1 . A cure for the future in the past?
For over fifty years, the people of Britain have relied on the welfare state to make sure they have adequate health services. But now the National Health Service is sick. Government
For some, however, there are
Consider these case studies:
Maude is 76 years old and has been suffering from arthritis for almost ten years. “The pain in my joints was almost
Ron is 46. His high-powered city job was
So is there still a place in our lives for modern medicine? While it is true that some infections and viruses may be
| A．support | B．restrictions | C．cutbacks | D．concern |
| A．programs | B．alternatives | C．measures | D．scales |
| A．comeback | B．living | C．change | D．mess |
| A．unique | B．uncertain | C．universal | D．unbearable |
| A．permission | B．surgery | C．supervision | D．strength |
| A．condition | B．desperation | C．general | D．particular |
| A．protect | B．recover | C．relieve | D．treat |
| A．eager | B．grateful | C．famous | D．responsible |
| A．treatments | B．sources | C．spirits | D．comments |
| A．supervised | B．declared | C．recommended | D．tempted |
| A．contributing | B．adapting | C．subjecting | D．objecting |
| A．moderate | B．active | C．negative | D．suitable |
| A．identifying | B．investigating | C．estimating | D．worsening |
| A．prevented | B．empowered | C．indicated | D．restored |
| A．undertaking | B．invading | C．investing | D．evolving |
| A. launched B. utilized C. complete D. jointly E. further F. realized G. currently H. accessible I. specifically J. recognized K. reliable |
Sanofi Launches Grant (拨款) to Help Children with Dlabetes (糖尿病)
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of China-Franco diplomatic ties, the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi cooperated with the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation to
As one of the first French companies to enter China, Sanofi has continuously increased investment and promoted innovation in the health care sector over the past few decades. The company has been committed to making innovative medicine and medical services more
Olivier Charmel, the company’s executive vice-president, said Sanofi has benefited a lot from its long-term investment in China and will always stand as a
Shi said the company
Ji Linong, director of Department of Endocrinology at Peking University People’s Hospital, highly
With the help of the charity grant, Ji said he expects China to establish a more
In addition to diabetes, the Sanofi China Charity Grant will also be
3 . Google is my doctor
When illustrator Scott Adams lost his voice, his doctors were confused.
Adams is one of an increasing number of people who have started using the Internet to get health advice. The advantages are numerous, starting of course with the obvious convenience of getting a diagnosis from the comfort of your own home.
Diagnosing minor medical problems from information on the Internet can also have an impact on society’s medical costs. You can compare insect bites with Internet pictures, ask what type they are and whether they are dangerous without wasting your busy doctor’s precious time.
However, it must be said that diagnosis is tricky, and comparing your rash(疹子) with an online photo may lead you down the wrong path.
In conclusion, the Internet is a good starting point in diagnosing your health problems, but you should always consult your doctor before acting on anything you find there.
| A．On a professional level, there is no way one doctor car be an expert in everything. |
| B．It was not until he turned to the Internet that he managed to identify his condition. |
| C．This condition was the very one that made him unable to speak |
| D．Appearance provides only ten percent of the information needed to make a diagnosis. |
| E．Do not underestimate the value of talking to real people — doctors and telephone helplines will help you put what you read into context. |
| F．To sum up, if your doctor refuses to talk to you, the Internet will give you a better solution. |
4 . Anyone who has felt a moment of joy when a favorite song comes on the radio at just the right moment or cried along with a singer expressing heartache will understand the emotional power of music. Now, a growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates that music can be
In a review of 400 research papers looking into the
One 2007 study from a team of Spanish researchers found that listening to music
Music can have a huge effect on helping sick
“When children are in the hospital, their worlds get much
The parents also become part of the therapeutic process. “What’s really lovely is when you go in and you start to make music, and the children invite their parents to join,” she says. “There is this beautiful
Finding those
| A．research | B．medicine | C．emotion | D．stress |
| A．effects | B．causes | C．factors | D．themes |
| A．benefits | B．problems | C．influences | D．profits |
| A．after | B．during | C．without | D．before |
| A．operation | B．participation | C．recovery | D．therapy |
| A．musicians | B．students | C．patients | D．researchers |
| A．males | B．females | C．adults | D．children |
| A．humor | B．duty | C．control | D．loss |
| A．wider | B．smaller | C．freer | D．deeper |
| A．speaking | B．singing | C．sticking | D．smiling |
| A．conversation | B．distinction | C．cooperation | D．interaction |
| A．step back | B．join in | C．turn away | D．hold on |
| A．puzzling | B．meaningful | C．ridiculous | D．disappointing |
| A．forget | B．refuse | C．change | D．access |
| A．medical | B．digital | C．musical | D．practical |
5 . During the Second World War, Dr. William Walsh served on a U.S. Navy ship in the South Pacific. While serving there, Walsh observed the poor health conditions in which the people of the South Pacific lived.
