1 . Jones Thando was a 16-year-old senior high school student, who had an idea for a new method of finding pancreatic cancer. When Jones was 15 years old, her aunt died of this kind of cancer, which_______her deeply. This disease is_______serious because there is no way to detect it as early as possible. By the time_______tests determine the patient has the possibility of cancer, it’s often too late to do anything!_______that it was often the case, Jones was determined to do whatever she can to develop a test that could_______problems as early as possible.

The way ahead seemed_______for Jones. She was_______a senior high school student, and what she_______to create was something no one else had tried. So Jones read_______about this kind of cancer, wrote a letter of advice about her idea, and sent it out to more than 500 medical ________. But only one expert, Dr. Amy Maitra ________to her timely and enthusiastically. Dr. Amy promised to cooperate with Jones and gave her some assistance as well as________to a lab.

Another great reward for Jone’s________was winning the big prize at the World Science and Technology Conference. This grand award is presented to young creators that have got a ________ idea. It’s bound to take many years to develop a new test way, ________Jones hopes the way will ________enhance people’ lives and maybe save them, so she insisted on trial and error. Luckily, Jones is not alone as a young creator.________, there were nearly 1500 other competitors for the International award, all of whom had ground-breaking________. For Jones, growing up in a family that is attracted to science and________innovative thinking offered him many advantages. But the key for Jones is that reading, experiment, survey and________are just for fun, and the possibility to enhance the world around her during the process makes it much better.

1.

A．affected

B．challenged

C．disappointed

D．inspired

2.

A．accidentally

B．extremely

C．originally

D．abnormally

3.

A．painful

B．precious

C．standard

D．improper

4.

A．Recognizing

B．Realizing

C．Hit

D．Warned

5.

A．relieve

B．cure

C．treat

D．catch

6.

A．awkward

B．smooth

C．tough

D．simple

7.

A．even

B．ever

C．merely

D．rarely

8.

A．declined

B．desired

C．regretted

D．afforded

9.

A．absolutely

B．similarly

C．limitedly

D．endlessly

10.

A．researchers

B．patients

C．followers

D．survivals

11.

A．neglected

B．responded

C．guaranteed

D．contributed

12.

A．access

B．introduction

C．application

D．movement

13.

A．fright

B．persistence

C．ambition

D．responsibility

14.

A．goal-setting

B．problem-solving

C．world-changing

D．heart-breaking

15.

A．also

B．and

C．so

D．but

16.

A．hardly

B．fluently

C．occasionally

D．eventually

17.

A．All in all

B．First of all

C．After all

D．At all

18.

A．ideas

B．dreams

C．personalities

D．advantages

19.

A．contacts

B．doubts

C．encourages

D．reflects

20.

A．stress

B．career

C．discovery

D．concentration

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FIRST-AID TREATMENT

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2. Dry the burnt area gently with a clean cloth.
3.Remove any clothes using scissors if necessary, unless you see the    2    sticking to the burnt skin.
4.Cover the burnt area with a loose clean cloth.     3    oil to the injured areas is a bad idea, as it will keep the heat in the wounds and may cause    4    .
5.If burns are on the face, make sure the victim can still breathe.
6. If the victim is suffering from second or third-degree burns, there is an urgent need to take him/her to the hospital at once.

5 . Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is an eye condition that affects millions of people around the world. In the UK, it is the biggest cause of sight loss. It’s caused by a loss of the nerves at the back of the eye. Even though it affects only a tiny area around the width of a human hair, its impact is life-changing. Patients experience a blurring (模糊) of vision, initially at the center of their gaze, which expands and worsens as time goes on. Recognizing faces or watching television can rapidly become impossible.

“This is why it’s such a difficult disease to deal with for patients: It affects the best bit first,” explains Lyndon Da Cruz, a surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK. Because nerve cells don’t regenerate (再生), the body cannot heal the condition itself, however scientists at King’s College London and Moorfields are working on a new technique to implant stem cells into the back of the eye.

A trial has already been successfully tested on two patients, both of whom went from being unable to read at all even with glasses, to reading 60 to 80 words per minute with normal reading glasses.

Operating on the eye is always delicate, but the precision involved in inserting the stem cells is right at the edge of the ability of even the most talented surgeons. Therefore the team has been working with the University’s robotics department to create machines that can work with minute accuracy.

