The first sentence "Like every dog, every disease now seems to have its day". means ______. Which of the following best defines

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问题 The first sentence "Like every dog, every disease now seems to have its day". means ______.
Which of the following best defines the word "upshot" (Line 5, Paragraph 5)?

选项 A、Outcome.
B、Uphold.
C、Achievement.
D、Project.

答案A

解析 第五段最后三句:However,some anti-TB drugs interfere with the effect of some anti-HIV drugs.Conversely,in about 20% of cases where a patient has both diseases,anti-HIV drugs make the tuberculosis worse. The upshot is that 125 years after human beings worked out what caused TB,it is still a serious threat.本题在考查考生词汇知识的同时,也考查大家对全文结尾处语言逻辑关系的理解。全文倒数第三句和前文是转折关系;倒数第二句话和倒数第三句是对比关系;最后一句和其前面两个句子之间的关系恰恰是本题的关键所在。根据句意"然而,一些抗肺结核药物会对某些抗HIV药物的功能产生影响。相反,那些同时患有肺结核病和艾滋病的病人中,有20%的案例是抗HIV药物加剧了肺结核病的病情。从人们发现肺结核病的起因到现在已经有125年了,但这种疾病至今仍严重地威胁着人类的健康"。我们可以判断出最后一句和其前文为因果关系。并且字典中对upshot解释为the final result,所以选Outcome。注意:此题虽然看似不难,但此类型题是将两种出题思路结合在一起,换在其他文章中,可能难度会很大,要小心作答。achievement有两个主要意思,其一为action of achieving"完成,达到",其二为"成绩,成就",如scientific achievement科学成就。achievement与outcome相比,常表示一种好的结果。outcome作为一种结果比result要强烈,表示最终结果或原因,作用了较长一段时间以后的结果。B和D不合文意,错误。
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