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雅思阅读练习及答案：

Answer keys and explanations:

1. True

See para.3 from the beginning: Zolpidem, soldunder the brand names Ambien, Stilnoct andStilnox, is widely prescribed to treat insomnia andother disorders such as sleep apnea.

2. False

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

3. Not Given

See para.2 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare productsRegulatory Agency, meanwhile, has recorded 68 cases of adverse reactions to zolpidem from2001 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 bediverted 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 sleepmedications, 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 thereports of “sleep-driving” linked to zolpidem can be easily explained: some patients havewrongly taken the drug right before leaving work in hopes that the medicine will kick in by thetime 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 HealthDepartment describes 104 cases of hallucinations and 62 cases of amnesia experienced bypeople taking zolpidem since marketing of the drug began there in 2000. The health departmentreport 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 informationfor prescribers advises that psychiatric adverse effects, including hallucinations, sleepwalkingand 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 productinformation” 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 MelissaFeltmann … 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 pharmaceuticalgiant 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 chemicalcalled gamma-aminobutyric acid.

12. risky consequences

See para.3 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects”: Patient advocacy groups … stress thatstrange 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 Administrationsays it is continuing to "actively investigate" and collect information about cases linkingzolpidem to unusual side effects.

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