12．Tu Youyou，the 85-year-old Chinese pharmacologist（药理学家），received the Nobel Prize
for medicine in Stockholm on December 10，2015．Tu is the first Chinese Nobel winner in
physiology（生理学）or medicine．Also，in 2011，she became the first Chinese person to receive
the US-based Lasker Award for clinical medicine．
Based on a fourth-century Traditional Chinese Medicine （TCM） text，together with her team，
she managed to get artemisinin【青蒿素）from sweet wormwood through trial and error and
developed an important drug that has significantly reduced death rates among patients suffering from malaria．Tu delivered a speech titled Artemisinin is a Gift from TCM to the World．She has urged more research into the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine and called for joint efforts worldwide to fight against malaria and develop more potential uses for TCM，which she called a"great treasure"wiffi thousands of years'history and empirical knowledge．She said that by combining TCM with modem scientific technologies，"more potential can be discovered in searching for new drugs"．
According to the WHO，more than 240rrullion people in sub-Saharan Africa have benefited from tmisinin，and more than l.5nullion lives are estimated to have been saved since 2000 thanks to the drug．Apart from its contribution to the global fight against malaria，TCM played a vital role in the deadly outbreak of SARS across China in 2003．
Besides treating viruses，TCM has been most effective in diagnosing diseases，cultivating fitness，treating difficult multisource illneases，and using nonmedicinal methods such as acupuncture （钟刺疗法） and breatlung exercises．
However，TCM，which is based on a set of beliefs about human biology，is seldom understood or accepted by the West．Tu's success will bring more recognition and respect for TCM，experts say．The Westem world should leam to appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM，which will lead to more basic scientific research into ancient TCM texts and ways to explore research findings worldwide．
21．In this passage the author mentionsB prize（ s） that Tu Youyou received．
A．one B．two C．three D．four
22．The underlined word"malaria"in Paragraph 2refers to"a kind ofD"．
A．medicine B．aninud．C．plant D．disease
23．What can we leam from the passage？C
A．Tu's success may encourage Eastemers to leam more about Chinese medicine．
B．Nothing remains to be done in researclung into TCM theories and texts．
C．More research into the value of TCM should be carried out worldwide．
D．TCM only contributes to the fight against mal．aria and SARS in China．
24．What's the passage mainly about？B
A．TCM is based on thousands of years of practice in China．
B．Nobel winner，Tu Youyou，strongly supports TCM research．
C．Artenusinin is now widely used to fight against Malaria．
D．Westemers will appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM．
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了中国诺贝尔奖得主屠呦呦，她与团队一起从青蒿素中提取出具有显著降低患者患疟疾死亡率的重要药物，同时作者认为西方世界应该学会欣赏中医的价值．
解答 21．B 细节理解题，根据第一段received the Nobel Prize for medicine in Stockholm on December 10，2015．以及she became the first Chinese person to receive the US-based Lasker Award for clinical medicine．可知文章中提到了屠呦呦获得的诺贝尔奖以及美国的拉斯克奖一共两项，故选B．
22．D 推理判断题，根据第二段developed an important drug that has significantly reduced death rates among patients suffering from malaria．可知屠呦呦研制的一种药物显著降低了"malaria"患者的死亡率，由此可知"malaria"指的是一种疾病，故选D．
23．C 推理判断题，根据最后一段The Westem world should leam to appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM，which will lead to more basic scientific research into ancient TCM texts and ways to explore research findings worldwide．可知作者认为西方世界应该学会欣赏中医的价值，由此推知作者觉得中医药价值的研究应该在全世界范围内进行，故选C．
24．B 主旨大意题通读全文可知作者在本文中主要向我们讲述了诺贝尔奖得主屠呦呦，她致力于中医药研究，开发出了很多有效的药物，故选B．
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
