Question

    A drug used to treat severe bleeding could save thousands of lives for mothers giving birth. A global trial of the drug found it reduced the risk of bleeding deaths during childbirth by nearly one-third. The study involved 20,000 women in 21 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. The trial was carried out by London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The drug is called tranexamic acid(氨甲环酸）. It is low-cost and researchers said it does not cause serious side effects for mothers or babies.

The drug is used to treat mothers for severe bleeding during childbirth, also known as postpartum hemorrhage (产后出血).It is the leading cause of mother’s death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

Haleema Shakur is the project director of the trial. She says despite medical advances in many countries, severe bleeding after childbirth remains a big problem in some parts of the world. “It's one of the biggest killers of mothers. In Africa and Asia. about 10 percent of women will end up with severe bleeding. " The drug works by stopping blood clots（血凝块） from breaking down after a mother gives birth. The treatment can prevent the need for doctors to perform surgery to find the source of bleeding.

Shakur said the best results were reported when the drug was given to women as soon as possible after childbirth, “The earlier you give it- so within the first three hours of giving birth—the better the effect is. ”

The next step will be to get the drug where it is needed provide training for doctors and nurses on how to use it. During the trial, women were given the drug in a hospital. But researchers are looking for easier ways to administer the drug so it can be more widely used in small clinics and rural areas.

1.What is the reachers’ next plan?

A.To know how much the drug is.

B.To get permission to use the drug.

C.To let more people know the drug.

D.To make medical staff know how to use the drug.

2.What can we learn from the text?

A.The more mothers use the drug, the better its effect is.

B.African and Asian countries made great progress in medicine.

C.Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of women’s death.

D.There is a long way to go before the drug can be used more widely.

3.What may be the best title for the text?

A.Care for the Health of Mothers

B.How Can We Use Tranexamic Acid Well?

C.Childbirth Drug Greatly Reduces Bleeding Deaths

D.What's the Biggest Killer of Mothers?

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述研究人员发明了一种治疗产后出血的药物，效果很好，可以大大降低妇女产后出血的死亡几率，研究人员将进行培训医护人员怎样使用这种药物，并且将想办法使这种药物扩大到更大的范围使用。

1.

细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第一句The next step will be to get the drug where it is needed provide training for doctors and nurses on how to use it. 下一步将是在需要的地方获得这种药物，为医生和护士提供如何使用它的培训，由此可知，研究人员的下一步计划是要培训医护人员如何使用这种药物，故选D。

2.

推理判断题。The next step will be to get the drug where it is needed provide training for doctors and nurses on how to use it. During the trial, women were given the drug in a hospital. But researchers are looking for easier ways to administer the drug so it can be more widely used in small clinics and rural areas. 下一步将是在需要的地方获得这种药物，为医生和护士提供如何使用它的培训。在试验期间，妇女们在医院里被给予了这种药物。但是研究人员正在寻找更简单的方法来管理这种药物，这样它就可以在小诊所和农村地区更广泛地使用，由此可以推断出这种药品的广泛使用过程还很长，还有很多工作要做，故选D。

3.

主旨大意题。本文主要讲述研究人员发明了一种治疗产后出血的药物，效果很好，可以大大降低妇女产后出血的死亡几率，研究人员将进行培训医护人员怎样使用这种药物，并且将想办法使这种药物扩大到更大的范围使用。C选项分娩药物大大减少出血死亡，符合文章主题，适合做标题，故选C。