Question

We can slow down aging. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world. And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging. His solution is a herbal medicine（草藥）to slow the process of aging.

Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called “Shen”.

According to Shen, it is the kidney（腎臟）which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Studies conducted by Dr. Shen show that herbal medicine based on the Shen system slows the aging process, says a report in the Telegraph newspaper. We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness, wrinkles and so on. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells contain a particular substance（物質）called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.

So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young? This is where Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine comes in. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.

1. How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?

A．By studying Western medicine.

B．By learning traditional Chinese medicine.

C．By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.

D．By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.

2.What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?

A．Medical treatment.

B．People’s good kidney

C．Positive life attitude.

D．Level of people’s activity.

3.The reason why people become old is that_____.

A．their bodies produce T-cells

B．they become weaker and weaker

C．they have reduced strength, loss of hair

D．their bodies are unable to fight diseases

4. We can probably learn from the passage that______.

A．producing more low calorie food allows people to keep young

B．the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health

C．people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body

D．it remains unknown how effective Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine is

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Dr. Shen通過中西醫的研究發現了一種可以延緩衰老的方法，人變老的原因是身體里產生了T細胞，T細胞中含有Fas物質，這種物質會使人體細胞自我破壞，如果人們吃低熱量的食物，就會減少T細胞的產生，目前我們不知道Dr. Shen的草藥有多大的作用。

1.細節理解題。根據he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging.他中西醫結合研究出一種延緩衰老的方法。故選C。

2.細節理解題。根據According to Shen, it is the kidney（腎臟）which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. 好的腎能夠調節身體機能延緩人的衰老，故選B。

3.細節理解題。根據This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells.人變老的原因是身體里產生了T細胞 ，故選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據But how effective it will be, only time can tell.可知我們不知道他的草藥有多大的作用，故選D。

考點：科普類短文閱讀。

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