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1、河北省邢台市2014届高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题1阅读（共两小节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A，B，C和D中，选出最佳选项。ALONDON (Reuters) Children are dying for lack of drugs tailored to their needs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which launched a global campaign on Thursday to promote more research int
2、o child medicine.More than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters. The problem is even worse in developing countries where price remains a major barrier and 6 million children die each year from treatable conditi
3、ons.In the case of HIV/AIDS, the few existing pediatric therapies（儿科的疗法）developed for children generally cost three times more than adult ones. As a result, clinicians lack clear guidelines on the best drug to use and often have to guess at the correct dose. Fortunately, the WHO has drawn up the fir
4、st international List of Essential Medicines for Children, containing 206 products considered safe for children.“But a lot remains to be done. There are priority medicines that have not been adapted for childrens use or are not available when needed,” said Dr Hans, the U.N. agencys director of medic
5、ines policy and standards. Medicines that need to be adapted to childrens needs include many antibiotics, pain drugs as well as combination pills for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The agency is building an Internet entrance linking to clinical trials carried out in children and will launch a W
6、eb site with the information early next year.Testing medicines on children has always been a controversial issue, since good ethical（伦理的）practice requires informed agreement from people participating in clinical trials, which is difficult to obtain in the case of children. As a result, research-base
7、d drug companies have been wary of developing child-friendly medicines and general companies have been slow to produce them at lower cost.In an attempt to deal with the issue, both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for drugs that have been tested
8、 on children. 【文章大意】本文叙述了儿童急需适合他们需要的药物。现在儿童服用的药物中有一半以上没有对儿童进行检测。幸运的是世界卫生组织公布了206种药物儿童可以安全服用的药物。儿童药物的检测一直有争议。因此儿童药物的生产进行较缓慢。36. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. A Global Campaign to Promote Research into AIDS Medicine B. WHO Says Children are Dying for Lack of Child-sized D
9、rugs C. Many People are Concerned about Childrens Drugs D. Measures Taken to Develop Child-friendly Medicine Quickly【答案】B【 解析】标题归纳题。根据Children are dying for lack of drugs tailored to their needs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO),可知这篇报道是世界卫生组织宣布的儿童急需适合他们需要的药物。故选B。37. Which of the foll
10、owing medicine is not needed to be adapted to childrens need according to the passage? A. Pain killers.B. Tuberculosis.C. AID pills. D. Flu pills.【答案】D【 解析】细节理解题。根据Medicines that need to be adapted to childrens needs include many antibiotics, pain drugs as well as combination pills for HIV/AIDS, tub
11、erculosis and malaria.可知pain killers，Tuberculosis，AID pills.需要适应儿童的需要。故选D。38. Why has testing medicines on children always been a controversial issue? A. It is against good ethical practice B. Children shouldnt take part in clinical trials. C. It is hard to get informed agreement from children teste
12、d. D. Parents dont allow their children to be tested on medicine.【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据since good ethical（伦理的）practice requires informed agreement from people participating in clinical trials, which is difficult to obtain in the case of children.可知很难在儿童病例中获得良好的伦理实践要求的共识。故选C。39. The underlined word “wary
13、” in the last but one paragraph means _. A. fast B. fond C. cautious D. uninterested【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据general companies have been slow to produce them at lower cost.可知儿童的药品生产公司缓慢的低成本的生产药物，因此课推断儿童药品生产需要小心翼翼的。故选C。40. What can be inferred from the passage? A. There is still a long way to go on children
14、s medicine. B. An Internet entrance is being built to link to clinical trials carried out in children. C. Both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for childrens drugs. D. Less than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industria
15、lized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters【答案】A【 解析】推理判断题。根据which is difficult to obtain in the case of children.可知儿童药物的检验较难，因此儿童药物的制造较困难。故选A。较难题目特训：介绍说明类-37“Experience may possibly be the best teacher,but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words,but they actually come from James March,a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For years March(possibly the wisest philosopher of management)has studied how humans think and
