{{B}}
Medical
Journals{{/B}} Medical journals are publications that report
medical information to physicians and other health professionals.
In the past, these journals were available only in print. With the
development of electronic publishing, many medical journals now have Web sites
on the Internet, and some journals publish only online. A few medical journals,
like the Journal of the American Medical Association, are considered general
medical journals because they cover many fields of medicine. Most medical
journals are specialty journals that focus on a particular area of
medicine. Medical journals publish many types of articles.
Research articles report the results of research studies on a range of topics
varying from the basic mechanisms of diseases to clinical trials that compare
outcomes of different treatments. Review articles summarize and analyze the
information available on a specific topic based on a careful search of the
medical literature. Because the results of individual research
studies can be affected by many factors, combining results from different
studies on the same topic can be helpful in reaching conclusions about the
scientific evidence for preventing, diagnosing or treating a particular disease.
Case conferences and case reports may be published in medical journals to
educate physicians about particular illnesses and how to treat at them.
Editorials in medical journals are short essays that express the views of the
authors, often regarding a research or review article published in the same
issue. Editorials provide perspective on how the current article
fits with other information on the same topic. Letters to the editor provide a
way for readers of the medical journal to express comments, questions or
criticisms about articles published in that
journal.
单选题
The main readers of medical journals are
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。问题问及“医疗杂志的主要读者”，借助题干中的核心词“main readers”作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：Medical journals Rte publications that report medical information to physicians and other health professionals(与“main readers”呼应)．该句间接的回答了问题—医学杂志向内科医生和其他健康专家提供医疗信息，所以答案是B。
单选题
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。备选项在内容上都是涉及到“医疗杂志的出版”，所以借助备选项共有词publish作为答案线索，发现答案相关句：many medical journals now have Web sites on the Internet(该句与A内容一致)，and some journals publish only online．(该句直接与C矛盾)A few medical journals，like the Journal of the American Medical Association，are considered general medical journals because they cover many fields of medicine．(该句与B内容一致)Most medical journals are specialty journals that focus on a particular area of medicine．(该句与D内容一致)
单选题
How many major types of articles are mentioned in the passage?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。该题涉及到文章类型的数量，因此要注意文章中提及文章类型的句子。这样发现答案相关句：Medical journals publish many types of articles．Research articles(研究文章) report the results of…Review articles (综述文章)summarize and analyze…Case conferences and case reports (病例会诊和病理报告) may be published in medical journals…Editorials (社论)provide perspective on… Letters to the editor (读者来信)provide a way for readers of．．如上面的分析，文章中一共提到了5种类型的文章。
单选题
An article dealing with results from different studies on the same topic is called______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。利用题干中的核心结构“the same topic”作为答案线索，找到答案相关句： Review articles summarize and analyze the information available on a specific topic based on a careful search of the medical literature．(该句说“综述文章是在对医学文献进行了仔细的查询后找出的有关某一具体主题的信息进行汇总和分析。”)Because the results of individual research studies can be affected by many factors， combining results from different studies on the same topic can helpful in reaching conclusions about the scientific evidence for preventing，diagnosing or treating a particular disease．划线结构说“汇集对同—主题所做的不同研究有助于得出……的结论”，结合前一句的内容“综述文章是在对医学文献进行了仔细的查询后找出的有关某一具体主题的信息进行汇总和分析”，可以得出的结论是“将同一题目的不同研究结果加以归纳和分析的文章是综述文章”，所以判断B是答案。
单选题
Letters to the editor enable readers of a medical journal to express comments on______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 借助题干中的核心结构“Letters to the editor”和“express comments on”作为答案线索，这样在文章最后部分找到答案相关句：Letters to the editor provide a way for readers of the medical journal to express comments，questions or criticisms about articles published in that journal．该句内容直接回答了问题：对杂志上发表的文章进行评论，提出问题或提出批评意见。