The common cold is the world's most widespread illness. which is plagues that fl

The commoncold is the world's most widespread illness， which is plagues（病疫） thatflesh receives. The most widespread fallacy（谬误） of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They arecaused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by cominginto contact，directlyor indirectly， withsomeone who already has one. If cold causes colds， it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from themforever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers havereported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infectedpeople from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped fromairplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in thetrenches（战壕）， cold andwet，showed no increasedtendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners at the notoriousAuschwitz concentration camp（奥斯维辛集中营），naked andstarving，wereastonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unitin England，volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to thediscomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hotbaths，they put on bathingsuits， allowed themselvesto be with cold water， and thenstood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day whileothers exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of thevolunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped inhis nose. If，then， cold and wet have nothing to do withcatching colds， why arethey more frequent in the winter？Despitethe most pains-taking research， no onehas yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that peopletend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times， and this makes it easier for cold virusesto be passed on. No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs andpain suppressors（止痛片） such asaspirin， but allthey do is relieve the symptoms。

1.Which ofthe following does not agree with the chosen passage？

   A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

   B. Colds are not caused by cold.

   C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

   D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

2.Arcticexplorers may catch colds when _______.

   A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions

   B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

   C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

   D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

3.Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit_______.

   A. suffered a lot      

   B. never caught colds

   C. often caught colds    

   D. became very strong

4. Thepassage mainly discusses _______.

   A. the experiments on the common cold

   B. the fallacy about the common cold

   C. the reason and the way people catch colds

D. the continued spread of common colds

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】略