[B] why clever advertising is so powerful
　　[C] why in modem times self-medication is still practiced
　　[D] why people develop faulty ways of life
　　4. The author tells us in paragraph 4
　　[A] the reasons for keeping medicines at home
　　[B] people’s doubt about taking drugs
　　[C] what kind of medicine people should prepare at home
　　[D] the possible harms self-medication may do to people
　　5. The best title for the passage would be
　　[A] Medical Practice
　　[B] Clever Advertising
　　[C] Self-Medication
　　[D] Self-Treatment

参考答案
文章精要
　　文章通过介绍科学医疗方法的发展说明了医疗处方和自我药疗的区别，还介绍了自我药疗的历史，其存在的背景、原因，以及自我药疗可能带来的危害。
　　1．A推断题。本题看似考查第一段的主旨，实则要结合全文才能得出答案。选项A、C、D文章中都有提及。但从整体看来，文章的主线是介绍self-medication(自我药疗)，其中第一段提及了过去的情况，第二段介绍现状，由此推断此现象存在已久，所以A正确。
　　2．B推断题。由文章可知，做广告的目的是要吸引顾客买他们的药品。从第三段最后一句可知一般只是得了轻微的感冒、咳嗽的人会根据广告自己买药治病，故选B。
　　3．C推断题。文章第二段和第三段主要论述了现在依然存在自我药疗的原因，即医生很难治愈人们不良的生活习惯造成的亚健康状态，所以C正确。
　　4．D推断题。由文章第四段中几个带有worse的并列句可以推知，自我药疗对人们有潜在的危害，所以D正确。
　　5．C主旨题。全文是围绕自我药疗(selfmedication)展开论述的，介绍了它的历史、现状以及危害等，所以C正确。