1 . William: Hi everyone, welcome to Ask About Britain. I'm William Kremer.

Yang: Hello, everyone, my name is Yang Li. Today, our topic is _____ plastic surgery. You know, it is becoming more and more popular in Asia. Many Chinese people want to know: what is British people's attitude _____ plastic surgery?

William: It's a good question for debate but I think we have to _____ that people understand the difference between plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery.

Yang: That's a good _____. I always thought that they were interchangeable. Are they or are they not?

William: Well, _____ speaking they're not. Plastic surgery is when someone changes the way they look through surgery. That might be because of a（n） _____ in your body or an injury; in short, something that's medically necessary. Alternatively, it might be that someone doesn't have anything wrong with them but wants to try and look _____ better. Now we call that second kind of plastic surgery cosmetic surgery.

Yang: I see; that's very _____ now.

William: Now back to the question. What do people in Britain think of cosmetic surgery? Let me speak to Helen.

Helen: I think it's _____ the individual really. It's normally not about the way you look; it's about the way you feel about yourself, guess.

William: It seems that Helen is ______. Then are you for it or are you against it?

Yang: Well, I've seen some ______ examples. I am very positive about it I must say because I think it is human ______ to want to appear attractive and pretty, so why not?

William: I totally ______ you, I'll have to say. I think it's really sad that people feel they need to undergo surgery ______ they can look more like, you know, pretty women in magazines or whatever. So I'm against it actually.

Yang: Mmm...

William: Anyway I hope that this programme has been both ______ and enjoyable. Finally, if you have any questions just drop us an email at chinaelt @ bbc. co. uk. Bye for now.

1.

A．opposed to

B．related to

C．faced with

D．covered with

2.

A．towards

B．at

C．off

D．on

3.

A．take it for granted

B．keep it in mind

C．make sure

D．make a promise

4.

A．method

B．example

C．change

D．point

5.

A．immediately

B．secretly

C．strictly

D．wisely

6.

A．fault

B．accident

C．trap

D．spot

7.

A．ever

B．once

C．even

D．quite

8.

A．interesting

B．natural

C．necessary

D．clear

9.

A．up to

B．owing to

C．according to

D．used to

10.

A．hard-working

B．open-minded

C．warm-hearted

D．good-looking

11.

A．strange

B．risky

C．successful

D．free

12.

A．feeling

B．kindness

C．activity

D．nature

13.

A．look down on

B．put up with

C．call on

D．disagree with

14.

A．in case

B．if only

C．so that

D．even though

15.

A．curious

B．informative

C．current

D．ambitious

2 . Directions: Read the following people’s comments on a special report on new medicines and match the name of each person to the appropriate statement. Note that there is one extra statement.

Statements (He/She wants to persuade people that...)

Robert H. Kamm:

We all want to live longer and healthier lives, but taking pills to rescue us from our self-abusive lifestyle only masks real problems and ends up costing us billions of dollars a year. We ought to be investing at least as much in trying to discover why millions of us behave in ways that are not in our best interest — smoking, drinking, overworking, under-exercising and generally doing things that are bad for our health.

John J. Bagshaw:

The cost of poor health is shocking and goes well beyond dollars. But the approach that offers the best solution, reduces risk, cuts demand and gets people healthy and fit is prevention. The U.S. is a nation of chronic diseases. It will get much worse, because we never deal with the causes. Individual Americans need to bring this issue to a boil and keep it there until we get a health-care system based on prevention.

Laurel Woods:

While I applaud the research being done in the field of medicine, I am also aware that good things can go bad in an instant. I have heart disease, and I had a negative reaction to a new treatment: the result was a long hospital stay. We should remember that caution has to be applied when being treated with a new medicine. Nothing will replace the human element that must be present in a caring medical community.

Robert H. Kamm:    1    
John J. Bagshaw:    2    
Laurel Woods:    3    
A. Prevention should always come before treatment.
B. A change of behavior counts more than reliance on drugs.
C. New drugs should not be put onto the market until proven effective.
D. A new medical treatment needs to be administrated with caution (great care).