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Once Daily Pill Could Simplify HIV Treatment

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences have combined many HIV drugs into a single pill. Sometimes the best medicine is more than one kind of medicine. Malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, 1 , are all treated with combinations of drugs. But that can mean a lot of pill to take. It would be 2 drug companies combined all the medicines into a single pill, taken just once a day.
Now, two companies say they have done that for people just 3 treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The companies are Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Science. They have 4 a single pill that combines three drugs currently on the market. Bristol-Myers Squibb sells one of them 5 the name of Sustiva. Gilead combined the 6 , Emtriva and Viread, into a single pill in two thousand four.
Combining drugs involves more than 7 issues. It also involves issues of competition 8 the drugs are made by different companies. The new once-daily pill is the result of 9 is described as the first joint venture agreement of its kind in the treatment of HIV. In January the New England Journal of Medicine published a study of the new pill. Researcher compared its 10 to that of the widely used combination of Sustiva and Combivir. Combivir 11 two drugs, AZT and 3TC. The researchers say that after one year of treatment, the new pill sup- pressed HIV levels in more patients and with fewer 12 effects. Gilead paid for the study. Professor Joel Gallant at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, led the research. He is a paid adviser to Gilead and Bristol-Meyers Squibb as well as the maker of Combivir, Glaxo Smith Kline.
Glaxo Smith Kline reacted 13 the findings by saying that a single study is of limited value. It says the effectiveness of Combivir has been shown in each of more than fifty studies. The price of the new once-daily pill has not been announced. But Gilead and Bristol-Myers Squibb say they will provide it at reduced cost to developing countries. They plan in the next few months to ask the United States Food and Drug Administration to approve the new pill.
There are limits to who could take it 14 the different drugs it contains. For example, 15 women are told not to take Sustiva because of the risk of birth disorders. Experts say more than forty million people around the world are living with HIV.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：疟疾，结核病，艾滋病，……都是通过多种药品治疗的。
四个选项A项therefore“因此，所以”，B项thus“这样，那么”，C项for example“例如”，D项nevertheless“然而，不过”，从句意上C项最合适，其他各项都不适合。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：如果药品公司把所有的药品合成为一种药丸，一天只服用一次，那就……。
前一句提到“But that can mean a lot of pill to take. ”，因为很多疾病都是用多种药物来治疗的，故要服很多药。四个选项A项simpler“更简单的，更朴素的”，B项more complex“更复杂的”，C项more meaningless“更无意义的”，D项more troublesome“更讨厌的，更麻烦的”，由句意可知只有A项合适。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：现在，两家公司说他们已为那些刚……艾滋病病毒(导致艾滋病)治疗的人们做了那项工作。
四个选项A项starting“开始，出发”，B项stopping“停止，中止”，C项ending“结束”，D项discontinuing“停止，中断”，根据句意，只有A项符合。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：他们……了一种由目前市面上的三种药品合成的药丸。
四个选项A项analyzed“分析”，B项examined“检查，考试”，C项explored“探险，探测，探究”，D项developed“开发，研制”，根据句意只有D项合适。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：Bristol-Myers Squibb公司出售其中一种名为Sustiva的药品。
under the name of意为：以……名，名为……，其他选项都不能与name搭配。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：Gilead Sciences公司在2004年把……(Emtriva和Viread)合成为一种单片。
四个选项都是代词，此处要填入代指Emtriva和Viread的词，这是两种药，故填入复数形式。从意思上D项others“其他的”更合适，因前文提到了由三种药物合成的Sustiva。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：合成药品不仅仅是一个……问题。
四个选项A项social“社会的，社交的”，B项technical“技术的”，C项personal“个人的，私人的，亲自的”，D项historical“历史的，有关历史的”，根据常识B项最合适。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：……药品由不同药厂制造时，它也是一个竞争问题。
显然从句与主句之间是“条件”与“结果”的关系，所以此处要填入表示条件的连词，只有A项if符合。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：这种新的一天只服一次的药丸是被称为对抗HIV病毒的过程中第一个联合项目协议的产物。
the result of后面是一个宾语从句，从句缺少主语，所以A项that和B项which可被排除，C项what相当于the thing (s) that，D项whatever相当于any thing that，根据句意，C项合适。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：研究者比较了它的……与广泛使用的Sustiva和Combivir的合成品的。
句中的that指代要填入的词。比较两种药物，常识看来应该是对药效进行比较，四个选项D项符合意思。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：Combivir……两种药物，AZT and 3TC。
四个选项A项excludes“排除”，B项contains“包含”，C项looks like“看起来像”，D项tastes of“有……的味道，体验”，只有B项最为合理。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：这种新药可以在更多病人身上抑制HIV的水平，……作用也更少。
由常识判断此处意思是新药的副作用更少。副作用一般用side effects。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：对于这个研究结果，Glaxo Smith Kline认为单个的研究是没有多大价值的。
react to为固定搭配，意为：对……做出反应。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：这种药丸对于使用者是有限制的，……它包含有不同的药品。
四个选项A项because of“因为，由于”，B项before“在……之前”，C项because“因为”，D项and“和”，本句前后是因果关系，且后面是短语the different drugs，所以A项正确。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：例如，……的妇女被告知不要服用Sustiva，以避免婴儿患先天性疾病的风险。本句后提到生育时可能有危险，故选D。