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Cough Medicine
Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here's one for John. John is twelve
years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some
cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

Cough Medicine: The medicine is for a person with a cough. Shake it well before use. Take it three times each day before meals or before sleep. Dose (药量) Age: over 14                         2 teaspoonfuls (勺)        8 - 13                           1 teaspoonful        4 - 7                             1/2 teaspoonful Not right for children below the age of three or old persons with heart trouble.

1. John should take ______ a day.

A. 1 teaspoonful
B. 2 teaspoonfuls
C. 3 teaspoonfuls
D. 4 teaspoonfuls
2. The medicine should be kept in ______.

A. any place
B. hot water
C. a fridge
D. the sun
3. John should ______ before he takes it.

A. drink a cup of tea
B. eat nothing
C. do some exercise
D. shake the medicine well
4. When people are ______ years old, they cannot take medicine.

A. two
B. twelve
C. thirty
D. eighty
5. John will ______ the medicine when it is left after December 1^st, 2004.

A. take once
B. throw away
C. take six times more
D. stop to take

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