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　　北京新航道学校致力于雅思培训为大家提供权威参考资料。暑假已经结束了，赶在这个时间参加雅思的考生朋友们也完成了自己的学习计划，总结这个暑期的阅读试题，我们为大家进行了整理，希望对那些正在准备考试同学有所帮助。雅思阅读对于国内考生来说难度较大，除了专业水平之外，还极度考验着同学的耐心和细心。下面就给大家一些资料，希望对于同学的英语成绩有所帮助。

　　Answer keys and explanations:

　　1. True

　　See para.3 from the beginning: Zolpidem, sold under the brand names Ambien, Stilnoct and Stilnox, is widely prescribed to treat insomnia and other disorders such as sleep apnea.

　　2. False

　　See para.1 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: Another case involved a woman who gained 23 kilograms over seven months while taking zolpidem. “It was only when she was discovered in front of an open refrigerator while asleep that the problem was resolved”…

　　3. Not Given

　　See para.2 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, meanwhile, has recorded 68 cases of adverse reactions to zolpidem from 2001 to 2005. (The time the drug was approved in the UK was not mentioned.)

　　4. True

　　See para.3 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: In one case, a transatlantic flight had to be diverted after a passenger caused havoc after taking zolpidem.

　　5. False

　　See para.2 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: He says that unlike older types of sleep medications, zolpidem does not carry as great a risk of addiction.

　　6. Not Given

　　See para.3 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: And Wright notes that some of the reports of “sleep-driving” linked to zolpidem can be easily explained: some patients have wrongly taken the drug right before leaving work in hopes that the medicine will kick in by the time they reach home. (No patients as office workers are mentioned in the passage.)

　　7. C

　　See para.4 from the beginning: A newly published report from Australia’s Federal Health Department describes 104 cases of hallucinations and 62 cases of amnesia experienced by people taking zolpidem since marketing of the drug began there in 2000. The health department report also mentioned 16 cases of strange sleepwalking by people taking the medication.

　　8. B

　　See the sentence in para.2 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects” (The product information for prescribers advises that psychiatric adverse effects, including hallucinations, sleepwalking and nightmares, are more likely in the elderly, and treatment should be stopped if they occur.) and the sentence in para.3 under the subtitle “Tried and tested” (Doctors “not the product information” stress that the medication should be taken just before going to bed.)

　　9. B

　　See para.5 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Melissa Feltmann … says that “the safety profile [of zolpidem] is well established”.

　　10. 674,500 (times)

　　See para.3 from the beginning: Various forms of the drug, made by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, were prescribed 674,500 times in 2005 in the UK.

　　11. (a) benzodiazepine-like (hypnotic)

　　See para.1 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects”: The drug is a benzodiazepine-like hypnotic (类苯二氮催眠药)that promotes deep sleep by interacting with brain receptors for a chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid.

　　12. risky consequences

　　See para.3 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects”: Patient advocacy groups … stress that strange sleepwalking and sleep-driving behaviours can have risky consequences.

　　13. Food &Drug (Administration)

　　See para.4 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: The US Food &Drug Administration says it is continuing to "actively investigate" and collect information about cases linking zolpidem to unusual side effects.

　　经过老师课堂经验发现，雅思阅读对考生来说就是不能合理分配阅读题干的时间和答题时间，这还需要同学在平日里多加练习，以便应试速度，老师提醒大家，成绩绝非一朝一夕之事，勤奋练习才能收益。最后祝你考试顺利。

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