第三篇： Some Sleep Drugs Do More Than Make You Sleep
The United States Food and Drug Administration1 has ordered companies to place strong new warnings on thirteen drugs that treat sleep disorders. It also ordered the makers of the sleeping pills to provide information for patients explaining how to safely use the drugs.
Last Wednesday, the FDA announced that some of these drugs can have unexpected and dangerous effects. These include the risk of life-threatening awww.lindalemus.comllergic reactions. They also include rare incidents of strange behavior. These include people cooking food, eating and even driving while asleep. The patients later had no memory of doing these activities while asleep.
Last year, a member of the United States Congress2 said he had a sleep-driving incident. Patrick Kennedy, a representative from Rhode Island3，crashed his car into a security barrier near the building where lawmakers meet. The accident happened in the middle of the night and no one was hurt. Mr. Kennedy said he had earlier taken a sleep medicine. He said he was also being treated with a stomach sickness drug that could cause sleepiness.
The FDA did not say in its announcement how many cases of sleep-driving it had documented. However, the New York Times4 reported last year about people who said they had strange sleep events after taking the drug Ambien. Some reported sleep-driving and sleep-walking. Others said they found evidence after waking in the morning that they had cooked food or eaten in their sleep. But they had no memory of carrying out the activities.
An FDA official says that these serious side effects of sleep disorder drugs appear to be rare. But, he also says there are probably more cases than are reported.5 He says the agency believes the risk of such behaviors could be reduced if people take the drugs as directed and do not drink alcohol while taking the drugs. The Food and Drug Administration has advised drug companies to carry out studies to investigate the problem.
41. The FDA announced that
A. thirteen drug companies were closed last Wednesday.
B. only thirteen drugs could treat sleeping disordera.
C. some sleep drugs could lead to serious side effects.
D. some makers of sleeping pills provided false information to their patients.
答案：C
42. The FDA warned that some sleeping pills
A. can help people to learn to cook
B. prevent people from driving while asleep.
C. present life-threatening risk to patients
D. have severe effect on a patient’s long-term memory
答案：D
43. What happened to Patrick Kennedy last year?
A. He crashed his car into a security barrier.
B. He was killed during a car accident.
C. His car broke down on the way home .
D. He was treated for stomachache.
答案：A医.学全.在.线网站www.lindalemus.com
44. After taking the drug Ambien, some people
A. are unable drive.
B. don’t know how to cook.
C. suffer from eating problems.
D. fall asleep while walking.
答案：D
45. The risk of strange behaviors resulting from taking sleeping pills could be reduced it
A. the FDA takes more strict regulations.
B. drug companies listen to patients’ advice.
C. the New York Times releases more reports.
D. people don’t drink alcohol while taking these pills.
答案：D
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Do You Have a Sense of Humor?
Humor and laughter are good for us . These is increasing evidence that they can heal us physically, mentally, emotionally , and spiritually . In fact every system of the body responds to laughter in some positive, healing way . So how can we get more laughter 医.学全.在.线网站www.lindalemus.cominto our lives ? ______ (46) Psychologist and author, Steve Wilson, has some answers.
Many people believe that we are born with a sense of humor. They think, “either you’ve got it, or you don’t “ Dr . Wilson points out that this is false ______ (47) The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth ______ (48) (After all, when a baby laughs , we don’t rush over and say .”That! kid has a great sense of humor!”) A sense of humor is something that you can develop over a lifetime .
Sometimes people think that they don’t have a good sense of humor because they are not good juke tellers . Dr . Wilson reminds us that telling jokes is only one of many ways to express humor . ______ (49) Then we will make others laugh , too .
A person who has a true sense of humor is willing and able to see the funny side of everyday life . One of the best definitions of a sense of humor is “ the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation”. Consider this sign from a story window .Any faulty merchandise will be cheerfully replaced with merchandise of equal quality . The store manager probably placed the sign in the window to impress customers with the store’s excellent service ______ (50) As Dr . Wilson says, “a good sense of humor means that you don’t have to be funny , you just have to see what’s funny”.
A. What is true , however, is that we are born with the capacity to laugh and smile.
B. However, that does not mean that infants have a sense of humor.
C. He advises us to lose our inhibitions (抑制) and try to laugh at ourselves.
D. Is it possible to develop a sense of humor?
E. Everyone experiences this emotion.www.lindalemus.com
F. He had a serious purpose, but if you have s sense of humor, you will probably find the sign funny!
答案：46. D 47. A 48. B 49. C 50.F
