The author’s knowledge was gained partly in school and partly because he had begun delivering prescriptions for Hoffman’s drugstore.

Centuries of wind and rain had worn away the ______ on the gravestones. A: descriptions B: B. prescriptions C: C. inscriptions D: D. conscriptions

The "over-the-counter drugs" are those that ______. A: patients can get without doctors' prescriptions B: can relieve the symptoms of a disease C: attack the organism that causes a disease D: tend to be complex and powerful synthetic drugs

The statement "the diet-drug revolution is facing a setback" is supported by the following facts EXCEPT that ______. A: some health organizations and diet chains have suspended their support for the pills B: some states have forbidden or limited the prescriptions of the pills C: patients in Florida are advised to drop the use of fen-phen D: Sheldon Levine, a New Jersey doctor, recommended one of the pills on TV and in his book

Which book is called a medical encyclopedia, the most complete and scientific medical work in China so far? A: Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang, Handbook of Preions for Emergencies B: Huang Di Nei Jing, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine C: Qian Jin Fang, The thousand Gold prescriptions D: Bencao Gangmu, compendium of Materia Madica.

Which of the four “misleading prescriptions” can be seen as part of a process of decision making ? A: Corporations should invest in all opportunities where probable returns exceed the cost of capital B: Better quantification of future uncertainty and risk is the key to more effective resource allocation C: Planning and capital budgeting are two separate processes --- capital budgeting is a financial activity D: Top management’s role is to challenge the numbers rather than the underlying thinking.