Researchers in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device that can supply a drug directly into the body. A small chip is implanted (植入) under the skin. It contains the medicine, which it releases at preset times. The developers say the device could improve the lives of millions of people who take medicine for long-term illnesses. A company called Microchips began developing the device about fifteen years ago. Last month, the company released the results of its first successful tests in humans. The tests took place in Denmark with seven women with osteoporosis（骨質(zhì)疏松癥）.
Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and break easily. The disorder is common among older people especially women. Many patients have to give themselves daily injection（注射）of medicine. One type of treatment requires injections for two years. The patients stop taking the medicine because of the pain and stress of the injections. As a result, only twenty-five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty-four months of treatment.
The microchip is a few centimeters long. It has small sections and each section holds a single dose（單次劑量）of medicine. The device has to be programmed with the times to release the drug. Doctors will be able to reprogram the device from a computer or even a cell phone.
For osteoporosis, the physician will program the device, and the device has the ability to release a dose at a given time, every single day. For other diseases, where the physician may want to change the dosing schedule, they will have the ability to wirelessly reprogram that dosing schedule.
The seven women in the study were ages of sixty-five to seventy. The researchers say the implants were just as effective as daily injections. And they say the medicine amounts were more exact than patients often give themselves.
小題1:The best title for the passage should be ______.
A．A New Company Called Microchips
B．A New Way to Take Medicine Every Day
C．Good News for Women with Osteoporosis
D．Taking Medicine, with Microchip under Skin
小題2:What does the underlined word “released” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Announced.B．Planned.C．Got rid of.D．Caught hold of.
小題3:We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ______.
A．older people especially men easily develop steoporosis
B．bones’ becoming weak and breaking easily causes steoporosis
C．a(chǎn) quarter of the patients will go through the entire two years of treatment
D．pain and stress of the injections lead all patients to stop taking medicine
小題4:What advantages does the microchip have?
a. effective implants  
b. less exact medicine amounts
c. purposely—changed dosing schedule
d. only one centimeter long and having small sections
e. improving the lives of millions of people
A．a(chǎn), b, cB．c, d, eC．a(chǎn), c, eD．b, c, d
小題5:In which column of a newspaper could we find this passage?
A．Arts.B．Jobs.C．Sports.D．Medicine.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：文章介紹了一項(xiàng)發(fā)明是用芯片將藥物注入到患者的皮膚下。可以定期的給病人一些劑量的藥物，這項(xiàng)發(fā)明會(huì)改變很多人的生活。
小題1:主旨題：從文章第一段的句子：Researchers in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device that can supply a drug directly into the body. A small chip is implanted (植入) under the skin.可知這項(xiàng)發(fā)明是用芯片將藥物注入到患者的皮膚下。選D
小題2:猜詞題：從后面的名詞搭配：the results of its first successful tests in humans.可知是公布在人身上實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果。選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：only twenty-five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty-four months of treatment.可知經(jīng)歷兩年治療的病人有四分之一。選C
小題4:從第一段的句子：A small chip is implanted (植入) under the skin.可知a是對(duì)的，從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：For osteoporosis, the physician will program the device, and the device has the ability to release a dose at a given time, every single day.可知c是對(duì)的，從最后一段的句子：The researchers say the implants were just as effective as daily injections.可知d是對(duì)的，所以選 C
小題5:文章出處題：文章介紹的是一種新型的藥物，選D
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這類閱讀理解要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對(duì)未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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