【正文】 r behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs. Herbs, are made into pills, powder and soup, and the kind of herbs uscd1 their quality and quantity, and the processing of the ingredients jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription. Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization, with the chemical position and functions of its medicines being unclear and their effects being unstable. Fortunately, standardization has improved in recent decades, with an increasing number of factories producing patented TCM drugs. Another factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity, While Western medicinemaking panies e up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past. Chinese chemist Tu You your39。s winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria(瘧疾）treatment may drive creativity to some extent in China39。s TCM industry. However, the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time.（1）The author mentions the example of Michael Phelps in order to show . was injured in his swimming. is a kind of important TCM treatment. know a little about TCM. attach great importance to TCM.（2）Why don39。t some member countries of WIIO recognize Chinese herbal medicine? Chinese herbs can get rid of diseases they only approve the practice of acupuncture western medicine 15 more effective medicine made out or Chinese herbs develops slowly（3）Compared with Western medicine, what is the main weak point of TCM ? methods of processing herbs. effectiveness of prescription. in standardization. unstable functions.（4）The lack of creativity in TCM refers to the fact that . panies lack creativity. are got from the past. panies are more experienced. panies lack driving force【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)的特點(diǎn)。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Westerners39。 understanding of TCM, however, may be limited to acupundure，cupping and massage.”可知，舉菲爾普斯的例子就是為了證明西方人對(duì)傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)有一些了解，故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs.”可知，有一些WHO的成員國不承認(rèn)中國的草藥是因?yàn)橛弥胁菟幹瞥傻乃幬镏委熜Ч徛?，故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization”可知，與西醫(yī)相比，中醫(yī)的缺點(diǎn)是缺乏標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化，故選C。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“While Western medicinemaking panies e up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past.”可知，中醫(yī)缺乏創(chuàng)造性指的是中醫(yī)的處方是從過去傳承下來的，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇醫(yī)學(xué)類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday. When it es to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world39。s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(壽命)? If scientists e up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond? Researchers don39。t entirely agree on the answers. Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn39。t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas. Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. People can live much longer than we think, he says. Experts used to say that humans couldn39。t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can39。t we go higher? The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it39。s all just guessing. Anyone can make up a number, says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. Won39。t new antiaging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible(有彈性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, he says. But a fly39。s never going to live 150 years. Of course, if you became a new species (物種), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds. Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (進(jìn)化)their way to longer life? It39。s pretty cool to think about, he says with a smile.（1）What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us? can live to 122. people are creative. are sporty at 85. live longer than men.（2）According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______. average human life span could be 110 cannot find ways to slow aging people can expect to live to over 150 are not sure how long people can live（3）Who would agree that a scientist will bee famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity? Shay. Austad. Miller. Martin.（4）What can we infer from the last three paragraphs? of us could be good at sports even at 120. average human life span cannot be doubled. believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before. techniques could be used to change flies into a new species【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了科學(xué)家對(duì)長壽的不同觀點(diǎn)和對(duì)延長人的壽命的不同理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Jeanne Calment is the world39。s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. ”說明人們可以活到122歲，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。文章第四段中 的“People can live much longer than