首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are cl
Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are cl
admin
2017-08-26
32
问题
Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are 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 prescriber, 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 risen. Parallel with such beneficial trends have two adverse effects. 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.
The first paragraph is intended to ______.
选项
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
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的关键词first paragraph将本题定位于第1段。文章的主线是介绍自我药疗(self-medication),其中第1段提及了过去的情况,第2段介绍现状,由此推测此现象存在已久。故答案为A(表明自我药疗有一个很长的历史)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/fSU7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、HehadthoughtChicagowasayoungcity.B、HehadthoughtthatChicagowasverylarge.C、HehadthoughtthatChicagoshouldbe
ImprovingthebalancebetweentheworkingpartofthedayandtherestofitisagoalofagrowingnumberofworkersinrichWe
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledWhyIsItDifficultforCollegeGraduatestoFindaJo
Internationalairlineshaverediscoveredthebusinesstravelers,themanorwomanwhoregularlyjetsfromcountrytocountryas
Internationaltradefairshavebecomeextremelyimportantvenuesforconductingbusiness,yetveryfewdomesticallybasedsales
Whatoursocietysuffersfrommosttodayistheabsenceofconsensusaboutwhatitandlifeinitoughttobe.Suchconsensusca
Whatoursocietysuffersfrommosttodayistheabsenceofconsensusaboutwhatitandlifeinitoughttobe.Suchconsensusca
A、Refrainfromshowinghisfeelings.B、Expresshisopinionfrankly.C、Arguefiercely.D、Yellloudly.A细节题。在日本等国,人们认为明显地表露自己的情绪是不
A、Atarestaurant.B、Intheocean.C、Atthecafeteria.D、Inthehistoryclass.C对话开头女士就说到,“我看见你午餐正在吃鱼”,后面女士又说到男士吃的鱼是冰冻鱼,男士回答说,学校
A、Leaveitvacant.B、Rentittothemansheistalkingwith.C、SubletittoJimThomas.D、Askherlandlordtosubletit.C男士不想让公
随机试题
在市场经济条件下,文艺是以产品形式进入市场的一种特殊商品,文艺工作者不应无视市场、拒绝市场。但是,市场又具有非理性的一面。文艺产品价格与价值相背离、甚至劣质产品大行其道的反常现象屡见不鲜。一些文艺产品为市场目的而拼凑“卖点”,或因市场偏好而削足适履,艺术品
深龋引起的可复性牙髓炎,采用间接盖髓术时,常使用的盖髓剂是()
小儿第一次口服脊髓灰质炎疫苗的时间为
关于设备更新分析,以下说法错误的是()。
目前,我国银行业金融机构的监管职责主要由()行使。
在大气、土壤、水域、生物受到严重污染的城市,工矿区以及河流与沿海地带多为各种环境性疾病的发病区。当代城市的“三废”污染同支气管炎、肺气肿、肺癌、食道癌、肠癌、胃癌和心血管的发病率都有着密切的关系。这段话主要支持了这样一种观点,即()
一项研究中,在其他条件均相同的情况下,研究人员每天用含有0.002克13-oxo-ODA的高热量食物喂食一组肥胖小鼠,另一组肥胖小鼠则单纯喂食高热量食物。4周后测量它们体内中性脂肪含量和血糖值,发现前者血液和肝脏中的中性脂肪比后者少30%左右,血糖值也比后
中国探月计划迅速发展,下列对中国航天领域描述错误的是:
在企业会计核算的基本前提中,()是企业选择会计处理方法与程序的基础,也是企业会计处理方法与程序保持稳定的条件。
在VisualFoxPro中下列陈述正确的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)