Known as “the mother of ten thousand babies”, Lin Qiaozhi, a physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital,
At age 5, her mother died, leaving her
Hospital. But a few months later, the war broke out, and the department was closed.
After
| A．See a doctor. | B．Stay in bed. | C．Go to work. |
| A．Tom’s boss. | B．Tom’s doctor. | C．The woman’s doctor. |
1. What is the matter with Mr. Smith?
| A．He ate a lot. | B．He got a sore throat. | C．He can’t sleep at night. |
| A．English. | B．Chinese. | C．Physics. |
| A．He has rested for a week. |
| B．He has to help his students. |
| C．He wants to visit a university. |
1. What is probably the woman?
| A．A doctor. | B．A manager. | C．A receptionist. |
| A．At the hospital. | B．On the phone. | C．In the hotel. |
6 . Get up at 6 am, arrive at the hospital one hour earlier to help patients check in, and accompany patients during consultations ...In recent years, “patient escorts (陪护)” has emerged as a new industry, and those who have taken on this career are known as “people who sell time”, 26-year-old Zhang Tian is one of them.
September 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian. On this day, Zhang Tian saw a video about patient escorts on a short video platform. The daily routine of patient escorts shown in the video fascinated her and gradually inspired her to take this on as a business. She looked through many platforms and read multiple information and found there indeed exists a certain demand for patient escorts, especially for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. Since she had never engaged in this kind of work before, she spent two days in major hospitals in Wuhan, in order to familiarize herself with all the departments on different floors, as well as the processes of medical consultation and preparation for surgery.
After preliminary preparatory (预备的) work, Zhang Tian posted a video of myself-introduction on major social platforms, talking about the help and services a patient escort provides, as well as some tips for a quick and convenient medical consultation. At first, she was a little worried that her video would go unnoticed. However, after she uploaded the video, it got over 100 likes and she received her first ever offer as a patient escort.
The memory of her first task is still alive and fresh in her mind. She received a phone call on September 9 from a man whose father was seriously ill and might need surgery. He wanted Zhang Tian to accompany his father through his consultation and treatment. Zhang Tian made full preparations before meeting her first client (客户) and did a very good job despite her nervousness.
“Later, the family expressed their gratitude to me over and over again, which warmed my heart and gave me a sense of achievement,” Zhang Tian said.
1. Why did Zhang Tian spend two days in hospitals in Wuhan?| A．To go for a physical examination. |
| B．To take a break from her daily routine. |
| C．To provide her services to clients. |
| D．To get familiar with different departments and medical procedures. |
| A．By applying to different hospitals in Wuhan. |
| B．By participating in social media platforms. |
| C．By seeking recommendations from friends. |
| D．By offering free services to the elderly, children, and pregnant women. |
| A．She was worried but performed well. |
| B．She regretted taking on the role. |
| C．She felt overwhelmed and unprepared. |
| D．She was very upset because of negative feedback from the client. |
| A．Careless. | B．Imaginative. | C．Considerate. | D．Loyal. |
| A．He is not feeling well. |
| B．He has to attend a meeting. |
| C．He has a doctor’s appointment. |
| A．He doesn’t like his old glasses. |
| B．He gets glasses for the woman. |
| C．He can only see things up close. |
9 . Hiao Khanh, 29, is a member of the Community Malaria (疟疾). Action Team in Chư Rcăm commune, Krông pa district, Gia Lai province, which is known for having the highest number of malaria cases in Vietnam. In 2020, more than 200 cases were reported across the district.
Hiao Khanh has been working in malaria prevention and control since 2019, after he recovered from malaria. “It was a near-death experience,” said Hiao Khanh. “I had a high fever before getting medical support. After that, I was determined to help reduce sickness and deaths from malaria in my community.”
People in this community depend heavily on the forest to earn a living. They go into the forest to work, and sleep there, putting them at high risk of contracting (感染) malaria. When it rains, the community’s various forest settlements are nearly cut off as the dirt roads are flooded. Hiao Khanh and his team need to use motorbikes to reach different parts of the community to help protect people from malaria.
The team’s main activities are to raise awareness about malaria prevention, provide protective items, and find out people who might have malaria and then transport them to healthcare facilities for testing.
With the right treatment, patients can now be cured in a shorter period of time. However, ensuring individuals stay on track with their treatment remains a challenge. Forest workers, for example, often prefer to return to work as soon as their fever breaks. Part of Hiao Khanh’s work is to find and persuade (说服) patients to come back for treatment. Communication is an important aspect of his team’s work. They actively listen to people’s concerns, respond to their questions, and stress the importance of completing the full treatment course. “Just a ‘thank you’ from the people is enough to give me strength to continue this job to reduce malaria in my homeland,” said Hiao Khanh.
1. What led Hiao Khanh to take an active role in malaria prevention and control?| A．His suffering from malaria. | B．A report about malaria cases in Vietnam. |
| C．His visit to a nearby forest. | D．The deaths from malaria in his community. |
| A．It often rains in Hiao Khanh’s hometown. |
| B．The community is accessible only by motorbikes. |
| C．Natural disasters frequently hit Hiao Khanh’s hometown. |
| D．Forests are not beneficial to malaria control. |
| A．Treating patients with malaria. | B．Educating people about malaria prevention. |
| C．Relocating villagers to other places. | D．Improving hospitals and healthcare facilities. |
| A．Curing patients in a short period of time. |
| B．Persuading the villagers to leave the forests. |
| C．Talking patients into finishing the full treatment. |
| D．Responding to patients’questioning of his ability. |
10 . An experimental pill (药丸) looks set to cause more weight loss than existing treatments such as Ozempic, based on early trial results reported on 7 March.
The pill, called amycretin, led people to lose 13 per cent of their weight over three months, more than twice the amount seen with Ozempic.
Ozempic is a product name for the compound semaglutide. They work by copying a gut hormone (胃肠激素) called GLP-1 that is normally released after eating. This makes people feel full and reduces their appetite (胃口).
Amycretin, however, copies GLP-1 and a different hormone called amylin, which seems to make it more effective still — at least over the first three months of treatment. People taking amycretin lost 13 per cent of their weight in this period, Novo Nordisk announced on 7 March. This is more than the same amount for Ozempic of 6 per cent.
“However, we can only know for sure how the drugs measure up long term when they are compared under exactly the same condition in a single study,” says Drucker. “We need head-to-head trials.”
Another warning is that medicines that work by copying GLP-1 have been used for more than a decade and so their safety profile is well understood, which isn’t the case for copying amylin. Novo Nordiskhas also said that amycretin’s side effects were similar to those of Wegovy, which tend to be vomiting and diarrhoea (呕吐和腹泻).
“Being available in tablet form would be a great advantage for people who don’t like injections,” says Daniel Chancellor at global pharmaceutical business analyst Citeline. “An oral Pill is very attractive.”
1. How does Ozempic work to cause weight loss?| A．It takes the place of daily exercise. | B．It turns the blood sugar into hormones. |
| C．It produces a GLP-1-like hormone. | D．It copies a hormone called amycretin. |
| A．By doing head-to-head trials on the drugs. | B．By finding proper conditions for the drug. |
| C．By measuring the amount of the drug. | D．By conducting series of clinic trials. |
| A．Warnings from failed cases. | B．Concerns for medicines copying amylin. |
| C．Positive effects of amycretin. | D．Composition of amycretin and its uses. |
| A．Positive. | B．Concerned. | C．Doubtful. | D．Objective. |
