Questions 88-92 are based on the following passage.
With the sudden onset of severe psychotic symptoms, the individual is said to be experiencingacute schizophrenia (精神分裂症). “Psychotic” means out of touch with reality, or unable toseparate real from unreal experiences. Some people have only one such psychotic episode. Othershave many episodes during a lifetime but lead relatively normal lives during interim periods. Theindividual with chronic (continuous or recurring) schizophrenia often does not fully recovernormal functioning and typically requires long-term treatment, generally including medication, tocontrol the symptoms. These symptoms may include hallucinations (幻觉), incoherence, delusions,lack of judgment, deterioration of the abilities to reason and feel emotion, and a lack of interactionbetween the patient and his environment. The hallucinations may be a visual, auditory, or tactile.Some chronic schizophrenic patients may never be able to function without assistance of one sortor another.
88. Which of the following is not a symptom of schizophrenia?
A. Hallucinations.
B. Delusions.
C. Incoherence.
D. Vertigo.
89. It can be inferred from the passage that a person experiencing acute schizophrenia most likely
A. cannot live without medication
B. cannot go on living
C. can hold a full-time job
D. cannot distinguish real from unreal
90. According to this passage, thinking that one can fly might be an example of .
A. medicine overdose
B. being out of touch with reality
C. recovering normal functioning
D. symptom control
91. The passage suggests that the beginning of severe psychotic symptoms of acuteschizophrenia may be any of the following except .
A. debilitating
B. sudden occurrence
C. occurring after a long period of normalcy
D. drug-induced
92. The passage implies that normal life may be possible for the chronic schizophrenic with thehelp of .
A. medicines
B. neurotic episodes
C. psychotic episodes
D. time
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