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The following are four kinds of medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take some by mistake.

Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further nighttime and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For children between six and twelve years old, give half the adult dosage（剂量）. For children under six years old, go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.

 

Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for fourteen-year- olds. As usual, a pill at 6:00a.m. before breakfast, one before 11:00 and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack.

 

The medicine for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep for adults. Don’t take the medicine without fever. Half for children under 12 years old. For children with a high fever, go to see a doctor at once.

 

The medicine taken three times a day, once five pills for adults with a cold. Half of the pills for children under 14 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.

54. If a little child under six has a fever, it’s suggested that he ________.
A. take two tablets before sleep                  B. stop to take another pill
C. take one tablet before sleep                   D. go to see a doctor
55. Obviously a kind of medicine mentioned above isn’t proper for ________, judging from the information.
A. children over twelve years old                B. some adults of 18 years old
C. some old persons with heart attack              D. neither adults nor children
56. When an adult has a cold, he had better __________.
A. have as many as fifteen pills a day              B. have twice a day
C. have four times a day                       D. have nine pills a day