5 . At the White Coat Ceremony, first-year medical students received their medical jackets and swore, marking a transition into the world of medicine. This historic ceremony was especially moving as it meant a new era of inclusion of Native Americans entering medicine.

On July 31, 2020, 54 future doctors were welcomed to the College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, the first ever tribally affiliated (部落附属的) medical school in the US. Within this first Class of 2024, 20 percent are of Native American heritage, while 40 percent come from rural communities.

The Cherokee Nation paid $40 million for the construction of the medical school, a modern 84,000-square-foot facility. Construction on the site is expected to be completed this year. The campus officially sits on Cherokee tribal land, but four other tribal nations agreed to share the burden of supporting the new institution. The five native nations have promised to provide financial backing for scholarships, as well as allowing students to make use of tribal clinics for clinical rotations (换班).

Student Ashton Glover-Gatewood, a member of the Choctaw Nation and first year medical student said, “Being able to practice within Indian Health Service allows me to serve a great need in my own native community. Not only is a trusting relationship promoted by patients having access to medical doctors who look like them, but also higher quality of health care delivery can be enjoyed by both patients and physicians.”

As the first ever tribally affiliated medical school, the program aims to shape future doctors to work with communities who have lacked medical care and resources. By focusing on community-based, holistic (整体的) frameworks, it is clear that the school is well on the way to training medical professionals who can fulfill that mission.

Having a focus on giving back and cultural sensitivity, the Class of 2024 put on their white coats with a vision to make a positive impact.

1. Where do scholarships come from?

A．Native American heritage.	B．Incomes of tribal clinics.
C．The five native nations.	D．Cherokee tribal land.

2. What are Ashton Glover-Gatewood’s words about?

A．The urgency of developing good relationship.

B．The toughness for patients to access medical doctors.

C．The advantages of training medical students like him.

D．The importance of higher quality of health care delivery.

3. What is the author’s attitude to the Class of 2024?

A．Doubtful.

B．Approving.

C．Objective.

D．Ambiguous.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．The White Coat Ceremony Matters a Lot to Natives

B．Native Americans Entering Medicine Is Significant

C．54 Students Enter the College of Osteopathic Medicine

D．First Tribally Affiliated Medical School Opens in the US

6 . The liver (肝脏) cleans the blood and helps remove poison from the body. But liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world, and now researchers are developing a new form of treatment. They say it reduces the chances of harming the patient.

This treatment involves the use of natural, non-poisonous chemicals from plants.That is why the researchers call it a “green” method for fighting cancer.

Kattesh Katti is a professor of radiology and physics at the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine. For more than 10 years, he has studied the use of nanotechnology (纳米技术) to fight cancer.

Nanotechnology is the science of making things unimaginably small. For this study, Katti used extremely small objects to target and destroy cancer cells in the livers of mice and human cells in the laboratory.

Kattesh Katti used very small particles (颗粒) of gold. The gold was covered in a protective material. He says the particles attract cancer cells. Those cells are far more affected by lower levels of heat than healthy cells.

Once the particles travel to and connect with the cells, they are heated with a laser. That destroys the cancer cells, but the healthy ones around them live.” The patient will be administered with these nano particles. Within a couple of hours, the patient will be treated with lasers, and then the patient can go home. So, there is no radioactivity. There is no harmful waste. There is no bad effect on the patient.”

What that means is that the patient would not have the same side effects that one can have from radiation and chemotherapy (化疗).Chemotherapy drugs often are poisonous. While they kill off the cancer cells, they are also poisonous to the healthy cells and the patient can get very sick.

1. Why is the new form of treatment called a “green” method?

A．It avoids the opportunities of hurting the patient.

B．Chemicals used in treatment are natural and harmless.

C．It helps clean the blood and remove poison from the body.

D．Plants are directly used to treat the patient without other medicine.

2. What can we know about Katti according to the text?

A．He has been a professor in cancer research for over a decade.

B．He used nanotechnology to make small particles into gold.

C．He used nanotechnology to kill cancer cells in the hospital.

D．He thinks nano particles can treat cancer patients more effectively

3. What’s Katti’s attitude toward the new method of treatment?

A．Doubtful.

B．Uncaring.

C．Positive.

D．Worried.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Can fighting cancer be green?	B．Researchers can deal with liver cancer
C．Liver cancer is not a big problem	D．Which is better, radiation or chemotherapy?

