Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs has a long history and is closely linked, like medical practice itself, with the belief in magic. Only during the last hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made it possible for some of the causes of symptoms to be understood, so that more accurate diagnosis has become possible. The doctor is now able to follow up the correct diagnosis of many illnesses with specific treatment of their causes. In many other illnesses, of which the causes remain unknown, it is still limited, like the unqualified prescribes, to the treatment of symptoms. The doctor is trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the cause: this is the essential difference between medical prescribing and self-medication.The advance of technology has brought about much progress in some fields of medicine, including the development of scientific drug therapy. In many countries public health organization is improving and people’s nutritional standards have arisen. Parallel with such beneficial trends are two which have an adverse effect. One is the use of high-pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, which has tended to influence both patients and doctors and has led to the overuse of drugs generally. The other is the emergence of the sedentary society with its faulty ways of life: lack of exercise, over-eating, unsuitable eating, insufficient sleep, excessive smoking and drinking. People with disorders arising from faulty habits such as these, as well as from unhappy human relationships, often resort to self-medication and so add the taking of pharmaceuticals to the list. Advertisers go to great lengths to catch this market.Clever advertising, aimed at chronic sufferers who will try anything because doctors have not been able to cure them, can induce such faith in a preparation, particularly if steeply priced, that it will produce-by suggestion-a very real effect in some people. Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs, which clear up by themselves within a short time.These are the main reasons why laxatives, indigestion remedies, painkillers, tonics, vitamin and iron tablets and many other preparations are found in quantity in many households. It is doubtful whether taking these things ever improves a person’s health; it may even make it worse. Worse because the preparation may contain unsuitable ingredients; worse because the taker may become dependent on them; worse because they might be taken in excess; worse because they may cause poisoning, and worse of all because symptoms of some serious underlying cause may be masked and therefore medical help may not be sought.1.The first paragraph is intended to （ ）.2.Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints because （ ）.3.Paragraphs 2 and 3 explain （ ）.4.In Paragraph 4 the author illustrates （ ）.5.The best title for the text would be（ ）.
A.suggest that self-medication has a long history B.distinguish between medical prescribing and self-medication C.praise doctors for their expertise D.tell the symptoms from the causes
问题2：
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
问题3：
A.that 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
问题4：
A.the reasons for keeping medicines at home B.people’s doubt about taking drugs C.why it may be worse to take drugs by oneself D.the possible harms self-medication may do to people
问题5：
A.Medical Practice B.Clever Advertising C.Self-medication D.Self-treatment
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A.it is not important enough to be a literaiy genre. B.it cannot be made into a dramatic presentation. C.it shares characteristics with other types of prose fiction. D.to call it a “genre” would subject it to literary jargon.
问题2：
A.The reader should turn next to commentaries on general fiction. B.There is no reason for any reader not to like science fiction. C.The reader should compare other novels and stories to science fiction. D.Those who can appreciate prose fiction can appreciate science fiction.
问题3：
A.the discovery of meaning B.the beauty of language C.the display of character D.the psychological complexity
问题4：
A.On the Inaccuracies of Pulp Magazines B.Toward a Definition of Science Fiction C.A Type of Prose Fiction. D.Beyond the Bug-Eyed Monster.
问题5：
A.prejudiced B.impartial C.wo
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