[单项选择]Scurvy is a disease that is provoked by ______.
A. salted meat and biscuits
B. exhaustion
C. want of some essential substances
D. lack of fresh vegetables and fruits

[单项选择]To avoid such disease as scurvy, it's better for us ______.
A. not to eat much salted meat
B. to supplement our diet with various vitamin pills
C. to have more fresh fruit and vegetables
D. to develop a good dietary habit

[单项选择]GOAD: PROVOKED ::
A. (A) conjecture : premeditated
B. (B) asphyxiate : suffocated
C. (C) espy : analyzed
D. (D) pursue : idolized
E. (E) condemn : recalcitrant

[单项选择]In adults similar symptoms of scurvy develop in people ______ who have been deprived of fresh food for a long time.
A. such as sailors or the other
B. as sailors or other
C. such as sailors or another
D. like sailors or others

[单项选择]The attack on Fort Sumter near Charleston provoked a sharp response from the North, which {{U}}led to{{/U}} the American Civil War.
A. demanded
B. elicited
C. extracted
D. defied

[单项选择]The decision to invade provoked storms of protest.
A. ignored
B. organized
C. caused
D. received

[单项选择]The decision to invade {{U}} provoked{{/U}} storms of protest.
A. caused
B. ignored
C. organized
D. received

[单项选择]The relationship between corpulence and disease remains controversial, although statistics clearly ______ reduced life expectancy ______ chronic obesity.
A. associate a... to
B. associates a... with
C. associates ... to
D. associate a... with

[单项选择]The herb medicine eventually cured her disease.
A. nicely
B. apparently
C. finally
D. naturally

[单项选择]Disease -carrying insects become important where human being are crowded together.（）
A. 在人们聚集在一起的地方，带病昆虫的问题就变得很严重。
B. 在人们居住的地方，带病昆虫在控制人口过剩问题方面起着重要作用。
C. 在人们密集地区，带病昆虫成为一个严重的问题。
D. 带病昆虫是人们密集地区必不可少的。

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Rabies is an ordinarily infectious disease of the central nervous system, caused by a virus and, as a rule, spread chiefly by domestic dogs and wild flesh-eating animals. Man and all warm-blooded animals are easily infected with rabies. The people of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome ascribed rabies to evil spirits because ordinarily gentle and friendly animals suddenly be came, vicious and violent without evident cause and after a period of maniacal behaviour, be came paralyzed and died.
Experiments carried out in Europe in the early nineteenth century of injecting saliva from arabid dog into a normal dog proved that the disease was infectious. Preventive steps, such as the destruction of stray dogs, were taken and by 1826 the disease was permanently eliminated in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Though urban centers on the continent of Europe were cleared several times during the nineteenth century, they soon became reinfected since rabies was uncontrolled among wild animals.A. rabies was an infectious disease
B. man and all warm-blooded animals were easily infected with rabies
C. stray dogs should be destroyed
D. the disease had been permanently eliminated in some big cities

[单项选择]A client with coronary artery disease reports intermittent chest pain that occurs with exertion. The physician prescribes sublingual nitroglycerin. When teaching the client about nitroglycerin administration, the nurse should include which instruction ？（）
A. "Be careful after taking nitroglycerin because it may cause dizziness. "
B. "Make sure you replace your nitroglycerin tablets every 6 months to ensure potency. "
C. "A burning sensation after taking nitroglycerin indicates medication potency. "
D. "When you experience chest pain, take one tablet every 30 minutes until the pain is relieved. "

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Culture shock is an occupational disease for people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Like most illnesses, it has its Own symptoms and cure. Culture shock is caused by the anxiety that results from losing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. These signs include the thousand and one ways in which we orient ourselves to the situation of daily life: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to make purchases, when to accept and refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and when not. These signs, which may be words, gestures, facial expressions, or customs, are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us depend for our space of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these signs, most of which we do not carry on the level of conscious awareness. Now when an individual enters a strange culture, all or m
A. take delight in gossiping
B. daydream
C. beautify their home culture
D. complain about physical discomforts