There is one interesting thing to note—some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you.The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn’t have a way to fight it and kill it.Bodies can do an amazing job on their own.There is a joke，however，on taking medicine when you have a cold.It goes like this：It takes about 1 week to get over a cold if you don’t take medicine，but only 7 days to get over a cold if you take medicine.

　　56．Why the scientists who can send a man to the moon but can’t find a cure for the common cold？Because________.

　　A．the scientists find the cold is more difficult to deal with than sending a man to the moon

　　B．there are too many flu viruses and one can’t decide which kind of viruse he gets

　　C．there can’t be a cure for each of the cold viruses

　　D．the way of curing a common cold is so easy that the scientists don’t bother to find it

　　解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段的 “There are literally hundreds of kinds cold viruses out there.You never know which one you will get，so there isn’t a cure for each one.”可知，因为感冒病毒的种类太多，所以很难找到每一种病毒的治疗方法。

　　57．From the passage，we can learn that ________.

　　A．all the scientists agree with curing the cold by the body itself instead of taking the medicine

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