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If doctors want to test you for something,阅 读理解答案 If doctors want to test you for something,they ll usually take a blood or urine sample（尿样）.But wouldn t it be much more convenient if they just asked you to breathe through a special instrument In fact,your breath can say a lot about you.In traditional Chinese medicine,doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a patient based on the smell of his or her breath;trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers;traffic police also monitor drivers alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.Just like blood and urine,your breath contains lots of“metabolites t”he waste chemicals that the body produces,which vary from person to person.They are like personal health fingerprints,which is why scientists sometimes call them“breathprints”,according to Science Daily.Compared to blood or urine testing,breath testing takes only seconds instead of hours,and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the body fluids（液）.This means the test can be taken frequently to better detect early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment.On the other hand,as an identifier,you might think that breaths are not as reliable as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat.However,researchers in Zurich,Switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument,and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didn t change much throughout the day,reported BBC.“Our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established（早已确立的）analysis of blood and urine,”sa id Malcolm Kohler,professor at the University Hospital Zurich.to the text we know that _.A.breath varies from person to person based on food B.your breath may give you away if you are not careful C.doctors can test ones breath to find about his illness D.trained dogs can identify people with certain cancers 26.In comparison with blood or urine testing,breath testing is .A.comfortable and convincing B.traditional and reliable C.accurate and competitive D.quick and convenient is the author s attitude toward breath testing A.Doubtful.B.Approving.C.Unconcerned.D.Worried.28.What can we infer from the text A.Breath testing is reliable and may have a bright future.B.Blood or urine testing will be less used in medical treatment.C.Doctors have found the best way to detect early signs of diseases.D.Traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular.CDBA