2.
taking two blood pressure-lowering drugs may
produce _____less risk of secondary strokes than taking only one such drug.
a. three quarters
b.
nearly four tenths
c. one fifth
d.
about one fourteenth
解析:用題干中的關(guān)鍵詞taking two
blood pressure-lowering drugs鎖定核心句在第三段,但是四個(gè)選項(xiàng)里沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)原文中的數(shù)字40%和1/3。再看題干中有less…than的比較,
說(shuō)明答案計(jì)算。服用兩種降壓藥繼發(fā)中風(fēng)的危險(xiǎn)性可減少到40%;單服一種藥,其危險(xiǎn)性則為1/3(33%)??梢?jiàn)服用兩種藥l比服一種藥可減少大約7%,即大約l/14的危險(xiǎn)性。(解題時(shí)需要把不同的表達(dá)方式統(tǒng)一成一種再進(jìn)行比較)
3
an international six-year study of 6,100 patients directed from sydney
university found that by taking two blood
pressure-lowering drugs, the risk of secondary
strokes can be reduced by up to 40 per cent.
even taking one of the commonly available drugs can cut
the risk by a third,