Cosmetic surgery (整容手术) is not something to be entered into lightly. Unfortunately, in this modern world, we have become confused by very narrow standards of beauty. Images of stars who never seem to age are seen everywhere these days. We forget the fact that most of these images are the result of super photo manipulation (处理), driven by the extremely powerful beauty industry. We are all different — why should we all look the same? Isn’t there more to life than having surgery in order to have the same boring face that everybody else wants to have?
—Dr Elisabeth McKenna, Psychologist
Yes, it’s not real! That’s what I told my friends when they started asking me about my nose job. I’d always been sensitive to my nose, but it took me a long time before I decided to go for cosmetic surgery. I took advice from several doctors and after careful consideration I finally decided to have it done. I had been saving money from my part-time job and my parents helped me out with the rest. It was quite expensive but I don’t regret a penny of it. In fact I wish I’d had it done a few years ago. I’ m sure I wouldn’t have been laughed at so much at school.
—Debbie Caron, Student
It makes me really angry to think of the millions of people who spend much money on cosmetic surgery. Surgery should be carried out for medical purposes, not vanity (虚荣心). I would rather all the money spent on cosmetic surgery was used to treat people around the world who are in need but can’t get proper medical treatment. Furthermore, there are thousands of under-qualified doctors out there who only care about getting as rich as possible as quickly as possible. They don’t care about the psychological and physical damage they do. The whole industry makes me sick. We should do something to stop it.
—Danny Glass, Student
1. What does Dr Elisabeth McKenna suggest?A.Don’t be fooled by “perfection”. |
B.Cosmetic surgery often goes wrong. |
C.The beauty industry needs improving. |
D.It’s unnecessary to set new standards of beauty. |
A.More friends. | B.More worries. |
C.More self-confidence. | D.More job opportunities. |
A.They should be treated as patients. |
B.They hurt themselves psychologically and physically. |
C.They can have a new start. |
D.They waste money and medical resources. |
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【推荐1】Each year, a large amount of medical waste is produced around the world.
Medical waste can be divided into several types. One important kind is the infectious (传染性的) medical waste. According to research, a large part of medical waste is infectious. Infectious medical waste includes different items.
Infectious medical waste can cause great harm to both people and the environment.
Generally, medical waste should be stored in cool and dark places. The container should be able to prevent air or any liquid from easily getting in or out.
A.Many such containers are burned. |
B.Most of the medical waste comes from hospitals. |
C.There are different ways to remove medical waste. |
D.Infectious medical waste damages the air or the water. |
E.So infectious medical waste must be treated very carefully. |
F.The common ones are thrown-away masks, tools used in operations, etc. |
G.And the container must be marked to show the dangerous material inside. |
【推荐2】First aid means the aid or the help that can be given to an injured person first, that is, before any other help arrives. Nowadays there is usually a telephone not far away and the first we should do, if a serious accident happens, is to call for an ambulance. Sometimes quick action by us may save someone’s life.
Shock. People often suffer from shock after receiving an injury, sometimes even when the injury is a small one. The face turns grey, and the skin becomes damp and cold. They breathe quickly. They should be kept warm. Cover them with a blanket and give them a warm drink.
Broken bones. Do not move the patient. Send for an ambulance at once.
Bleeding. A little bleeding doesn't harm. It washes dirt from the wound. But if the bleeding continues, try to stop it by placing a clean cloth firmly over the wound until the bleeding stops or help arrives.
Poison. A person who has taken poison should be taken to a hospital at once. With some poisons, sleeping pills, for example, it is a good thing to make the patient throw up by pressing your fingers down his throat.
Remember: When an accident happens, send someone to telephone for an ambulance at once. Keep the injured person warm and quiet. Give him plenty of air. Do not let other people crowd around him.
1. How many common accidents are mentioned in this passage?A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. | D.Five. |
A.the patient breathes quickly. | B.the face turns grey. |
C.the skin becomes damp and cold. | D.All of the above. |
A.Don’t move the injured person if he has broken his legs. |
B.When a person has taken poison, we must make him throw up at once. |
C.If an injured person goes into shock, we must try to keep them warm. |
D.First aid means to give an injured person necessary help at once before the doctor comes |
A.something we must remember. |
B.some examples of common accidents. |
C.some facts about some common accidents. |
D.some advice on how to deal with common accidents. |
【推荐3】Medical artificial intelligence(AI) can perform with expert-level accuracy and deliver cost-effective care. IBM’s Watson diagnoses heart disease better than doctors do. Chatbots give better medical advice to patients in place of nurses. Smartphone apps can now detect skin cancer. Some forecast that medical AI will enter most hospitals and replace what quite a few doctors currently do. Yet, as recent researches suggest, patients show a strong reluctance to medical AI—a big challenge the health care system will really face.
The reason is not the belief that Al provides inferior care. Nor is it that patients think that AI is more costly, less convenient, or less informative. Rather, it seems that AI does not take into account one’s specific characteristics and circumstances. People view themselves as unique. By contrast, they see AI medical care as inflexible and standardized-suited to treat an average patient but not enough to deal with unique individual circumstances. It is no wonder that medical AI providers are given a cold welcome.
