4.In 2015,Youyou Tu,a 85-year-old Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and educator was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her new treatment of malaria (疟疾).Malaria is caused by a single-cell parasite (寄生虫) carried by mosquitoes that causes severe fever.Traditional Chinese medicine uses sweet wormwood (qinghao) to treat fever.In the 1970s,after studies of traditional herbal (草本) medicines,Tu managed to get artemisinin (Qinghaosu),and drugs based on it have led to the survival and improved the health of millions of people.Because of Tu,the first Chinese Nobel winner in physiology or medicine,Chinese medicine has stepped into the spotlight again and attracted worldwide attention.
However,the fact unknown to us all is that for a long time,westerners have been doubtful about the effects of traditional Chinese drugs made of medicinal herbs.In the past few years,traditional Chinese medicine has gone through strict scientific scrutiny (审查) worldwide.To prove and increase the effects of traditional Chinese medicine,Chinese mainland has poured huge amounts of money into hard research on this field.While Hong Kong has been working hard to make itself the world leader in related research.Taiwan has made a plan to change itself into a traditional Chinese medicine technology center.Research into traditional cures is also hot in universities and other organizations outside Asia.These efforts to discover the secrets of traditional treatments could produce benefits for sufferers of diseases that have puzzled both Western and traditional Chinese medicines.
27.Which of the following statement is NOT correct?B
A.If bitten by mosquitoes,one is likely to come down with malaria.
B.It was because of her invention of artemisinin that Youyou Tu got the Nobel Prize.
C.Westerners will pay more attention to Chinese medicine after Tu got the Nobel Prize.
D.In the places outside Asia researchers are also interested in the traditional Chinese medicine.
28.What can be inferred from the last sentence of the last paragraph?B
A.Chinese medicine does a better job than western medicine in curing certain puzzling diseases.
B.Chinese medicine has the potentials for curing certain"incurable"diseases.
C.The best way of curing a patient is to combine both Chinese and western medicines.
D.Traditional Chinese medicine is too mysterious to understand.
29.What do you think the text mainly talks about?C
A.One of the Greatest Discoveries in Medicine
B.The First Chinese Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
C.The Return of Traditional Chinese Medicine
D.The Competition Between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
30.What do you think is the author's attitude towards the future of Chinese medicine?A
A.positive B.negative
C.neutral D.critical.
分析 屠呦呦用自己的努力和汗水获得了诺贝尔生理或医学奖,但这更意味着中医的回归.
解答 27-30.BBCA
27题答案:B考查细节推理,根据文章第一段的…was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her new treatment of malaria (疟疾).(屠呦呦因其在治疗疟疾方面的新方法而被授予诺贝尔生理或医学奖)可知B选项"因为发明了青蒿素而被授予诺贝尔奖"表述有误.
28题答案:B考查细节推理,根据文章最后一句的These efforts to discover the secrets of traditional treatments could produce benefits for sufferers of diseases that have puzzled both Western and traditional Chinese medicines.发现传统治疗秘密的努力能够为困扰中西医的疾病患者带来益处.可知本题答案为B选项"中医有潜力治好一些‘不可医治'的疾病".
29题答案:C考查主旨大意,本文以屠呦呦获得诺贝尔生理或医学奖这一事件为切入点来说明中医的回归.故本题答案为C选项.
30题答案:A考查细节推理,根据文章最后一段最后一句的These efforts to discover the secrets of traditional treatments could produce benefits for sufferers of diseases that have puzzled both Western and traditional Chinese medicines.发现传统治疗秘密的努力能够为困扰中西医的疾病患者带来益处.可知作者对于中医的态度是"肯定的",故本题答案为A选项.
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案.