英語六級閱讀專項訓練題原文

　　In the epidemic earlier this year, various treatments, like drugs to fight the virus orstrengthen the immune system, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, were deliveredunder emergency conditions, in widely different settings and countries to patients sufferingfrom varying stages of the illness. Those conditions—generally without standardizedmeasurements or controlled situations—have made it hard to interpret results.

　　Standard supportive therapy like nursing, and in severe cases the use of mechanicalrespirators(呼吸器)to help patients breathe, is the mainstay(主要支持)of SARS care, andhelped many patients survive. But doctors still do not know how best to treat SARS patientswho have breathing difficulties. Dr. Mardel said. One method is invasive ventilation. A secondmethod involves blowing oxygen into the lungs through a mask. Both carry the risk oftransmitting the virus to hospital employees. Without proper analysis, the panel was unable tosay definitively which treatment worked best, or which caused the most harm. “There is a lackof shared information,” Dr. Mardel said, noting that a lot of data have not been published.

　　The panel also agreed on guidelines that would allow doctors to conduct quick and safeclinical trials, a process that generally takes years to complete. The world Health Organization,a United Nations agency did not release the guidelines. Dr. Mardel said they were flexiblebecause no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS would return. Experts in manycountries have already listed the treatments they want to test, and the health agency is leavingthese decisions to individual nations.

　　英語六級閱讀專項訓練題

　　1. Guidelines recommended by the scientific panel can be used for _____.

　　A. gathering potentially useful information about various therapies collected

　　B. conducting clinical studies of SARS patients

　　C. determining treatment for SARS

　　D. publishing all the information about SARS

　　2. According to the passage, it is difficult to interpret the results of certain treatments forSARS because _____.

　　A. patients were in different countries

　　B. patients were given medicines in widely different settings

　　C. patients were at different stages of the illness

　　D. these conditions had no standardized measurements or controlled situations

　　3. According to doctors, the two methods to treat SARS patients who have breathingdifficulties both _______.

　　A. carry the risk of infecting hospital employees

　　B. are effective in curing patients who have breathing difficulties

　　C. don’t run the risk of transmitting the virus to hospital employees

　　D. prove to work effectively and cause no harm

　　4. According to a WHO official, Dr. Mardel, the guidelines were flexible because _____.

　　A. SARS would reemerge in poor countries

　　B. no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS would return

　　C. SARS would not appear in developed countries

　　D. no one knew whether SARS would return or not

　　5. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

　　A. SARS, a Dreadful Disease

　　B. No Good Methods to Treat SARS

　　C. SARS Will Return One Day

　　D. Health Panel Recommends New Guidelines on SARS

　　英語六級閱讀專項訓練題答案

　　1. B 細節理解題。根據第一段第一句“…guidelines…for doctors conducting clinical studies…”得出此結論。

　　2. D 細節理解題。根據第三段第二句。

　　3. A 細節理解題。根據第四段介紹的兩種方法的評論“Both carry the risk of transmitting the virus to hospital employees.”可得出結論。

　　4. B 細節理解題。根據第五段Because引導的從句“because no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS would return.”可知。

　　5. D 主旨題。可根據排他法選出最佳答案。