Although aspirin has been proven to eliminate moderate fever associated with some illnesses, many doctors no longer routinely recommend its use for this purpose. A moderate fever stimulates the activity of the body's disease-fighting white blood cells and also inhibits the growth of many strains of disease-causing bacteria.
If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?
Although aspirin has been proven to eliminate moderate fever associated with some illnesses, many doctors no longer routinely recommend its use for this purpose. A moderate fever stimulates the activity of the body’s disease-fighting white blood cells and also inhibits the growth of many strains of disease-causing bacteria. If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them? (A) Aspirin, an effective painkiller, alleviates the pain and discomfort of many illnesses. (B) Aspirin can prolong a patient’s illness by eliminating moderate fever helpful in fighting some diseases. (C) Aspirin inhibits the growth of white blood cells, which are necessary for fighting some illnesses. (D) The more white blood cells a patient’s body produces, the less severe the patient’s illness will be. (E) The focus of modern medicine is on inhibiting the growth of disease-causing bacteria within the body. 正确答案是B。 我选的是C,反而我觉得C是直接推出来的,而B是的推断没那么直接。原文说这种moderate fever可是刺激抗病白细胞的活跃度和抑制致病细菌的生长。那么直接推断可得出,吃aspirin导致以上两种结果相反的结果,就是抑制包细胞活跃度或者帮助病菌生长,而C不就说的是 inhibits the growth of white blood cells吗?再说B,服用aspirin会延长疾病,这也对,但是没有C选项那么直接,我认为B某种程度上还是根据C推到出来的呢。
既然阿司匹林的作用是eliminate moderate fever,而moderate fever 能够stimulate the activity of the disease-fighting white blood cells and inhibit the growth of disease-causing bacteria ,也就是moderate fever可以减轻disease,而阿司匹林eliminate fever ,那不就推出aspirin不能消除illness?为什么是prolong the illness 呢? 希望有人帮我解答!谢谢!