“It’s as if you cut the human hair 10 times and then you need to go with one of those tools in between those layers for two or three minutes stably while the patient is awake. And that’s not something that humans just can do. That’s where robots come in,”says Christos Bergeles, a robotics researcher at King’s.

Bergeles’ team has created a working model of an operating room equipped with a robotic arm that can translate the movement of a surgeon. For the moment, they operate only on model but one day they hope to be able to be restoring sight one cell at a time.

1. How does AMD affect people’s health?

A．It prevents cells from healing.

B．It can make people go blind.

C．It causes nerve problems.

D．It can damage human hair.

2. What’s the real difficulty in operating on the eye?

A．The precision needed in the operation.	B．Lacking the right stem cells.
C．The stable movement of the surgeon.	D．Cutting hair into very thin layers.

3. What can we infer about inserting the stem cells?

A．It is a piece of cake for brilliant surgeons.

B．It can simply be carried out by a professional robot.

C．It is almost a mission impossible for any surgeons alone.

D．It can be done by a robotic arm translating a surgeon’s movement.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．A working model will be created to make a surgery.

B．A trial on two patients has successfully been tested.

C．The cause of sight loss has been found out to restore it.

D．Robots and stem cells can be combined to restore eyesight.

7 . The National Health Service (NHS) in England is to pay for 10 people, to whom a “bionic eye” will be implanted (植入). It is a pioneering technology that can help those who have been blind for years to gain some sight.

Only a small number of people have received surgery in trials so far to equip them to use Argus Ⅱ, which uses a camera fixed in a pair of glasses and a tiny computer to send signals directly to the nerves (神经) controlling sight. Those who will get the equipment can currently see nothing more than the difference between daylight and darkness. The system allows the brain to decode (解读) flashes of light, so that they can learn to see movement.

One of three patients who have had the implant into the retina (视网膜) in trails at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital is Keith Hayman, 68, from Lancashire, who has five grandchildren. He was blind in his 20s. The disease causes cells in the retina gradually to stop working and die. Hayman was forced to give up his work. “Having spent half my life in darkness, I can now tell when my grandchildren run towards me and make out lights,” he said. “I would be talking to a friend, who might have walked off and I couldn’t tell and kept talking to myself. This doesn’t happen anymore, because I can tell when they have gone. They may seem like little things, but they make all the difference to me.”

After the surgery, 10 patients will be carefully followed, to gather data on their progress and assess how much the bionic eye improves their daily lives. If the results are good, more patients will be likely to receive the treatment in the future. The “bionic eye” treatment, including surgery, follow-up, equipment and recovery, costs £150,000.

1. What is Argus Ⅱ mainly made up of?

A．A camera, a pair of glasses and a bionic eye.

B．The nerves, a pair of glasses and some signals.

C．A camera, a pair of glasses and a tiny computer.

D．A new retina, a flash light and a tiny computer.

2. What does the author want to show by using the example of Hayman?

A．Hayman has become a normal person.

B．The retina is necessary for one to see well.

C．Blind people are eager to have a bionic eye.

D．The technology is of great importance to blind people.

3. Why will the 10 blind patients be carefully followed?

A．They will be in very poor health after the surgery.

B．They won’t be used to the bionic eye for some time.

C．The exact result of the treatment needs to be known.

D．The bionic eye will be improved according to the data.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．A Failure in Treating the Blind People

B．10 Blind Patients Will Be Fitted with a Bionic Eye

C．Blind People’s Daily Lives Improved with a Bionic Eye

D．The NHS in England Cares Much about the Blind People

8 . Young German Man Studies TCM in China

Wu Ming is a young German born after 1995. Wu is a big fan of Chinese culture, such as the Shaolin kung fu, a traditional Chinese martial art. He has been learning traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) since 2016, almost seven years. Now he is studying for his master’s degree at Henan University of Chinese Medicine.

As he thought some diseases can’t be treated thoroughly with Western medicine, he decided to dig into TCM. Wu came to Central China’s Henan province in 2015, where a strong TCM culture can be enjoyed. After one-year of learning Chinese language, he started to learn Chinese medicine. “TCM is one of the best-protected aspects of Chinese culture”, said Wu. He hopes to solve problems and understand Chinese culture deeply by learning TCM.

