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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C1】

A．dosing
B．discovering
C．providing
D．delivering

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C1】

A．impossible
B．indispensable
C．unlikely
D．unreliable

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C2】

A．warned of
B．figured out
C．referred to
D．bothered about

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C2】

A．fortnights
B．decades
C．centuries
D．months

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C3】

A．richer
B．lazier
C．cleverer
D．younger

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C3】

A．consultation
B．confidence
C．agreement
D．abandon

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C4】

A．jokes
B．stories
C．cartoons
D．fantasies

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C4】

A．explained
B．sounded
C．advised
D．addressed

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C5】

A．authored
B．introduced
C．gathered
D．displayed

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C5】

A．successful
B．optimistic
C．careful
D．patient

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C6】

A．valuable
B．available
C．amiable
D．profitable

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C6】

A．deals with
B．accounts for
C．starts with
D．answers to

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C7】

A．materials
B．achievements
C．substances
D．programs

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C7】

A．prescribed
B．produced
C．reported
D．applied

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C8】

A．abided by
B．linked to
C．aimed at
D．contented with

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C8】

A．cough
B．cold
C．parasite
D．virus

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C9】

A．since
B．unless
C．hence
D．but

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C9】

A．therefore
B．however
C．meanwhile
D．furthermore

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C10】

A．advantage
B．prejudice
C．interest
D．surprise

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C10】

A．controlling
B．affecting
C．accelerating
D．compelling

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C11】

A．favor
B．avoid
C．delay
D．resume

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C11】

A．cells
B．members
C．molecules
D．strains

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C12】

A．documents
B．formulae
C．terms
D．items

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C12】

A．beyond
B．within
C．above
D．below

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C13】

A．overwhelm
B．disgust
C．dominate
D．entertain

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C14】

A．bursts
B．dives
C．looks
D．turns

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C13】

A．ever
B．alone
C．frequently
D．utterly

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C15】

A．appearances
B．proposals
C．services
D．registrations

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C14】

A．succeeded
B．corresponded
C．emerged
D．mushroomed

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C16】

A．up
B．down
C．at
D．on

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C15】

A．desirable
B．alternative
C．essential
D．inevitable

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C17】

A．succeeding
B．investing
C．indulging
D．persisting

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C16】

A．worthwhile
B．widespread
C．original
D．ordinary

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C18】

A．greatest
B．happiest
C．funniest
D．hardest

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C17】

A．replace
B．advance
C．curb
D．delay

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C19】

A．Other than
B．In addition to
C．On Account of
D．Prior to

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C18】

A．historic
B．economic
C．physical
D．chemical

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How do you explain economics in plain English The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】tool: comic books. And it’s been doing that for【C2】. The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3】readers more interested in【C4】since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5】several of the comic books【C6】online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers and editors that produced the Fed’s print publications and educational【C7】years, such as the comic books. Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】high school students, whom Steinberg felt weren’t learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】some of the more advanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms. It’s no【C10】that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the country’s complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11】dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are more than 20 pages, and they’re packed with【C12】and details that could【C13】a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14】into specific information about monetary policy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】in the stock market, real estate, and fine art. But the【C18】part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesn’t even like comics. "【C19】the work that I did at the Fed, I don’t have an interest in comic books," Steinberg says over email. "It was appropriate,【C20】, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living through humor."【C20】

A．so
B．while
C．then
D．though

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C19】

A．excess
B．regular
C．effective
D．superior

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It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any number of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1】penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to reporters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】a similar alarm: "If we’re not【C5】, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there." The problem【C6】overuse. Recent research by doctors at Harvard and Women’s Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】for sore throats and acute bronchitis—an illness almost always caused by a【C8】, not bacteria—are useless. Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9】, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the lifeline of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10】growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions. An increasing number of bacterial【C11】have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12】the reach of antibiotics. The CDC’s 2013 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year. Although anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term. If we don’t【C17】our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the risks are not just medical, but【C18】. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】.【C20】

A．lately
B．respectively
C．yearly
D．eventually

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