Read the passage and then answer the questions

I. Read the passage , and then answer the questions
    Everyone suffers from the common cold at some time or other. It isn’t a serious illness, but people spend a lot of money on medicine. The medicine can only relieve the symtomps. That is, it can make you cough less, make you feel better, and stop your nose running for a while. So far, there no cure fro the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. People also drink a lot of hot water with sugar, lemon juice. It helps provide with a lot of vitamin C.
1. Why is the common cold very popular?
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2. Is the common cold a serious illness?
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3. What does the medicine help people with the common cold?
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4. Beside medicine, what do people do to make them feel better?
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5. Why is it useful?
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