Attempts to understand the relationship between social behavior and health have their origin in history. Dubos (1969) suggested that primitive(原始的)humans were closer to the animals because they, too, relied upon their instincts to stay healthy. Yet some primitive humans recognized a cause and effect relationship between doing certain things and alleviating(減輕)symptoms of a disease or improving the condition of a wound. Since there was so much that primitive humans did not understand about the functioning of the body, magic became an integral component of the beliefs about the causes and cures of health disorders. So it is not surprising that early humans thought that illness was caused by evil spirits. Primitive medicines made from vegetables or animals were invariably used in combination with some form of ritual (禮儀) to drive harmful spirits away from a diseased body.
One of the earliest attempts in the Western world to formulate principles of health care based upon rational thought and rejection of supernatural phenomena is found in the work of the Greek physician Hippocrates. Little is known of Hippocrates who lived around 400 B.C., not even whether he actually authored the collection of books that bears his name. Nevertheless, the writings attributed to him have provided a number of principles underlying modern medical practice. One of his most famous contributions, the Hippocratic Oath, is the foundation of contemporary medical ethics (道德). Among other things, it requires a physician to swear that he or she will help the sick, keep oneself from intentional wrong-doing or harm, and keep secret all matters to keep the doctor-patient relationship.
Hippocrates also argued that medical knowledge should be derived(源自于)from an understanding of the natural sciences and the logic of cause and effect relationships. In this classic thesis, On Airs, Waters, and Places, Hippocrates pointed out that human-being is influenced by the totality of environmental factors: living habits or lifestyle, climate, geography of the land, and the quality of air and food. Interesting enough, concerns about our health and the quality of air, water, and places are still very much written in the twentieth century.
小題1:The topic of the first paragraph is summarized in ________.
A.the first sentence of the paragraph
B.the second sentence of the paragraph
C.the third sentence of the paragraph
D.the last sentence of the paragraph
小題2:Why did primitive humans rely on magic in their beliefs about the causes and cures of diseases?
A.Because magic was an inseparable part of their life.
B.Because they had little knowledge about the functioning of the body.
C.Because the diseases were caused by the evil spirits.
D.Because magic must be used in going through the rituals to drive out the evil spirits.
小題3:Considering Hippocrates’ background, we can see from the second paragraph that ________.
A.he was the forefather of modern medicine
B.experts are sure that the books bearing his name were not written by him
C.he had a rational mind aided by supernatural instincts
D.experts do not know much about him except when and where he lived
小題4:All of the following are included in the Hippocratic Oath EXCEPT ________.
A.helping patients
B.keeping oneself from harming patients
C.keeping secret all matters to maintain a good relationship with the patients
D.obeying rules for modern medicine practice
小題5:Which of the following best expressed the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.Doctor’s concerns remain unchanged.
B.Medicine comes from nature.
C.Environment affects health.
D.Climate determines lifestyle.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析:嘗試?yán)斫馍鐣?huì)行為和健康的關(guān)系有著歷史淵源。原始人依靠本能來(lái)保持健康,但由于他們對(duì)人體的機(jī)能尚不了解,于是就把疾病和健康與神靈聯(lián)系在了一起。古希臘醫(yī)學(xué)家希波克拉底對(duì)醫(yī)學(xué)做出了很大的貢獻(xiàn)。
小題1:第一段第一句“Attempts to understand the relationship between social behavior and health have their origin in history.”是第一段的主題句,第一段講的是古人對(duì)健康的了解和看法,故選A。
小題2:根據(jù)第一段“Since there was so much that primitive humans did not understand about the functioning of the body, magic became an integral component of the beliefs about the causes and cures of health disorders.”可知,原始人對(duì)人體的功能了解不多,于是就把疾病與巫術(shù)練習(xí)了起來(lái),故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)“Little is known of Hippocrates who lived around 400 B.C., not even whether he actually authored the collection of books that bears his name.”可知,關(guān)于希波克拉底,人們知道的很少,除了知道他是希臘人,生活在公元前400年,故選D。
小題4:根據(jù)“he or she will help the sick, keep oneself from intentional wrong-doing or harm, and keep secret all matters to keep the doctor-patient relationship”可知,A、B、C都是希波克拉底誓言里面的內(nèi)容,故選D。
小題5:根據(jù)“human-being is influenced by the totality of environmental factors”可知,最后一段講的是,環(huán)境與健康的關(guān)系,故選C。
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