(2020·广东省实验中学高三上学期第一次考试)TraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM)...
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(2020·广东省实验中学高三上学期第一次考试)Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) needs to prove its worth through rigorous clinical trials, according to the head of one of China's largest herbal remedy companies, as a contentious new law to boost the $40bn sector comes into effect.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is estimated by analysts to account for a third of sales in China's $117bn pharmaceutical (*学) market, the world's second largest. But most of those sales are of relatively cheap overthecounter drugs, with many Chinese hospital doctors unwilling to prescribe TCM remedies because of the lack of evidence for their effectiveness.
China's first law promising equal status for TCM and western medicine in the country's statedominated healthcare system comes into effect this weekend. Provisions include encouragement for hospitals to set up TCM centres, and a licensing system for practitioners (从业者). “This law is very important for securing the status of TCM，” said Wu Yiling, chairman of Yiling Pharmaceutical, a company that makes herbal remedies based on traditional recipes in the northern province of Hebei.
Listed in Shenzhen, Wu Yiling has a market capitalization of RMB 20.7bn ($3bn). Mr Wu, the son of a herbal practitioner, controls a family fortune of $1.6bn, according to the Hurun Rich List.
Mr Wu is both a supporter of the nature of Qi—the mystical energy force that provides the basis for much of TCM theory—and the clinical trials vital to western pharmaceutical companies. “TCM needs to develop using modern research methods，” he said.
For instance, researchers from Peking and Cardiff Universities tested the health benefits of Yiling's herbal medicine Yangzheng Xiaoji, publishing papers in the InternationalJournalofOncology that showed the drug can slow the growth of cancer tumours. “The theory and recipe is TCM, but in practice the evaluation of our medicines is carried out according to western evidencebased methods，” Mr Wu said.
Analysts say such tests can help gain support from doubtful hospital doctors and boost prescriptions. “Doctors need strong evidence that drugs definitely work，” said Serena Shao, healthcare analyst at brokerage CLSA.“Some of these companies are currently doing clinical trials, and getting proof that their drugs have the same efficacy (功效) as chemical drugs. That's the way to go.” she added.
The TCM law has been greeted with doubt from China's westernschooled medical establishment, which points to a lack of rigorous training for TCM doctors, and a recent series of shocking events involving herbal injections believed to have been harmful. “Officials will try and encourage TCM, but also will be very cautious about what kinds of TCM they use in hospitals，” added Ms Shao.
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。*最大草*公司之一的负责人表示，随着一项有争议的新法律生效，传统中医(TCM)需要通过严格的临床试验*其价值。
8．Why does Traditional Chinese Medicine need to prove its worth through rigorous clinical trials?
A．Because Chinese medicine is all cheap overthecounter drugs.
B．Because Chinese medicine market is the world's second largest one.
C．Because Chinese government wants to boost the law of Chinese medicine.
D．Because doctors are unwilling to prescribe TCM remedies lacking evidence of effectiveness.
9．Which words can be used to replace the underlined word “Provisions” in the third paragraph?
A．Articles of law.
B．Ways of supplying.
C．Methods of motivation.
D．Approaches to inspiring.
10．According to the passage, we can learn that Mr Wu Yiling ________.
A．is a herbal practitioner, controlling a family fortune
B．has a company in Shenzhen that has a market capitalization of $3bn
C．let his company evaluate herbal medicines with western evidencebased methods
D．thinks that if we need to develop TCM, we should use Chinese traditional research methods
11．According to the last two paragraphs, we infer that ________.
A．western doctors deny the effectiveness of TCM
B．TCM hasn't been recognized in the western medicine
C．there is a lack of rigorous training for TCM doctors
D．a recent series of shocking events has destroyed Chinese medicine
【回答】
8.D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“But most of those sales are of relatively cheap overthecounter drugs, with many Chinese hospital doctors unwilling to prescribe TCM remedies (疗法) because of the lack of evidence for their effectiveness.”可知，医生不愿意开出缺乏有效*据的中医*治疗方法，所以中医需要通过严格的临床试验*其价值。故选D。
9.A 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“include encouragement for hospitals to set up TCM centres, and a licensing system for practitioners (从业者)．”可知，鼓励医院建立TCM中心，以及为从业者提供许可*制度，这些属于规定的具体内容，因此画线词指的是“法律条款”。故选A。
10.C 细节理解题。根据第六段中的“The theory and recipe is TCM, but in practice the evaluation of our medicines is carried out according to western evidencebased methods，”可知，武夷岭先生让他的公司用西方循*方法评估草*。故选C。
11.B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“The TCM law has been greeted with doubt from China's westernschooled medical establishment, which points to a lack of rigorous training for TCM doctors, and a recent series of shocking events involving herbal injections believed to have been harmful.”可推知，中医在西方医学中尚未得到认可。故选B。
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