A new U．S．government report says more than two million Americans fall ill each year with drug—resistant bacterial infections(感染)，and 23，000 of them are dying as a result．The head of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[CDC]said that the number probably will grow．Officials warn that steps must be taken now to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotic(抗生素)drugs．
Without urgent action to stop that trend，warned Tom Frieden whose agency wrote the report，the miracle drugs to fight them won’t be available in the future．
“If we are not careful，the medicine chest will be empty when we go there to look for a lifesaving antibiotic for someone with a deadly infection．But if we act now，we can preserve these medications while we continue to work on development of new medicines．”
The report names a drug—resistant abuse of gonorrhea(淋病)，which causes about one quarter of a million hospitalizations in the United States annually．Of the number at least 1 4，000 result in death．
Drug resistance develops through the overuse and inappropriate use of anti—bacterial agents．These can be：doctors prescribing(開藥) them to patients who have viral infections that are not affected by medicine meant to fight bacteria；patients not taking all of their medicine as prescribed，so the bacteria making them sick are only weakened，not killed；antibiotic use in healthy farm animals to prevent illness and promote growth．Antibiotic remainders left in meat and animal products can then lead to drug resistance in humans．
To limit the spread of resistant infections，experts recommend wider use of routine immunizations(預防)，as well as hand—washing in hospitals and other health care facilities．Also， the report urges hand—washing by food handlers．?
Michael Bell，deputy director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at CDC，said Patients also can play a role in preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics by asking health care providers a few simple questions．
小題1:What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Drug Resistance Developing Quickly in the US
B．Drug—Resistant Bacterial Infections Growing in the US
C．Actions for Preserving Anti-Bacterial Medications in the US
D．Preventions of Drug-resistant Bacterial Infections in the US
小題2:According to Frieden，we must take measures without delay to preserve effectiveness of antibiotics，or_____.
A．we will have to develop better medicines in place of antibiotics
B．there may be no effective anti-bacterial drugs for use in the future
C．we can’t find other medicines to cure serious illnesses in the future
D．more and more Americans will suffer from bacterial infections each year
小題3:Of those patients admitted to the hospital because of a drug-resistant abuse of gonorrhea annually，deaths add up to_____.
A．at least 5.6％B．about 25％C．about 1.4％D．at least 2.5％
小題4:One of the approaches through which drug resistance develops is that_____.
A．people eat the meat with Antibiotic remainder in animals
B．doctors prescribe less antibiotics than needed for patients
C．doctors prescribe much more antibiotic than needed for patients
D．patients don’t take their ant-bacterial agents that doctors prescribe

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：本文介紹了人類濫用抗生素以及食用有抗生素產生耐藥性的肉制品會使人體內產生抗藥性，最終導致死亡的嚴重后果。從現(xiàn)在起人們應采用有效的行動防止這一后果的發(fā)生。
小題1:推理題：閱讀文章內容可知全文在講述人體內產生抗生素耐藥性的嚴重后果，我們應采取有效行動防止這一后果的發(fā)生。故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段中“the miracle drugs to fight them won’t be available in the future．”在將來是不會有奇效的藥物來對抗他們的。故選B。
小題3:推理題：根據(jù)第四段內容可知250000人產生淋病的抗藥性，會有14000導致死亡，計算后可知幾率為5.6%。故選A。
小題4:推理題：根據(jù)第五段內容可知人們產生抗藥性有兩種途徑，一種是濫用藥物，本是病毒感染卻使用抗生素，效果不明顯，卻產生抗藥性；一種是食用殘留有抗藥性的肉制品。故選A。
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