1 . In many regions of Ghana, it can take hours to get to the nearest hospital. As a result, many people lose their lives to treatable illnesses. Osei Boateng experienced this personally when he lost his grandmother and aunt. Feeling an urgent call to help, Boateng decided he would make it his life mission to bring health care to remote communities in Ghana.
Boateng started his nonprofit, OKB Hope Foundation 2 years ago, he converted a van (厢式货车) into a mobile doctor’s office and started bringing health care directly to those in need. A few times a week, the mobile clinic and medical team travel long distance to remote communities in Ghana and provide free routine medical care.
On each trip, Boateng’s team consists of a nurse, a physician’s assistant, a doctor, and an operation assistant. In the van, they can run basic labs like bloodwork as well as prescribe and provide medications. “It’s like a one-stop shop for people,” said Boateng, adding that most of the people they see have one health issue or another.
Since its launch, Boateng says the Hope Health Van has served more than 4,000 Ghanaians across more than 45 rural communities who otherwise don’t have easily accessible medical care. Boateng has big plans for the future. He hopes to expand to provide more consistent and high-quality mobile medical care not only to those living in remote areas of Ghana but in other countries as well.
Boateng has gone all in on his OKB Hope Foundation, recently quitting his job to dedicate his time to bringing health care to his home country. But for him, the sacrifices are well worth the reward. “Words cannot describe the feeling that you get providing care for someone who otherwise wouldn’t be alive if your mobile health van wasn’t there.”
1. What do we know about Osei Boateng?| A．He founded OKB Hope Foundation. |
| B．He lost his life to treatable illnesses. |
| C．He built hospitals to make great fortune. |
| D．He lost his grandmother in the hospital. |
| A．It has only a nurse and a doctor. | B．It’s a free mobile medical team. |
| C．It’s a mobile one-stop grocery shop. | D．Patients travel long distances to it. |
| A．Temporary. | B．Predictable. | C．Far-reaching. | D．Negative. |
| A．Rescuing Ghana | B．Mobile Clinic Saves Lives |
| C．Be A Good Doctor | D．Changing Local Hospitals |
2 . What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物科技). With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Today’s leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs. The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells and so on, in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.
1. According to the passage, human death is now mainly caused by ________.| A．diseases and aging | B．accidents and war |
| C．accidents and aging | D．heart disease and war |
| A．Medicine | B．the Internet | C．brain cells | D．human organs |
| A．heart disease will be far away from us |
| B．human brains can decide the final death |
| C．the basic materials of cells will last forever |
| D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine |
1. What is the relationship between the speakers?
| A．Doctor and nurse. | B．Nurse and patient. | C．Doctor and patient. |
| A．He often gets tired. |
| B．He doesn’t feel like eating. |
| C．He can’t sleep well at night. |
| A．He is hungry now. | B．He dislikes junk food. | C．He seldom does sports. |
| A．Do exercise every day. | B．Get enough sleep. | C．Eat right food. |
4 . Gene therapy (治疗)—which involves fixing or replacing a disease-causing gene or changing its activity—has recorded some remarkable successes and some fatal missteps. Having experienced those extreme ups and downs in the past decades, gene therapy has now begun advancing at a rapid pace. This report explores how the field has moved beyond its early failures and fully grown to embrace its bright future.
Over the past few years, not only has the discipline changed but the definition of gene therapy has evolved. Today the field includes not just direct permanent changes to a cell’s DNA but also temporary changes to how genes are translated into proteins. Researchers have now reported a number of success stories: they have alleviated some cases of blindness, cured cancers, addressed the underlying causes of some blood diseases, and begun to treat some born disorders.
The history of gene therapy has had a lot to overcome, both in fame and at the lab bench. Early tragedies led researchers to different paths—while some of them turned away from the field, others fought to pursue ways to prevent the side effects. What has resulted is a range of new viral vectors (载体), engineered to mix their genetic material more safely and efficiently into the genome, as well as the rapid adoption and development of tools, such as the Nobel Prize-winning technique known as CRISPR.
Gene therapy has more than compensated (弥补) for its shaky scientific start and the field also managed to restore its reputation. Consequently, both patients and the public now connect this approach with the hope for seemingly miraculous cures. And with that hope comes other problems: problems of over-expectation, of affordability and of accessibility. Current gene therapy approaches are pricey and not easily available, and both issues limit their possible reach. Solving these problems may be the field’s next big challenge.
