《2025年单元双测全优测评卷八年级英语下册译林版》

C（2023·常州溧阳南渡初级中学期末）
What should you do if you have a headache? In modern times, people often take aspirin（阿司匹林）. But is aspirin 1 （actual）a modern medicine?
More than 4,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians used dried leaves to treat pain. And in the fourth century B. C., a medicine made from tree bark（树皮） 2 （use）to treat fevers. In the nineteenth century, European scientists discovered that both medicines have the same chemical（化学物质）. They used the chemical to make a modern medicine—aspirin. Today, it’s one of the world’s 3 （cheap）and most helpful medicines.
Some of the medicines we have today come 4 traditional Chinese medicine. In the third century B. C., some people 5 （begin）studying the human body. They tried many different ways to treat the patients and recorded 6 （they）results. For more than 2,000 years, doctors recorded 7 they found in books. These ancient books are still useful today. Tu Youyou, a Chinese medical researcher, found that in 8 past, people used a herb with yellow flowers to treat fevers. After studying it, she developed a medicine that saved millions of people from dying.
For 9 （century）, Western medicine paid little attention to traditional Chinese medicine. But today, scientists are studying traditional treatments 10 （develop）new medicines.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________
5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________
9. ________ 10. ________

答案： C 1. actually 2. was used 3. cheapest 4. from 5. began 6. their 7. what 8. the 9. centuries 10. to develop