Do you always understand the instruction

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Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a cold and coughed day and night. He went to a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

Cough Medicine:
The medicine is for a person with a cough. Shake it well before using.
Take it three times each day before meals or before sleep.
Dose(剂量):
Age: over14 2 teaspoonfuls
1 teaspoonful
1/2 teaspoonful
Not fit for children below the age of three or old persons with heart trouble.
Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1^st, 2006.

小题1:John should take _____ a day.

A．2 teaspoonfuls

B．3 teaspoonfuls

C．4 teaspoonfuls

D．1 teaspoonful

小题2:The medicine should be kept in _____.

A．a fridge

B．hot water

C．any place

D．the sun

小题3:John should _____ before he takes it.

A．shake the medicine well	B．eat nothing
C．do some exercise	D．drink a cup of tea

小题4:When people are ______ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

A．eighty

B．thirty

C．two

D．twelve

小题5:John will _____ the medicine when it is left after December 1^st, 2006.

A．throw away	B．begin to take
C．take once	D．take more than three times

答案

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题3:A

小题4:C

小题5:A

题目分析：这篇短文主要是关于药品的说明。说明中包含了药品的服用次数，不同年龄的剂量，服用时间，保存方式以及有效期等。

小题1:判断推理题。根据文中John is twelve years old. John 12岁；Take it three times each day…一天三次，以及后面描述8-13岁，一次一勺子，所以John一天吃3勺，故选B。

小题2:细节理解题。根据文中最后一段Put it in a cold place.置于低温处，故选A，放在冰箱里。

小题3:细节理解题。文中描述Shake it well before using.服用前要摇晃，故选A

小题4:判断推理题。Not fit for children below the age of three or old persons with heart trouble.不适合3岁以下儿童或有心脏病的老人，故选C。

小题5:判断推理题。文中最后一句Use it before December 1^st, 2006.在2006年12月1日前服用。所以该日期后不能再服用，故选A，扔掉。