1.Today we answer a question from Martin in Mexico City. He asks about the kinds of degrees that students can earn at an American college or university.

63.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_____________.

　 A. the medicine in the future will in no sense be associated with that in earlier times

　 B. no one knows for sure what medicine in the future will be

　 C. there will be little room for the development of medicine in the future, since it is already as developed now

　 D. herbalism will play a great role in the development of medicine in the future

　C

The following is taken from a VOA Special English Education Report on VOA, the voice of America. Read carefully and answer the questions that follow this passage:

62. The new ‘scientific’ medicine __________.

　　　 A. has testable and repeatable results　　　 B. is based on herbalism

　　　 C. is developed in England　　　　　　　 D. is capable of curing every disease

61. The author mentions ancient China, Egypt, India and other countries to show that_______.

　　　 A. these countries have a long history

　　　 B. only these countries began to develop medicine in the beginning

　　　 C. the practice of medicine developed separately in different countries

　　　 D. the practice of medicine developed in the same way in different countries

60．Which of the following statements about the use of plants for medical purposes is true?

　　　 A. Its origin is now well known to the public.

　　　 B. Some early cave paintings in Egypt showed when people began to use plants as medicine.

　　　 C. It is now generally accepted that people began to use plants as medicine at least 15000 years ago.

　　　 D. In most cultures, the use of plants came after the use of animals as medicine.

59. The author writes the passage mainly _______.

　　　　 A. to remind people of negative effects of juice

　　　　 B. to call on people to drink more juice

　　　　 C. to help people learn more about fruit and juice

　　　　 D. to persuade people to avoid junk juice containing various fruits

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B

　　 The earliest type of medicine in most cultures was the use of plants (herbalism) and animal parts. There is no actual record of when the use of plants for medical purposes first started, although the first generally accepted use of plants as healing medicine was described in the cave paintings discovered in France, which have been dated back to between 25000－13000 BC.

　　　　 The practice of medicine developed gradually, and separately, in ancient China, Egypt, India, Greece, Persia and elsewhere. Medicine as it is practiced now developed largely in the late 18th century and early 19th century in England, Germany and France, thanks to advances in chemistry as well as laboratory techniques and equipment. The new ‘scientific’ medicine (whose results are testable and repeatable) replaced medicine in earlier times, which was based on herbalism.

　　　　 The modern era really began with　 Robert Koch’s discoveries around 1880 of the transmission of disease by bacteria, and then the discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) thereafter. The 20^th century witnessed major advances in the treatment of infectious(传染性的) diseases in western societies. The medical world is now developing medicine that targets (面向)one particular disease process. Thus medicine is being developed to reduce the side effects to the greatest degree and to treat cancer and long-term problems such as high cholesterol(胆固醇)。

Today’s medicine has evolved(逐步上升) over thousands of years as each generation used and expanded the knowledge of earlier times. This will continue to happen, and it is impossible to say how medicine will develop over the next hundred years. Our understanding of human genome(基因组)will lead to fresh treatments and new discoveries may open the door to unimaginable advances in medicine.

58. The underlined word “blends” in Paragraph5 probably means “______”.

　　　　 A. containers　　　　　　　　 B. products　　　　　　　　　 C. substitutes　　　　　　　　　　　 D. mixtures

57. What can we learn from this passage?

　　　　 　　　 A. We can get out of fruit all the nutrients which aid our digestive process.

　　　　 　　　　　　 B. We can hardly determine which provides more nutrients, juice or fruit.

　　　　 　　　　 C. People may prefer juice to food in taking in the same amount of calories.

　　　　 　　　 D. If you want more calories, fruit might be your better choice.

56. According to the passage, you’d better have _______ to help prevent heart disease.

　　　 A. fruit　　　　　　　　 B. juice　　　　　　　　 C. calories　　　　　　 D. minerals