2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Their vets.

B．Money spent on pets.

C．Ways to buy dogs’ medicines.

2. What is the man’s dog’s name?

A．Brett.

B．Fargo.

C．Ferguson.

3. What doesn’t the woman like about her vet?

A．The limited services.

B．The prices her vet charged.

C．The difficulty of getting an appointment.

4. What isn’t one of the man’s suggestions?

A．Going to his vet.

B．Looking online.

C．Going to a special pet store.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the matter with Mr. Smith?

A．He is unqualified for his job.

B．His leg is broken.

C．He got a sore throat.

2. What does Mr. Smith teach?

A．Chinese.

B．English.

C．Physics.

3. Why doesn’t Mr. Smith want to take a rest?

A．He has to help his students prepare for the exam.

B．He has trouble sleeping.

C．He wants to visit a friend.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the woman know Jesse was in hospital?

A．Jesse told her.

B．The police called her.

C．Dr. Andrews phoned her.

2. How might Jesse get injured?

A．He crashed into a tree.

B．He caused an accident.

C．A tree fell on his car.

3. What does the man want to do in a few hours?

A．Pass some tests.

B．Get something to eat.

C．Give the woman more information.

6 . On Monday, a lawsuit (诉讼) in the US got huge headlines around the world. It deals with a truly 21st century issue—whether human genes (基因) may be patented.

Myriad Genetics, a biotechnology company, discovered two genes — BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 — that are highly related to breast cancer. Myriad patented its discoveries and a group of researchers challenged that the patent was illegal.

The US patent law protects the temporary economic rewards inventors get from their inventions. But it also says a product of nature or a law of nature can’t be patented. For example, Einstein couldn’t patent on his discovery of E=mc².

And until relatively recently, many of the medical researchers voluntarily gave up patents on their inventions. When Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine (小儿麻痹症疫苗), was asked in 1955 whether he had a patent on the vaccine, he replied, “Could you patent the sun?”

Myriad Genetics, however, says that the genes it identified are not like the sun. It notes that there are 20,000 genes in the human body and that it has sorted through all those genes and found the two that are closely related to breast cancer.

Not so, say those challenging the patent. Human genes are products of nature. They are just a part of the human body. “All Myriad does is take the part out of the body,” says the challengers’ lawyer, Christopher Hansen. “Can the person who first takes the heart out of the body patent on hearts?”

Rochelle Dreyfuss, a patent expert who is not associated with this case, is a little more down to earth. “At some level it is about money,” he says, “because medicine doesn’t happen for free. The patent system is very important to encourage companies to spend more money on scientific research and development.”

Then how do other countries handle this tricky situation? Most countries approve patents on genes, but they also allow other scientists to use the genes freely to do research and develop new medicines and testing methods.

1. Which of the following can be patented according to the US patent law?

A．The law of gravity force.	B．A unique orbit found in space.
C．A new medicine based on BRCA 1.	D．The basic working principle of planes.

2. What is Christopher Hansen’s argument against the patent?

A．A product of nature can’t be patented.

B．Public interests should be put before profits.

C．It is unacceptable to the other countries in the world.

D．The connection between genes and cancers is not obvious.

3. What does the underlined phrase “down to earth” in paragraph 7 mean?

A．Angry.

B．Rude.

C．Smart

D．Practical.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The consequences of the lawsuit.	B．Other countries’ solution to the case.
C．The public reactions to the news.	D．Some scientists’ support for the patent.

7 . With the widespread use of smartphones, emojis (表情符号) have become a popular medium for expressing emotions and ideas. Researchers now believe these expressive symbols can play a significant role in medicine, increasing the response rate of health surveys.

Scientists say that employing emojis in healthcare communications has several benefits, such as general recognition across diverse populations. So the study authors strongly support the use of emojis to bolster communication between patients and physicians.

“By promoting more effective communication between patients and care providers, as well as between physicians themselves, an emoji-based language system with a common agreement of meanings can be developed,” says Professor Kendrick Davis, who is an associate professor at the UCR School of Medicine. The professor has been working on creating an emoji-based measurement system for the past two years. And he has even conducted a study using emojis to measure health among college students.

Davis further explains that a significant part of medical communication includes surveys, which are often areas of communication breakdown. “Surveys are usually passed to patients in a variety of different stages of their care. But many surveys are explained with language that can introduce an obstacle. This is where emojis, which are friendly and widely used, come into play by replacing survey language that can be hard for some patients to understand,” he says. The authors also point out that while effective communication is important for successful treatment and care, certain health conditions such as brain injury can cause major obstacles. In such cases, emojis could be helpful.

However, Davis also acknowledges the importance of qualitative (定性的) methods. He expresses an interest in partnering researchers whose methodologies are heavily qualitative.

1. Why does the author mention the use of smartphones in paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the functions of emojis.	B．To explain why emojis develop fast.
C．To tell us where emojis are mainly used.	D．To show emojis have become widely used.

2. What does “bolster” underlined in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Improve.

B．Start.

C．Predict.

D．Suggest.

3. Which of the following may Professor Kendrick Davis agree with?

A．Emojis shouldn’t be used in letters from doctors.

B．Physicians are poor at communicating with patients.

C．Major obstacles can be caused by emojis sometimes.

D．Emojis can help patients finish medical surveys better.

4. What does Professor Kendrick Davis probably plan to do?

A．Create completely new emojis.	B．Use emojis to measure mental health.
C．Work with researchers with qualitative methods.	D．Create an emoji-based measurement system alone.

9 . 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。

Born in a poor American family, John Smith depended on scholarships     1     (pay) for his tuition fees when studying in a medical college. After graduation, he rejected an offer in New York, came to Wuhan and     2     (hire) by a local hospital. He held the principle that he should never complain about the working pressure but make positive responses     3     his patients in need.

He tended them     4     (careful), organized first aid lessons, and saved many people’s lives with his professional knowledge. That impressed a girl     5     was working in a local clinic. She fell in love with this caring doctor. Two years later, they got married. A decade later, he was elected chairman of the local medical association, the first foreigner in that position. This chain of events made him the     6     (happy) man in the world.

Then came the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan. With the number of     7     (infect) patients increasing sharply, he helped carry these people through the disease together with many other medical     8     (worker). After     9     great deal of effort, the majority of the patients recovered. However, he himself was badly infected. Having fought against COVID-19 for a month, he passed away, leaving his family in tears and in despair.     10     (hear) the sad news, many people sent flowers to the hospital in memory of his contribution.