OG-59 No discussion

wendybao

59.Certain messenger molecules fight damage to the lungs from noxious air by telling the muscle cells encircling the lungs’ airways to contract. This partially seals off the lungs. An asthma attack occurs when the messenger molecules are activated unnecessarily, in response to harmless things like pollen or household dust.

Which of the following, if true, points to the most serious flaw of a plan to develop a medication that would prevent asthma attacks by blocking receipt of any messages sent by the messenger molecules referred to above?

(A) Researchers do not yet know how the body produces the messenger molecules that trigger asthma attacks.

(B) Researchers do not yet know what makes one person’s messenger molecules more easily activated than another’s.

(C) Such a medication would not become available for several years, because of long lead times in both development and manufacture.

(D) Such a medication would be unable to distinguish between messages triggered by pollen and household dust and messages triggered by noxious air. D

(E) Such a medication would be a preventative only and would be unable to alleviate an asthma attack once it had started.

The medication to be developed is intended to prevent asthma attacks by suppressing the natural action of certain molecules in the lungs. Choice D asserts that this suppression would occur not only when the molecules’ action is superfluous, but also when it is necessary. This would be a serious flaw in the medication, so D is the best answer.

Choices A and B refer to a lack of knowledge about how the messenger molecules are produced or activated, but not about how they act in the lungs. Choice C describes how long the development might takes, but does not rule out the possibility of success. Choice E asserts merely that the medication would be unable to do something it was not intended to do.

OG的解释看不懂，能不能解释一下。

ring_cheng

我对OG解释的一些整理，供参考：

Which of the following, if true, points to the most serious flaw of a plan to develop a medication that would prevent asthma attacks by blocking receipt of any messages sent by the messenger molecules referred to above? 注意题目要求的特殊性

(A) Researchers do not yet know how the body produces the messenger molecules that trigger asthma attacks. —>跟如何产生这些分子的无关（要找的是它们如何作用的）

(B) Researchers do not yet know what makes one person’s messenger molecules more easily activated than another’s. —>跟如何激活这些分子无关

(C) Such a medication would not become available for several years, because of long lead times in both development and manufacture. —>药品上市所需时间长不能就说药理没有作用

(D) Such a medication would be unable to distinguish between messages triggered by pollen and household dust and messages triggered by noxious air.

(E) Such a medication would be a preventative only and would be unable to alleviate an asthma attack once it had started. —>题目问的是阻止发病的药理，跟发病后药能否减轻病症无关（注意题目要求的特殊性）

robertyf

有朋友能帮忙翻译一下题目吗？感觉晕晕的，谢谢

zhuer

可以参考下面：

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=24&ID=124310&replyID=&skin=0