公共英语考试

【单选题】Americans this year will swallow 15 000 tons of aspirin (阿斯匹林), one of the safest and (26) drags (27) by man, the most popular medicine in the world today. It is a pain (28) . Its bad (29) are relatively mild, (30) it is cheap.
For millions of people suffering from arthritis (关节炎), it is the only thing that works.Aspirin, (31) , is truly the 20th century wonder drug. It is also (32) suicide drug and is the leading (33) of poisoning among children. It has side effects that, (34) relatively mild, are largely unrecognized (35) users.

A、small (36) of aspirin ( two five - grain tablets) relieves pain and inflammation (炎症), It also reduces fever by interfering (37) some of the body’ s reactions. Specially, aspirin seems to (38) the formation of the acids (39) in pain and the complex chemical reactions that (40) fever. The chemistry of these acids is not fully understood, but the slowing effect of aspirin is well - known.
Aspirin is very irritating to the stomach lining (内壁) and many aspirin takers complain (41) upset stomach. There is a right way (42) a wrong way to take aspirin. The best way is to chew the tablets (43) swallowing them with water but (44) people can (45) the bitter taste. Some people suggest crushing the tablets in milk or orange juice and drinking that.

A、reliever
B．taker
C．receiver
D．producer

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
阿司匹林是一种缓解止痛药，所以选A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>