| A．The same as she used to be. |
| B．Much better than before. |
| C．More serious than before. |
| A．At home. | B．At a hospital. | C．At a drugstore. |
| A．A driver. | B．A doctor. | C．A receptionist. |
4 . Schedule an Appointment at the Center for Women’s Health
Please call your doctor’s office or the clinic as far in advance as possible to schedule your appointments. This will make it easier to choose times that are most convenient for you.
Be sure to register after you have scheduled your first appointment. Registration helps each clinic correctly identify you and your medical information.
If your health plan restricts the clinics you can use, be sure your plan has approved the healthcare you are requesting. This will help you avoid unexpected fees.
Checklist of information you will need when making an appointment
We will ask you for the following information：
Your name
Your date of birth or Social Security number (this helps ensure that your medical information is not confused with someone who has a similar name)
Reasons for the appointment (be as specific as possible so that we can reserve the right amount of time for your visit)
Whether you want a particular doctor or the first available appointment
Canceling an appointment
If you cannot keep your appointment, please call your doctor’s office or clinic as soon as possible or no later than the day before. We realize that sometimes emergencies come up and your plans may change. However, giving us as much notice as possible helps us better serve you and our other patients. When you call, we will help you reschedule for another day and time.
1. From the passage which one is Not true?| A．You can choose some time to make an appointment as long as it’s convenient. |
| B．You need to register after making your time. |
| C．You don’t need to call your doctor ahead of schedule. |
| D．You can avoid some unexpected cost if you choose some suitable clinics. |
| A．The appointment with a doctor. |
| B．The Social Security number. |
| C．The birth place. |
| D．The reasons for an appointment. |
| A．April 12. | B．April 13. |
| C．April 15. | D．April 11. |
5 . We’ve all been told that different types of fruits and vegetables have different benefits that help us keep healthy. A new international study has found that eating one fruit regularly can help reduce the risk of cancer (癌症), among those people who have a high risk of developing certain cancers.
The research, which followed almost 1,000 patients with a variety of cancers, found that taking regular resistant starch (抗酶解淀粉) could have a great preventative effect on the risk of cancer. Here’s what you need to know about how eating bananas regularly can help reduce the risk of cancers.
Resistant starch is found in green bananas. By eating green bananas your body gets resistant starch, which has been found to reduce the risk of cancers in some parts of the body by more than a half, according to the new research. The study, which was published in Cancer Prevention Research, was led by experts at the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds. It found that resistant starch, if taken regularly for two years, had a very good effect on some cancers, which can be difficult to find.
John Mathers, a professor at Newcastle University explained, “Resistant starch really helps in fact, which has several health benefits and fewer calories than regular starch.”
In addition to green bananas, resistant starch is also found in foods such as peas, beans and other starchy foods. In terms of bananas, experts think that eating one banana every day has the same effect as a certain amount of resistant starch. The secret is to eat the bananas before they become too ripe (成熟的) or soft.
1. What advantage does eating bananas regularly have?| A．Avoid developing diseases. | B．Suffer from no stress. |
| C．Have a lower risk of cancer. | D．Expect a longer life. |
| A．They contain resistant starch. | B．They help discover cancer. |
| C．They improve a person’s diet. | D．They are quite healthy fruit. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Supportive. | C．Worried. | D．Unclear. |
| A．Find hidden cancers. | B．Get enough sleep. |
| C．Take regular exercise. | D．Eat green bananas daily. |
6 . A Missouri woman is following in her father’s footsteps — training to be a heart surgeon — and recently, she and her father got the chance to perform surgery together.
Dr. Sophia Roberts, 30, is a general surgery resident physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Her dad, Dr. Harold Roberts Jr., 66, has been practicing medicine for the last 32 years. In May, Roberts and his daughter teamed up for an aortic valve (主动脉瓣) replacement.
“I told Sophia that I had this case coming and she went out and read about it. And she’d never seen it, much less assisted on it,” Harold Roberts recalled.
Even though the case was new to her, Sophia Roberts jumped at the chance. She had wanted to spend a month learning and operating with her surgeon father back in 2020, but their plans fell through for all kinds of reasons. So this was the shot she’d been waiting for.
When the day came, Harold Roberts was pleased to have his eldest child by his side and said it was a “really nice thing” to work together with her. The elder Roberts said his daughter helped open the patient’s chest and “she did a great job.” “It was really very smooth. I wouldn’t have done the case any better if I had another heart surgeon assisting me” he said.
Sophia Roberts, who served as her dad’s first assistant, said it was a memorable experience but also said once the surgery got underway, she was in the zone.
“It’s very special that I was operating with him, but quite frankly, I could have been operating with anyone — like all of a sudden, you’re just focused on that patient and making the operation go smoothly,” she said.
Harold and Sophia Roberts reported their patient has done great since the surgery and was even excited the father-daughter team would be taking care of her.
1. What can we know from paragraph 2?| A．Sophia is a freshman at a medical school. |
| B．Harold Roberts is an experienced physician. |
| C．Sophia is the physician for her father’s operation. |
| D．Harold Roberts is teaching Sophia to be a doctor. |
| A．Full of expectation. | B．Slightly concerned. |
| C．A bit disappointed. | D．Much too anxious. |
| A．Why his father performed differently from other physicians. |
| B．How she could put her theory into practice in the operation. |
| C．How they could perform the operation most successfully. |
| D．What caused the patient to suffer from such a heart illness. |
| A．Proud. | B．Annoyed. | C．Ashamed. | D．Envious. |
| A．In a hotel. | B．In a hospital. | C．In a classroom. |
8 . Researchers reported a blind man who had received a gene of a light-sensing protein can now see and touch objects with the help of special goggles(护目镜).
His vision gains are modest—he cannot see colors or distinguish faces or letters. But if the treatment helps other study participants, it may offer advantages over other vision technologies for severely blind people. For scientists, the result is a milestone: the first published report of using a relatively new technology called optogenetics(光遗传学) to treat a disease in people. “It’s not the kind of vision people dream of, but it’s a big step,” said Jean Bennett of the University of Pennsylvania.
Optogenetics uses light to control neurons. Scientists add the gene to a light-sensitive protein called opsin(视蛋白) from algae or bacteria and then shine light on the cell to cause the opsin to change shape, which switches the neuron’s activity on or off. Since it was developed nearly 20 years ago, optogenetics has mostly been used as a tool to treat animals, brain diseases. But researchers hope it can one day treat diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and blindness.
“The eye is the simplest place to start because it is small and easy to access,” said Botond Roska, a physician-scientist at the University of Base.
The patients in the study have lost the retinal photoreceptor cells(视网膜感光细胞) that use human opsins to turn light into electrical signals relayed to the brain. But their eyes still have the cells that route these signals to the brain via the optic nerve. That means the patients could potentially gain vision by giving these cells a new kind of opsin.
1. What can we know about the result from paragraph 2?| A．It has shortcomings but is important. |
| B．It can be used to treat blind people now. |
| C．It is the conclusion of previous research. |
| D．It is a way to help people become modest. |
| A．New goggles. | B．Suitable opsin. |
| C．Natural proteins. | D．Retinal photoreceptor cells. |
| A．It can benefit both humans and animals. |
| B．Scientists have never focused on it before. |
| C．If has been used to treat animals’ blindness. |
| D．Patients should know something about it. |
| A．A Report on a New Protein |
| B．Ways to Help Patients Stay Healthy |
| C．Researchers Find Blindness Can Be Cured |
| D．A Treatment Helps Blind Men Regain Some Vision |