After the war ended in 1945, Walsh founded an organization called Project Hope. Its goal was to bring health education and care to people in poor countries around the world. In 1958, Walsh convinced U.S. President Eisenhower to allow Project Hope to rent a U.S. Navy hospital ship for just one dollar a year. Many companies and ordinary people donated money to Project Hope. The organization used the funds to turn the navy ship into a civilian hospital ship called the SS Hope.
During the next 14 years, the SS Hope traveled to every region of the world. Wherever it went, it provided health care for needy people and helped poor countries establish their own health care systems. In 1974, the SS Hope was retired from service, and Project Hope began to provide health care on land instead.
The story of the SS Hope inspired Don and Deyon Stephens to buy a passenger ship in 1978 and transform it into another hospital ship. Since then, their organization, called Mercy Ships, has sent ships equipped with medical supplies and hospital beds around the world. Doctors volunteer to travel on these vessels or ships and perform free surgeries on people who need them. They can correct people’s vision, straighten bent limbs, remove facial tumors (肿块) and more. Mercy Ships also provides medical equipment for local health clinics and builds medical facilities. In addition, it teaches local people how to farm their land more effectively and more sustainably.
1. What happened to the SS Hope in 1974?| A．It sank unexpectedly. |
| B．It was fully repaired. |
| C．It launched new services. |
| D．It ceased operations. |
| A．An entertainer in America. |
| B．Two American accountants. |
| C．An America’s top politician. |
| D．Smart American investors. |
| A．They put physicians and nurses at risk. |
| B．They’re done at no charge to patients. |
| C．They mainly benefit wealthy individuals. |
| D．They’ve resulted in serious infections. |
| A．Make a good living from tourism. |
| B．Grow crops with greater success. |
| C．Manufacture popular electronics. |
| D．Establish education institutions. |
6 . Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou helped by ancient Chinese remedy
Tu Youyou, in China, is being called the ”three noes“ winner: no medical degree, no doctorate (博士头衔), and she’s never worked overseas. However, it was she that was the first female Chinese scientist who had won the Nobel Prize. When it comes to her work, she is totally devoted.
In 1967, malaria (疟疾) spread by mosquitoes was killing Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the jungles of northern Vietnam. A secret research unit was formed to find a cure for the illness and Tu was instructed to become the new head of Mission 523. She went to the southern Chinese island of Hainan to study how malaria threatened human health. For six months, she stayed there, leaving her four-year-old daughter at a local nursery. Her husband had been sent away to work at the countryside at the height of China’s Cultural Revolution, a time of extreme political disorder.
Despite much failure, finally, she with her team members found a brief reference to one substance, sweet wormwood (in Chinese Qinhao), which had been used to treat malaria in China around 400 AD.
The team tested the drug but they didn’t succeed until Tu Youyou returned to the original ancient text. After another careful reading, she heated the extract without allowing it to reach boiling point.
Without any hesitation, Tu Youyou volunteered to be the first human recipient of the new drug.“As the head of the research group, I had the responsibility,” she explained to the Chinese media. Tu Youyou is typically described in China as a “modest”woman. Her work was published anonymously (匿名地) in 1977, and for decades she received little recognition for her research.
In any case, Tu Youyou is consistently praised for her drive and passion. One former colleague says Ms Tu is “unsociable and quite straightforward”, adding that “if she disagrees with something, she will say it”.
Another colleague who has worked with Tu Youyou for more than 40 years, describes her as a “tough and stubborn woman”.
She is actually stubborn enough to spend decades piecing together ancient texts and apply them to modern scientific practices. The result has saved millions of lives.
1. The “three noes” in the first paragraph refers to the fact that __________.| A．Tu Youyou has no noble family background |
| B．Tu Youyou has no good interpersonal relationship |
| C．Tu Youyou has no top recognition in science |
| D．Tu Youyou has no overseas working experience |
| A．She was instructed to be the head of Mission 523. |
| B．She got the chance to study how malaria threatened human health. |
| C．She had to leave her four-year-old daughter at a local nursery. |
| D．She could go to work with her husband at the countryside. |
| A．they had not read the ancient books carefully |
| B．they had not followed Tu’s suggestions |
| C．they had lacked sufficient economic support |
| D．they had heated the extract to the boiling point |
| A．To be warmhearted enough to help her colleagues at work |
| B．To work hard whenever she come across any difficulty |
| C．To be devoted to her career and full of passion |
| D．To be stubborn enough to spend decades researching |
Call a Physical Therapist
You get up from the sofa and - ow! Back pain takes your breath away. Do you reach for the pain pills? No! Call a physical therapist instead!
