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Common-cold Sense

You can't beat it,but you don't have to join it.'Maybe it got the name "common cold" because it's more common in winter.The fact is,though,being cold doesn't have anything to do with getting one 3.Colds are caused by the spread of rhinoviruses,and,at least SO far,medical science is better at telling you how to avoid getting one than how to get rid of one.

Children are the most common way cold viruses are spread to adults,because they have more colds than adults — an average of about eight per year.Why do kids seem SO much more easily to get colds than their parents?Simple.They haven't had the opportunity to become immune to many cold viruses.

There are more than 1 50 different cold viruses,and you never have the same one twice.Beinginfected by one makes you immune to it — but only it.

Colds are usually spread by direct contact,not sneezing or coughing.From another person's hand to your hand and then to your nose or eyes is the most common route.。The highest concentration of cold viruses anywhere is found under the thumbnails of a boy,although the viruses Can survive for hours on skin or other smooth surfaces.

Hygiene is your best defense.Wash your hands frequently.preferably with a disinfectant soap,especially when children in your household have colds.

But even careful hygiene won't ward off.every cold.So,what works when a coughing,sneezing,runny nose strikes？

The old prescription of two aspirins,lots of water,and bed rest is a good place to start.But you'11 also find some of the folk remedies…worth Wing.Hot mixtures of sugar（or honey）,lemon,and water have real benefits.

詞匯：

rhinovirus n.鼻病毒

virus n.病毒

immune adj.免疫的,有免疫力的

preferably adv.更可取地,更好地

disinfectant n.消毒劑,殺菌劑

prescription n.（1）訣竅（2）處方,藥方

infect vt.傳染,侵染,感染

sneeze vi.打噴嚏

remedy n.治療,治療法,藥品

thumbnail n.拇指甲

練習：

1.Accordingtothe essay,you may have a cold because

A）the weather is too cold.

B）the spread of rhinoviruses gets people infected.

C）another person's coughing passes the cold to you

D）you wash your hands too often.

2.The best way to keep yourself from getting colds is

A）to keep yourself clean.

B）to use a disinfectant soap.

C）to take two aspirins every day.

D）to drink lots of water.

3.Children have more colds because

A）they are usually infected about eight times each year.

B）they are not immune to many cold viruses yet.

C）they never wash their hands So that their thumbnails are dirty.

D）they don't 1ike eating lemon.

4.When you are having a cold,

A）it is always the same kind of cold that you had last time.

B）it may be the same kind of cold that you had last time.

C）it is certainly not the same kind of cold that you had last time.

D）it is probably not the same kind of cold that you had last time.

5.When one is having a cold, he may often have a11 the following symptoms EXCEPT

A）coughing.

B）having a sore throat.

C）having a runny nose.

D）having a stomachache.

參考答案：

1.B 第一段雖然提到了感冒常發(fā)生于冬天,但緊接下去說得很清楚：受涼并不導致感冒,所以A不是正確答案。文章第四段第一句說得明白：感冒通常是與感冒的人身體直接接觸而傳染的,而不是由打噴嚏或咳嗽傳染的,所以C項也不是正確答案。至于D更是錯誤。答案B與第一段第三句的意義相吻合,因此是正確答案。

2.A 第五段的第一句話"Hygiene is your best defense"意思是"衛(wèi)生是你的最佳防御",與A項相吻合,因此A項是正確答案。同一段中提到的用消毒肥皂洗手,雖然也是保持衛(wèi)生的手段之一,但僅是一個具體措施,不是全部措施,所以B項不是正確答案。C項提到的服阿司匹林是治感冒的手段之一,而非預防手段（況且沒有說到"一天服兩片"�。〥項提到的多喝水在文中也指治療手段,所以c和D都不是正確答案。

3.B 第二段中提到兒童平均一年得八次感冒,這是一個統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)而不是兒童得感冒的原因；文中并沒有說"兒童從不洗手"；文中也沒有說"兒童不喜歡吃檸檬"；所以A、C、D都不對。B項與第二段最后一句意思一樣,是正確答案。

4.C 第三段提到有150種感冒病毒,而人們絕不會被同一種病毒侵害兩次,因為得了一次感冒后對相應的病毒就獲得了免疫力,所以只有C項才符合第三段的內容。

5.D 本題談的是文中提及的感冒癥狀。文中并沒有提到得了感冒就胃疼,實際上文中根本就沒有"stomachache"這個詞或相關的字眼,所以D項是正確答案。