(2020·廣東省實驗中學高三上學期第一次考試)TraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM)...

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(2020·廣東省實驗中學高三上學期第一次考試)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 (*學) 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 (從業者). “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.

篇章導讀：本文是一篇說明文。*最大草*公司之一的負責人表示，隨著一項有爭議的新法律生效，傳統中醫(TCM)需要通過嚴格的臨床試驗*其價值。

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　細節理解題。根據第二段中的“But most of those sales are of relatively cheap over­the­counter drugs, with many Chinese hospital doctors unwilling to prescribe TCM remedies (療法) because of the lack of evidence for their effectiveness.”可知，醫生不願意開出缺乏有效*據的中醫*治療方法，所以中醫需要通過嚴格的臨床試驗*其價值。故選D。

9.A　詞義猜測題。根據畫線詞後的“include encouragement for hospitals to set up TCM centres, and a licensing system for practitioners (從業者)．”可知，鼓勵醫院建立TCM中心，以及為從業者提供許可*制度，這些屬於規定的具體內容，因此畫線詞指的是“法律條款”。故選A。

10.C　細節理解題。根據第六段中的“The theory and recipe is TCM, but in practice the evaluation of our medicines is carried out according to western evidence­based methods，”可知，武夷嶺先生讓他的公司用西方循*方法評估草*。故選C。

11.B　推理判斷題。根據最後一段中的“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，中醫在西方醫學中尚未得到認可。故選B。

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