1. Which description of Gene therapy is correct according to Paragraph 1?| A．It is faced with lots of difficulties. | B．It had setbacks but also successes. |
| C．It works by damaging gene activity. | D．It developed steadily in early times. |
| A．Increased. | B．Promoted. | C．Witnessed. | D．Eased. |
| A．People think gene therapy is too hard to get. |
| B．Patients would be cured easily in the future. |
| C．Researchers will lower the price of gene therapy. |
| D．Patients have high expectations for gene therapy. |
| A．Gene therapy has a long history. | B．The age of gene therapy has come. |
| C．People can benefit from gene therapy. | D．Gene therapy has been widely applied. |
1. What caused the man’s problem?
| A．His worry. | B．His wound. | C．His overwork. |
| A．A manager. | B．A doctor. | C．A teacher. |
1. Why won’t Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?
| A．He can’t spare the time. | B．The clinic will be closed. | C．Dr. Milton won’t come to work. |
| A．From Monday to Friday. | B．During the whole week. | C．On weekdays except Thursday. |
| A．9:00 am. | B．7:00 pm. | C．6:15 pm. |
7 . Modern medicine and the latest technology can save many lives. If you live in a country where healthcare is readily available and accessible, then your chances of recovering from illnesses or accidents are very good. But for many people in the US who are uninsured (无保险的), they can’t afford these new medical treatments. That’s why Doctor Demetrio Aguila in Norfolk lets poor patients pay for surgery (外科手术) through volunteer work.
“For years I had been doing surgery for patients and taking care of their health problems. Then I would find out months later, sometimes years later, that I had caused their financial ruin,” Aguila said. Serious illnesses can completely deplete a family’s savings, leaving them no choice but to go bankrupt (破产).
Then he formed Healing Hands M25 as a way to give poor patients the medical fees they need by donating their time to community service. The process is pretty simple. They practice partners with local charitable organizations. The patient picks the charity and donates his time and sweat; Aguila determines the amount of volunteer hours the patient has to complete. “We’ve lowered the cost of healthcare. We’ve made it fair for everybody involved,” Aguila said.
The first patient to participate in the program was Jeffrey Jenson who worked for 560 hours to pay for surgery on his leg. Jenson asked his friends and family to help him complete the hours. Jenson said that his volunteer work greatly affected his life as much as the surgery. “The M25 program is not about money — it’s about if people come together to help other people, then the community becomes better,” said Jenson.
This program is a big win for the patients, the local community, and Dr Aguila who knows he has done everything he could to help his patients.
1. How does Aguila make poor patients pay for surgery?| A．In cash. | B．Through an insurance company. |
| C．By doing volunteer work. | D．By serving the doctor. |
| A．Set aside. | B．Use up. | C．Cut down. | D．Add to. |
| A．What Healing Hands M25 does. |
| B．How Healing Hands M25 works. |
| C．Why Aguila runs Healing Hands M25. |
| D．Why patients choose Healing Hands M25. |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Objective. | D．Unconcerned. |
| A．In a hospital. | B．At a nursery. | C．In a library. |
1. What did Clara do during the Civil War?
| A．She joined the army. |
| B．She urged to stop the war. |
| C．She helped the wounded. |
| A．She collected money to help the wounded. |
| B．She considered setting up the American Red Cross. |
| C．She led a group to search for missing soldiers. |
| A．In 1873. | B．In 1869. | C．In 1881. |
| A．About 12 years. | B．Over 20 years. | C．Over 4 years. |
10 . Acupuncture (针灸) is a traditional Chinese medical practice of treating various physical and mental (心理的) conditions. It won respect and interest in the United States after New York Times reporter James Reston visited China with President Nixon and needed an operation. Chinese doctors used acupuncture on James after surgery (外科手术) to reduce his pain, and his recovery was quick. Curious about this, James was allowed to watch surgery on patients who received acupuncture for anesthesia (麻醉). Patients talked with their doctors during the operation and then walked back to their rooms on their own.
The effectiveness of acupuncture left James such a deep impression that he wrote a front- page article in New York Times about his operation upon returning to the United States. “A leading medical expert sent by Premier Chou En-lai removed my appendix (阑尾). I was awake in the whole process. ”
The National Institutes of Health began to organize some of their top doctors to visit China to investigate acupuncture and its possible functions in western medicine. With years going by, acupuncture has become popular across the world with magical effect.
1. What’s the main idea of this text?| A．The features of acupuncture. | B．The development of acupuncture. |
| C．The functions of acupuncture. | D．The spreading of acupuncture. |
| A．It is a traditional Chinese medical practice. |
| B．It treats physical and mental conditions. |
| C．It is a kind surgery to reduce pain. |
| D．It is popular for its magical effect. |
| A．He wasn’t awake during the operation. |
| B．He received acupuncture for anesthesia. |
| C．He was then President of the United States. |
| D．He introduced acupuncture in New York Times. |
| A．Spread. | B．Study. | C．Introduce. | D．Develop. |
