1 . The FDA is the common name for the Food and Drug Administration (食品药品监督管理局). It is a government agency that makes food and drugs safe. It regulates (调节) food and the food supply. It also controls diet supplement ( 补充物). The FDA also makes sure that drugs and medical instruments are safe and effective.
For drugs and medical machines to be accepted, they must go through a certain process. There are many strict tests. First anything that humans use must be tested on animals. This may take up to 6 years. Then, it must be tested with a few people. Testing on 15 to 20 people can last up to a year and a half. Third, a mid-sized group (100 to 500 people) is used. This often takes two years. Then a large group is tested over 3 years. Of 5,000 drugs discovered, only 5 go to the final test. Of that, only one passes on to the market Food supplements like ginseng ( 人 参 ) follow a different path. The FDA does not test them as they do for drugs. The agency only controls these products if they are unsafe but are already being sold. Two exceptions are baby and medical food. Because those consumers who use them are not strong, the FDA is more careful with these products.
Labeling ( 标 签 ) is a major focus. A label must show what a product is for. For drugs,labels should say the name of the drug and what it is used for. It should also detail who should take it and list any side effects (副作用). It needs to detail directions for pregnant (怀孕的) women, children, or old people. It also needs to detail safety information.
The FDA protects the public from harm. It achieves this through controls and labeling. It has standards for effectiveness in medical products. It also has standards for how information is shared.
1. According to the passage, how many drugs make it to the market?| A．Nearly five thousand. | B．One of five thousand. |
| C．Five of five thousand. | D．Over five thousand. |
| A．things the FDA avoids | B．things the FDA controls |
| C．things the FDA buys | D．things the FDA refuses |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．The FDA is a government agency that is responsible for the safety of food and drugs. |
| B．It takes a long time for a drug to enter the market, |
| C．All the food supplements are not tested in the same way as drugs. |
| D．The FDA protects the public through controls and labeling. |
2 . Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it’s easy to answer. The 29-year-old vlogger’s videos about her country life recently become well-known. Her fans call her “the goddess of nature.”
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming, she is good at practising many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears Hanfu, Chinese traditional clothes that she made herself. She also keeps silkworms in order to make quilts (被子) for winter. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
“She performs the work of a famer with the grace of a fairy,” the South China Morning Post said.
Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother who was not in good health.
To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to advertise her products. But the simple pleasures she presented quickly won her many fans and she was encouraged to make more videos to show her traditional lifestyle. “In such a tech-driven age, where everything comes so quickly, it's nice to watch such a slow process shown without her getting stressed,” one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li’s deep understanding of food, nature and Chinese culture. “I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving (保存) meat like that!” one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
1. Why does the writer think Li Ziqi is worthy of the title “the goddess of nature”?| A．Because she knows many kinds of skills. |
| B．Because her country life recently become well-known. |
| C．Because she has many fans. |
| D．Because she has the ability to make a living through making videos. |
| A．蝉 | B．蝗虫 | C．蚕 | D．萤火虫 |
| A．why Li made a living | B．why Li runs an online store |
| C．how fans get less stressed | D．why fans like Li and her videos |
① Li came back to the village to look after her grandmother.
② Li began to make videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③ Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④ Li becomes famous at home and abroad because of the videos.
⑤ Li practises cooking, painting, designing and farming.
| A．③①⑤②④ | B．⑤②③①④ | C．⑤③①②④ | D．③①②⑤④ |