There are a number of steps that care providers can take to overcome patients’ resistance to medical AI. For example, they can remove the concerns about being treated as an average patient by giving their recommendations specifically and uniquely. If so, patients in doubt would be as likely to follow the treatment recommendations of the AI provider as they would be to follow those of a human physician. In addition, health care providers could also deliver individualized health care by explaining how the algorithms(算法) work and sharing patients’ reviews of the service with the media. Having a physician(医生) confirm the recommendation of an AI provider should make people more receptive to Al-based care. People are comfortable using medical AI if a physician remains in charge of the final decision.
AI-based health care technologies are being developed and employed at an impressive rate, providing better medical services for the patients. But utilizing the full potential of them will require that we first overcome patients’ skepticism.
1. How does the author explain the uses of medical AI in paragraph one?A.By listing data. | B.By doing experiments. |
C.By giving examples. | D.By making comparison. |
A.Its high cost. | B.Its misdiagnosis. |
C.Its inconvenience. | D.Its inflexibility. |
A.Treating patients to be average. |
B.Offering personalized cure plans. |
C.Updating the algorithms in time. |
D.Keeping away from the physician. |
A.Distrust. | B.Mystery. | C.Fantasy. | D.Criticism. |
【推荐1】Generally speaking, newly born babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled(多皱的)or hairless, or they have an angry look on their face. They seem to say, “Get away! I hate everybody.” But to a parent, that hairless, wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When that proud father or mother asks you, “Well, what do you think…isn’t she beautiful?” What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not!
You look that father in the eye and say, “Yes, she is! She is really a beauty. She’s one in a million. She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell! She’s as beautiful as a picture.”
In English, this is a white lie. White lies don’t hurt people. They are not cruel or angry words. People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They feel that being polite is sometimes more important. A doctor tells white lie in order to make a patient feel that his health is not so worse and then the patient may become optimistic.
From what is said above, we may draw a conclusion that we should not treat white lies as obstacles in life, and that sometimes telling a lie should not be associated with the issue of being dishonest. Some white lies can encourage you to be better.
1. What purpose does the first paragraph serve?A.To emphasize the beauty of newly born babies. |
B.To show parents’ selfless devotion to their children. |
C.To introduce the topic of a special kind of lie. |
D.To use examples to prove lies are common in daily life. |
A.impatient | B.tired | C.delighted | D.careless |
A.kind | B.impolite | C.the white color | D.angry |
A.You tell a parent that the newly-born baby is ugly. |
B.Your friend’s bag isn’t beautiful but you say it is. |
C.You broke the window but you say you didn’t. |
D.You tell your friend that her new haircut is terrible. |
【推荐2】I remember as a young child bringing a bunch of brilliant yellow flowers to my mother. It didn’t matter that the stems felt sticky or that both my parents cursed(诅咒) the presence of these flowers in the lawn. I thought they were beautiful!
And there were so many of them! We spent hours picking the flowers and then popping the blossoms off with a snap of our fingers. But the supply of dandelions (蒲公英) never ran out. My father or brothers would chop off all the heads with the lawnmower (割草机) at least once a week, but that didn't stop these hardy wonders.
And for those flowers that escaped the honor of being hand-delivered to my mother or the sharp blades of the lawnmower, there was another level of existence. The soft roundness of a dandelion gone to seed caused endless laughter of delight as we unconsciously spread this flower across the yard.
As I worked in my garden last week, pulling unwanted weeds out of the space that would become a haven(避风港) for tomatoes, corn, peas and sunflowers, I again marveled at the flower that some call a weed.
And I thought, if only I had the staying power of a dandelion. If only I could stretch my roots so deep and straight that something tugging on my stem couldn’t separate me completely from the source that feeds me life. If only I could come back to face the world with a bright, sunshiny face after someone has run me over with a lawnmower or worse, purposely attacked me in an attempt to destroy me. If only I could spread love and encouragement as freely and fully as this flower spreads seeds of itself.
The lawns at my parents' home are now beautiful green blankets. The only patches of color come from well-placed, well-controlled flowerbeds. Chemicals have managed to kill what human interference couldn’t. I hope you and I can be different. I hope that we can stretch our roots deep enough that the strongest poison can't reach our souls. I hope that we can overcome the poisons of anger, fear, hate, criticism and competitiveness.
1. The author’s parents probably viewed the dandelions in the lawn as ________.A.supplies of seeds | B.beautiful wonders |
C.unwanted weeds | D.unexpected luck |
A.The flowers were meant as a joyful gift to her mother. |
B.The flowers developed into a stronger species because of frequent mowing. |
C.The flowers were tough enough to spread new lives themselves. |
D.The flowers that some called a weed were difficult to recover. |
A.The author’s family enjoyed the dandelions as much as she did. |
B.The author purposefully replaced some dandelions with crops. |
C.The dandelions were never successfully removed from the lawn. |
D.The author felt sorry but encouraged by the fate of the dandelions. |
A.share the inspirations and she acquired from the plain dandelions |
B.arouse public awareness to pay close attention to the beauty in life |
C.show the importance of considering things from diverse angles |
D.express the regret that few people could figure out the beauty of the dandelion |
【推荐3】As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments. Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no wind. A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day. My imagination would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
1. The author had _______ kind(s) of fears when she was a child.A.One | B.two | C.three | D.none |
A.Streetlight and car lights | B.Wild animals and enemies |
C.Moving curtains and wind | D.Clothes and walls |
A.walk away without others | B.take a bus by herself |
C.follow others closely | D.make sure not to take a wrong bus |
A.She thought being popular among people was important. |
B.She was always the leader of the others. |
C.She always got poor grades. |
D.She was not liked by others at all. |