In the early stages, Wu always tasted some Chinese herbal medicine by himself, just like Shennong, a character in ancient Chinese stories, who tasted most of the herbal medicine himself. To overcome difficulties in communicating, he also learned and practiced Chinese, especially the Henan dialect (方言), as his teachers, schoolmates, and even some patients speak in Henan dialect in their daily conversations. Although sometimes he still has trouble telling the difference between Mandarin (普通话) and the dialect, he can use the Henan dialect to communicate with others.

Studying TCM also changed Wu’s mind and lifestyle. He used to be addicted to electronic devices and stay up late every night, trapped in this fast but unhealthy daily life. But now, according to the Yin-Yang principle in TCM, he lives a balanced and peaceful life, practicing good habits such as drinking tea and reading ancient books.

In Wu’s opinion, there’s no big difference between China and Western countries. “We are the same. Misunderstanding comes from being out of touch”, said Wu. He plans to run a traditional Chinese clinic (诊所) in China or Germany after graduation, which could serve as a bridge between the two countries and attract public attention to TCM and its culture.

1. What is Wu’s purpose of studying TCM?

A．To get his master’s degree.

B．To prove his learning abilities.

C．To test some Chinese herbal medicine.

D．To better treat diseases and understand Chinese culture.

2. How did Wu overcome difficulties in daily conversations?

A．By reading ancient Chinese books.

B．By learning and practicing the Henan dialect.

C．By asking his teachers, schoolmates and patients for advice.

D．By studying the difference between Mandarin and the Henan dialect.

3. What can we learn about Wu’s lifestyle after his studying TCM?

A．He stays up late every night.	B．He lives a fast and healthy lifestyle.
C．He is addicted to electronic devices.	D．He develops a good habit of drinking tea.

4. In Wu’s opinion, misunderstanding comes from_________.

A．lacking communication	B．language barrier
C．being different from one another	D．mind and lifestyle

5. According to the passage, which word can best describe Wu Ming?

A．Gentle.

B．Honest.

C．Passionate.

D．Outgoing.

10 . Experts hope an experimental drug can be as effective against the novel coronavirus in people as it has been on cells in a controlled lab environment.

The US drug, remdesivir(瑞德西韦), began clinical trials on patients in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday. Other medications, including chloroquine, arbidol and darunavir have also recently been found capable of arresting viral growth in lab cells, but like remdesivir they require more clinical trials to confirm their safety and potency on humans.

The Phase III trials for remdesivir have been approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration and is conducted by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences on patients at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital.

A total of 761 patients will participate in two trials-one trial to assess the drug’s potency on 308 cases with mild or moderate infection, and the other on 453 severely infected patients, Cao Bin, head of the clinical trial and vice-president of the friendship hospital, said on Wednesday.

Cao said studies have shown remdesivir is effective in inhibiting the growth of the novel coronavirus in vitro(在生物体外), meaning the procedure was done on cells in a controlled environment outside of a living organism, typically in a petri dish or test tube.

But the drug has yet to show convincing clinical evidence that it can translate its positive in vitro results into actual human patients. Hence, it will require rigorous clinical testing, Cao said.

A 35-year-old patient from the United States infected with the virus was reported seeing noticeable improvement with no obvious side effects after taking the drug, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, said in a recent statement that it has been working with government agencies on the novel coronavirus response efforts.

However, the company stressed that remdesivir is an experimental medicine that has only been used in a handful of patients on compassionate grounds, “so we do not have an appropriately robust understanding of the effect of this drug to warrant broad use at this time”.

1. Why does the US drug, remdesivir, began clinical trials?

A．To see how it takes effect.

B．To replace the traditional medicine.

C．To confirm their safety and potency on humans.

D．To show whether remdesivir is effective in inhibiting the growth of the novel coronavirus in vitro.

2. What is true according to the passage?

A．Chinese Hospital does The Phase III trials independently.

B．Remdesivir can cure those who are infected with the novel coronavirus.

C．After taking the drug, a 35-year-old patient was infected with the virus.

D．Doctors had seen apparent success treating a 35-year-old patient infected with the virus.

3. What’s the author attitude towards the clinical trial of remdesivir?

A．Negative.

B．Positive.

C．Critical.

D．Gloomy.

4. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A diary.

B．A guidebook.

C．A novel.

D．A magazine.