7 . 语法填空

Special free health kits for COVID-19 control are being provided to children, seniors and those    1    are in need in major cities as the country optimizes its policies to fight the pandemic.

The health kits include medicines, antigen reagents, disinfectants, face masks and thermometers, and are expected to help reduce     2     number of infections in communities, authorities said.

Zhang Chunhong, a senior doctor at the Jiangxia district health bureau in Wuhan, Hubei province, said the health kits     3    (allocate) in Jiangxia mainly include honeysuckle throat syrup, traditional Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen, alcohol wipes, masks and antigen tests.

“Masks and alcohol spray and wipes are used for     4    (prevent) while Lianhua Qingwen and honeysuckle can help relieve symptoms,” he said.

According to Zhang, more than 21,000 health kits    5     (distribute) so far to front-line medical staff, elderly people and those     6     chronic diseases in the district.

Yu Meixia, a staff member at Hubei Jiaotou Wuhuang Expressway Operation Management, said she     7    (give) a health kit at work last week.

“For our front-line workers,     8     is necessary to wear masks and gloves at work, and medicines are effective in avoiding becoming infected, so the kit is    9     (time),” she said.

“The company asked us to maintain good personal protection every day and immediately report to the company and rest at home    10    we feel unwell or develop relevant symptoms,” said Yu.

8 . Recently, scientists have studied the full genetic (基因的) information of more than 18,000 cancer samples(样本). Their study is not the first to do such a complete genetic study of cancer samples. But no one has ever used such a large sample size. Researchers were able to study such a large number because of the improvements in technology.

Over 12,000 samples in the study care from patients gathered by Britain’s National Health Service. They were part of a project to study whole genomes from people with common cancers and rare diseases. The rest of the data came from existing cancer data sets. For the study, researchers looked at 19 different kinds of cancer in the human body. It identified 58 new pieces of evidence leading to the causes of cancer that could help doctors provide better treatment. Now doctors will have much more information to draw from when they look at individual cancers.

Andrew Futreal, a genomic expert at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said the study gave scientists some knowledge of the destructive forces that cause cancer. Some arise because of problems within a person’s cells(细胞); others are caused by tobacco smoke or chemicals and so on. It also shows doctors what will probably happen over time when a patient develops a cancer with a certain gene changing pattern, and help doctors give earlier treatment and hopefully stop the developing disease.

To help doctors use the new information, researchers have developed a computer program that will let them find common gene changing patterns and seek out unusual ones. By this way, doctors could suggest a treatment based on a special pattern.

1. How did scientists conduct the study?

A．By making observation.	B．By analyzing data.
C．By asking questions.	D．By doing lab experiments.

2. What can be learned from paragraph 3?

A．The study actually provides little knowledge of cancer.

B．Doctors are unable to give earlier treatment of cancer.

C．There are physical and environmental causes of cancer.

D．There’s no hope for doctors to stop a cancer developing.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．Various Reasons for Cancer

B．Fast Development of Technology

C．Computers Are Key to Medical Research

D．A Study of Genes Contributes to Cancer Treatment

4. Where does this text probably come from?

A．A health magazine.	B．A chemistry paper.
C．A novel.	D．A history book.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

These days, doctors are using a new approach to healing, which is called tapping. This approach combines     1     (wise) from Chinese medicine with talk therapy (治疗).

By simply tapping points along the body while     2     (confirm) your emotional state, you can release cellular energy. By feeling those emotions, you process and clear them through     3     power of love and forgiveness. Tapping provides a healthy way to process difficult emotions, even from experiences that     4     (happen) in the distant past. The practice draws from acupuncture (针灸), a healing method from     5     (tradition) Chinese medicine that dates from thousands of years ago.

Acupuncture opens energy highways in the body by sticking thin needles into the skin. Tapping takes a similar approach, but uses touch instead of needles     6     (promote) the flow of energy throughout the body. It may sound strange or impossible     7     first glance. But scientists believe that the method works because it excites the central nervous system,     8     causes the body to release helpful chemicals.

Everyone may have experienced some sorts of emotional discomfort in their lives. Although painful, it’s important to develop healthy ways to process their     9     (experience). Healing practices like tapping help release these emotions,     10     (active), so you can process and heal from difficult emotions.