职称英语考 第04课 阅读理解-应试技巧.docVIP

第课 ——请牢记下列重要提示 阅读理解应试技巧(职称英语) 一. 牢牢地抓住英文写作的“三步曲” ●中心 ●举例说明 ●作者观点或文章结论。 1．文章的中心思想—第一句 2. 文章中具体细节（查细节） 3. 作者观点或文章结论最后一句 4. 对错选择5. 解释词义 6. 提到未提到 二． 阅读理解解题程序 1. 牢牢抓住中心——围着中心转 but “……..” ---- today this day so yet ….. 如果第一句是 not 第二句是中心句。 2002年职称英语等级考试试题 四、阅读理解： Natural Medicines Since earliest days, humans have used some kinds of medicines医学. We know this because humans have survived. Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely. They were successful long before the time of modern medicine. Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny (发亮的) instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment. Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals. Yet injuries are treated. And diseases are often cured. How? By ancient methods. By medicines that might seem mysterious, even magical (有魔力的). Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical, however. Through the centuries, tribal (部族的) medicine men experimented with plants. They found many useful chemicals in the plants. And scientists believemany of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today’s most serious diseases. Experts say almost 80% of the people in the world use plants for health care. These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment. They are used because people trust them. In developed areas, few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store. Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources, especially plants. Some experts say more than 25% of modern medicines come, in one way or another, from nature. Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory. All living things contain chemicals that help them survive. So scientists’ interest in traditional medicine is not new. But it has become an urgent concern. This is because