职称英语考试《卫生类》章节练习题精选及答案0524-53
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职称英语考试《卫生类》章节练习题精选及答案0524-53
1、When a disease of epidemic proportions rips into the
populace, scientists immediately get to work, trying to locate
the source of the affliction and find ways to combat it.
Oftentimes, success is achieved, as medical science is able to
isolate the parasite, germ or cell that causes the problem and
finds ways to effectively kill or contain it. In the most serious of
cases, in which the entire population of a region or country may
be at grave risk, it is deemed necessary to protect the entire
population through vaccination, so as to safeguard lives and
ensure that the disease will not spread.
The process of vaccination allows the patient's body to develop
immunity to the virus or disease so that, if it is encountered,
one can ward it off naturally. To accomplish this, a small weak
or dead strain of the disease is actually injected into the patient
in a controlled environment, so that his body's immune system
can learn to fight the invader properly. Information on how to
penetrate the disease's defenses is transmitted to all elements
of the patient's immune system in a process that occurs 2
naturally, in which genetic information is passed from cell to cell.
This makes sure that, should the patient later come into contact
with the real problem, his body is well equipped and trained to
deal with it, having already done so before.
There are dangers inherent in the process, however. On
occasion, even the weakened version of the disease contained
in the vaccine proves too much for the body to handle, resulting
in the immune system succumbing, and, therefore, the patient's
death. Such is the case of the smallpox vaccine, designed to
eradicate the smallpox epidemic that nearly wiped out the
entire Native American population and killed massive numbers
of settlers. Approximately l in 10,000 people who receives the
vaccine contract the smallpox disease from the vaccine itself
and dies from it. Thus, if the entire population of the United
States were to receive the Smallpox Vaccine today, 3,000
Americans would be left dead.
Fortunately, the smallpox virus was considered eradicated in
the early 1970's, ending the mandatory vaccination of all babies
in America. In the event of a re-introduction of the disease,
however, mandatory vaccinations may resume, resulting in
more unexpected deaths from vaccination. The process, which
is truly a mixed blessing, may indeed hide some hidden curses.
The phrase "ward it off naturally" (Paragraph 2) most probably 3
means____.【单选题】
A.dispose of it naturally
B.fight it off with ease
C.see to it reluctantly
D.split it up properly
正确答案:B
答案解析:猜词题。本文第二段讲述了在接种疫苗后,身体自然可以跟这种疾病的致病菌进行对抗。因此,选项B“很轻松地与之对抗”与此相符合,故为正确答案。选项A“自然地将其排除”、选项C“很不情愿地去管理它”和选项D“恰当地分解它”都不符合题意。