首页
登录
职称英语
The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is probably wh
The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is probably wh
游客
2023-09-12
41
管理
问题
The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is probably why there are more myths about it than any of the other plagues that flesh is heir to.
The most widespread fallacy of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passed on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them permanently. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War, soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches, cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
In the Second World War, prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they submitted to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be doused with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty rooms. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more prevalent in the winter? Despite the most painstaking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
No one has yet found a cure for colds. There are drugs and pain suppressors such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms. [br] According to the passage, there are more myths about the common cold than any other human disease because ______.
选项
A、it spreads more quickly
B、it is the most widespread illness
C、the climate of the world is getting colder and colder
D、few people can catch colds
答案
B
解析
细节题 参见文章第一段。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3008974.html
相关试题推荐
Nowcustomhasnotbeencommonlyregardedasasubjectofanygreatimportan
Sometimewhenyoutakeacommondrug,youmayhaveasideeffect.Thatis,t
Sometimewhenyoutakeacommondrug,youmayhaveasideeffect.Thatis,t
Inoursystemofeducationtoday,examinationsareacommonfeature.Ourpre
Inoursystemofeducationtoday,examinationsareacommonfeature.Ourpre
Inoursystemofeducationtoday,examinationsareacommonfeature.Ourpre
Childrenare【C1】______seriousillnessesbecauseoftheirparentssmokingat
Childrenare【C1】______seriousillnessesbecauseoftheirparentssmokingat
Childrenare【C1】______seriousillnessesbecauseoftheirparentssmokingat
Childrenare【C1】______seriousillnessesbecauseoftheirparentssmokingat
随机试题
Itbeganasjustanotherresearchproject,inthiscasetoexaminetheeffec
疫源地消毒方法的选择依据不包括A.消毒剂的性能 B.消毒对象 C.消毒工作人
行业标准由国务院标准化行政主管部门编制计划、组织草拟,统一审批、编号、发布。(
早在七八千年前的新石器时代,我们的先民已经开始制造和使用陶器。
某运输公司有从事营运的客车、货车若干辆。某日因骤降暴雨造成路面积水,行车困难,该
中国商务部研究院信息咨询中心与北京信索信息咨询有限公司联合开展的《2005~20
行业风险评估工作表把风险程度分为()类和()个级别。A.十:七 B.七
某公司只生产一种产品,2011年度销售量为2000件,单位售价为180元,固定
癫痫复杂部分性发作的首选药物是( )。A.地西泮 B.扑米酮 C.丙戊酸钠
()是工程融资的重要依据。A.资金供应计划 B.资金需求计划 C.自己供应
最新回复
(
0
)