More and more, physical therapy, or PT, is a common go-to for treating aches and pains. A physical therapist can treat almost any injury to give a patient a better quality of life. When it comes to treatment, one size does not fit all. A physical therapist personalizes a treatment plan based on their observations and the patient’s concerns. The goal is to help injured or ill people improve movement and manage pain, so they can live life to the fullest. These therapists work with patients who suffer from back or neck injuries. They help people recover from broken bones and surgeries as well as work- or sports-related injuries. Physical therapists also teach people how to stay in shape and prevent further injuries. Their hands-on (动手的) therapy includes strengthening or stretching exercises, ice or heat and more.
No one can become a physical therapist without getting a doctor of physical therapy degree. After completing it, a person must pass a professional license exam before beginning to practice. Further, being a physical therapist can be mentally and physically draining because of the hands-on, personalized patient care required. A successful physical therapist needs to have great communication skills and an eye for detail. They should also be creative problem solvers as well as resourceful.
For those looking for a satisfying career, PT is one to consider. The demand for the profession is growing faster than that of many other careers. Private clinics and hospitals hire physical therapists. Sports facilities and professional sports teams also employ them. Therapists may work in skilled nursing facilities or visit patients in their own homes. If someone wants to see the world, they may want to become a travel physical therapist.
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8 . Acupuncture(针灸), an ancient Chinese medical practice, has been the remedy for countless patients for thousands of years. Before modern medicine came to life, ancient Chinese used stone tools to
Acupuncture is a treatment that aims to
Practices can
Looking beyond China, acupuncture has become a global
As an ancient Chinese medical
| A．relieve | B．resume | C．release | D．rebel |
| A．radically | B．gradually | C．reluctantly | D．randomly |
| A．cultivated | B．evaluated | C．shaped | D．eliminated |
| A．promote | B．reflect | C．alternate | D．perform |
| A．occasional | B．philosophical | C．considerable | D．mechanical |
| A．arise | B．heal | C．vary | D．survive |
| A．taken over | B．ended up | C．figured out | D．carried out |
| A．or | B．and | C．while | D．with |
| A．block | B．generate | C．motivate | D．channel |
| A．terrify | B．stimulate | C．reserve | D．restore |
| A．willingness | B．instinct | C．potential | D．nutrient |
| A．liberty | B．therapy | C．curiosity | D．wonderland |
| A．proportion | B．alternative | C．procedure | D．affection |
| A．illustrating | B．predicting | C．featuring | D．nominating |
| A．assessment | B．occupation | C．practice | D．obedience |
9 . Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, who together identified a slight chemical change to messenger RNA,were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year.
Dr. Karikó, the 13th woman to win the prize, had come to the United States from Hungary two decades earlier when her research program there ran out of money. She was preoccupied by mRNA, which provides instructions to cells to make proteins. Defying the decades old belief that mRNA was clinically unusable, she hold the view that it would stimulate medical innovations.
She and Dr. Weissman had their first chance meeting over a copy machine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. At the time, Dr. Weissman was desperate for new approaches to a vaccine (疫苗) against HLV, which bad long proved impossible to defend against. A physician who had tried and failed for years to develop a treatment for AIDS, he wondered if he and Dr. Karikó could team up to make an HIV. vaccine.
For years, they were at a loss. Mice vaccinated with mRNA became inactive. Countless experiments failed. They wandered down one dead end after another, But eventually, the scientists discovered that cells protect their own mRNA with a specific chemical modification (修饰). So they tried making the same change to mRNA manufactured in the lab before vaccinating it into cells It worked.
At first, other scientists were largely uninterested in taking up that new approach to vaccination. But two biotech companies soon took notice: Moderna, in the United States, and BioNTech, in Germany. Then the coronavirus emerged. Almost instantly, Drs. Karikó and Weissman’s work came together with several factors of different research to put vaccine makers ahead of the game in developing shot.
Brian Ferguson, an immunologist at the University of Cambridge, said. “The work of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman in the years prior to 2020 prevented tens of millions of deaths and helped the world recover from the worst pandemic in a century. They richly deserve this recognition.”
1. The underlined word “defying” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to “ ”.| A．challenging | B．confirming | C．re-emphasizing | D．stating |
| A．They teamed up for the treatment for AIDS in Hungary. |
| B．They protected their mRNA with a chemical modification. |
| C．They persevered until they made a change to lab-made mRNA. |
| D．They manufactured mRNA in mice despite their countless failures. |
| A．they took no notice of others’ ignorance |
| B．they caught attention of two biotech companies |
| C．their work helped avoid the loss of countless lives |
| D．their work prevented the outbreak of the pandemic |
| A．Chemical Changes Identified in the Pandemic |
| B．Approaches Adopted to Defend Against HLV |
| C．Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers |
| D．mRNA Manufactured in a University Lab in USA |
| A．In a bank. | B．In a hotel. | C．In a hospital. | D．In a university. |
