Improving patient safety

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题目与答案

1. Elderly people may have the same problem with children if the lids of containers require too much strength to open.
   • Thea Swayne
   • Children Accident Prevention Trust
   • Richard Mawle
   • Karel van der Waarde

   答案：Richard Mawle

   原文定位：Older people, especially those with arthritis, may have the same level of strength as a child

   同义替换：「Elderly」↔「Older」，「same problem with children」↔「same level of strength as a child」，「require too much strength」↔「based on strength」

2. Adapting packaging for the blind may disadvantage the sighted people.
   • Thea Swayne
   • Children Accident Prevention Trust
   • Richard Mawle
   • Karel van der Waarde

   答案：Karel van der Waarde

   原文定位：it is not known how much visually impaired patients will benefit nor how much the reading of visually able patients will be impaired

   同义替换：「for the blind」↔「visually impaired patients」，「disadvantage」↔「impaired」，「the sighted people」↔「visually able patients」

3. Specially designed lids cannot eliminate the possibility of children swallowing pills accidentally.
   • Thea Swayne
   • Children Accident Prevention Trust
   • Richard Mawle
   • Karel van der Waarde

   答案：Children Accident Prevention Trust

   原文定位：Although child;resistant closures have reduced the number of incidents, they are not fully child;proof;

   同义替换：「accidentally」↔「incidents」

4. Container design should consider situations, such as drug used at home.
   • Thea Swayne
   • Children Accident Prevention Trust
   • Richard Mawle
   • Karel van der Waarde

   答案：Thea Swayne

   原文定位：It is argued that packaging should be designed for moments such as these;what happens in the real world

   同义替换：「Container design」↔「packaging should be designed」，「consider situations」↔「designed for moments such as these」，「drug used at home」↔「real world」

5. Governing bodies should investigate many different container cases rather than individual ones.
   • Thea Swayne
   • Children Accident Prevention Trust
   • Richard Mawle
   • Karel van der Waarde

   答案：Karel van der Waarde

   原文定位：They do not look at the use of packaging in a practical context;they only see one box at a time and not several together as pharmacists would do

   同义替换：「many different container cases」↔「several together」，「rather than individual ones」↔「only see one box at a time」

6. Information on the list of a leaflet hasn’t been in the right order.
   • Thea Swayne
   • Children Accident Prevention Trust
   • Richard Mawle
   • Karel van der Waarde

   答案：Richard Mawle

   原文定位：why are company details listed towards the beginning of a leaflet when what might be more important for the patient is that the medicine should not be taken with alcohol

7. Packaging in pharmaceutical industry

   Designs for over-the-counter medicines

   First, 33_____ make the proposal,
   • consumers
   • marketing teams
   • pharmaceutical industry
   • external designers
   • in-house designers
   • design engineers

   答案：marketing teams

   原文定位：A marketing team will prepare a brief and the designers will come up with perhaps six or seven designs

   同义替换：「make the proposal」↔「prepare a brief」

8. then pass them to the 34_____ .
   • consumers
   • marketing teams
   • pharmaceutical industry
   • external designers
   • in-house designers
   • design engineers

   答案：external designers

   原文定位：A marketing team will prepare a brief and the designers will come up with perhaps six or seven designs

9. Finally, these designs will be tested by 35_____ .
   • consumers
   • marketing teams
   • pharmaceutical industry
   • external designers
   • in-house designers
   • design engineers

   答案：consumers

   原文定位：These are whittled down to two or three that might be tested on a consumer group

   同义替换：「tested on」↔「tested by」

10. Prescription-only

    First, the design is made by 36_____
    • consumers
    • marketing teams
    • pharmaceutical industry
    • external designers
    • in-house designers
    • design engineers

    答案：in-house designers

    原文定位：In contrast, most designs for prescription-only products are created in-house

11. and then subjected to 37_____ .
    • consumers
    • marketing teams
    • pharmaceutical industry
    • external designers
    • in-house designers
    • design engineers

    答案：design engineers

    原文定位：The chosen design is then handed over to design engineers who work out how the packaging will be produced

    同义替换：「handed over to」↔「subjected to」

12. 38 What may cause the accident in “design container”?
    • a print error
    • style of print
    • wrong label
    • the shape of the bottle

    答案：style of print

    原文定位：Investigations following these tragedies have attributed some blame to poor typescript

    同义替换：「cause the accident」↔「attributed some blame to」，「poor typescript」↔「style of print」

13. 39 What do people think about the black and white only print?
    • Consumers dislike these products.
    • People have to pay more attention to the information.
    • That makes all products look alike.
    • Sighted people may feel it is more helpful.

    答案：People have to pay more attention to the information.

    原文定位：if all packaging is white with black lettering, people would have no choice but to read every box carefully

    同义替换：「black and white only print」↔「white with black lettering」，「have to pay more attention to the information」↔「have no choice but to read every box carefully」

14. 40 Why does the writer mention “popper” and “pluspoint”?
    • to show that container design has made some progress
    • to illustrate an example of inappropriate design which can lead to accidents
    • to show that the industry still needs more to improve
    • to point out that consumers should be more informed about the information

    答案：to show that container design has made some progress

    原文定位：The RCA innovation exhibition this year revealed designs for a number of innovative objects. “The popper”, by Hugo Glover, aims to help arthritis sufferers remove tablets from blister packs, and “pluspoint”, by James Cobb, is an adrenaline auto-injector