1.

True
See para.3 from the beginning: Zolpidem, sold under the brand names Ambien,
Stilnoct and Stilnox, is widely prescribed to treat insomnia and other disorders
such as sleep apnea.
2. False
See para.1 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: Another case involved a
woman who gained 23 kilograms over seven months while taking zolpidem. “It was
only when she was discovered in front of an open refrigerator while asleep that
the problem was resolved”…
3. Not Given
See para.2 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: The UK’s Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, meanwhile, has recorded 68 cases of
adverse reactions to zolpidem from 2001 to 2005. (The time the drug was approved
in the UK was not mentioned.)
4. True
See para.3 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: In one case, a transatlantic
flight had to be diverted after a passenger caused havoc after taking zolpidem.
5. False
See para.2 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: He says that unlike older
types of sleep medications, zolpidem does not carry as great a risk of addiction.
6. Not Given
See para.3 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: And Wright notes that
some of the reports of “sleep-driving” linked to zolpidem can be easily explained:
some patients have wrongly taken the drug right before leaving work in hopes
that the medicine will kick in by the time they reach home. (No patients as
office workers are mentioned in the passage.)
7. C
See para.4 from the beginning: A newly published report from Australia’s
Federal Health Department describes 104 cases of hallucinations and 62 cases of
amnesia experienced by people taking zolpidem since marketing of the drug began
there in 2000. The health department report also mentioned 16 cases of strange
sleepwalking by people taking the medication.
8. B
See the sentence in para.2 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects” (The
product information for prescribers advises that psychiatric adverse effects,
including hallucinations, sleepwalking and nightmares, are more likely in the
elderly, and treatment should be stopped if they occur.) and the sentence in
para.3 under the subtitle “Tried and tested” (Doctors “not the product
information” stress that the medication should be taken just before going to
bed.)
9. B
See para.5 under the subtitle“Tried and tested”: Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson
Melissa Feltmann … says that “the safety profile [of zolpidem] is well
established”.
 10. 674,500 (times)
See para.3 from the beginning: Various forms of the drug, made by French
pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, were prescribed 674,500 times in 2005 in
the UK.
11. (a) benzodiazepine-like (hypnotic)
See para.1 under the subtitle “ Hypnotic effects ” : The drug is a
benzodiazepine-like hypnotic ( 类 苯 二 氮 催 眠 药 )that promotes deep sleep by
interacting with brain receptors for a chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid.
12. risky consequences
See para.3 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects”: Patient advocacy groups …
stress that strange sleepwalking and sleep-driving behaviours can have risky
consequences.
13. Food & Drug (Administration)
See para.4 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: The US Food & Drug
Administration says it is continuing to "actively investigate" and collect
information about cases linking zolpidem to unusual side effects.