2 . Why did the man go to see a doctor?

A．He doesn’t like his old glasses.

B．He gets glasses for the woman.

C．He can only see things up close.

5 . 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.

2. What can be inferred from paragraph 3?

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.

3. Which of the following is part of the work of the Community Malaria Action Team?

A．Treating patients with malaria.	B．Educating people about malaria prevention.
C．Relocating villagers to other places.	D．Improving hospitals and healthcare facilities.

4. What is a challenge in Hiao Khanh’s work?

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.

6 . 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.

2. How can we know the long-term effects of the drugs?

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.

3. What is paragraph 6 mainly about?

A．Warnings from failed cases.	B．Concerns for medicines copying amylin.
C．Positive effects of amycretin.	D．Composition of amycretin and its uses.

4. What is the author’s attitude toward amycretin?

A．Positive.

B．Concerned.

C．Doubtful.

D．Objective.