1 . Wu Ming, a young German born after 1995, is a big fan of Chinese culture. As he thought some diseases can’t be treated _______ with Western medicine, he decided to _______traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In 2015, Wu came to Henan province, where a strong TCM culture can be _______. After a year of learning, he _______ the language barrier and started to learn Chinese medicine. Wu always _______ some Chinese herbal medicine by himself to know their flavours and effects, just like Shen Nong, a character in Chinese legend. In Wu’s opinion, TCM is one of the best-preserved _______ of Chinese culture.

Studying TCM also _______ Wu’s mind and lifestyle. He used to be _______ to electronic devices, playing video games every night. Instead of being trapped in the fast-paced but unhealthy daily _______, he now lives a(n) ________ and peaceful life, practicing good habits like drinking tea and reading.

Wu ________ what he has learned to help his family. He always provides his family members with some advice about staying fit after ________ their skin or tongues online. Over time, his family gradually began to understand his ________ for TCM.

Wu thinks there’s no big difference between China and Western countries. “________ comes from being out of touch”, said Wu. He plans to run a traditional Chinese clinic in Germany, which could serve as a(n) ________ between the two countries and publicize TCM and its culture.

1.

A．immediately

B．gradually

C．thoroughly

D．consistently

2.

A．depend on

B．dig into

C．look up

D．work out

3.

A．created

B．enjoyed

C．advanced

D．acknowledged

4.

A．overcame

B．seized

C．divided

D．shifted

5.

A．raised

B．sorted

C．cooked

D．tasted

6.

A．aspects

B．standards

C．themes

D．means

7.

A．enriched

B．secured

C．expanded

D．changed

8.

A．exposed

B．reduced

C．restricted

D．addicted

9.

A．businesses

B．recreations

C．routines

D．tasks

10.

A．balanced

B．wealthy

C．humble

D．efficient

11.

A．employs

B．promotes

C．outlines

D．conveys

12.

A．scanning

B．checking

C．exploring

D．comparing

13.

A．concern

B．wish

C．demand

D．passion

14.

A．Misunderstanding

B．Destruction

C．Stress

D．Failure

15.

A．source

B．basis

C．bridge

D．tool

2 . It isn’t necessary to know everything before heading out into the wilderness, but studying a quality first-aid guide book and familiarizing yourself with the necessary skills can be enough to save someone’s life.

Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid by William W. Forgey

This book does a great job of breaking down how to examine, judge, and stabilize your patient or situation, manage the person’s physical symptoms(症状), and know what questions to ask. It covers a wider range of possible injuries and treatment options than some other wilderness first-aid books. This book costs $12.79 and is easy to read and understand.

Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills by The Mountaineers

In its 9th edition, the book, which costs $21.99, has become a gold standard for anyone planning to spend significant time in the backcountry. Written by climbers for climbers, this book has everything you need to know to stay safer, from basic first aid to staying safe in avalanche terrain(雪崩地形), and learning how to move forward without networking.

Mountaineering: Essential Skills for Hikers and Climbers by Alun Richardson

The book, which costs $13.59, not only contains information about wilderness first aid but also attempts to teach you safety and survival skills from hiking basics to winter adventures. This book stands out because of its detailed visual diagrams that illustrate the right and wrong ways to achieve different techniques.

Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities by James Wilkerson

The book, which costs $32.95, is a great addition to your collection if you’ve already read some of the other wilderness first-aid books, and maybe even taken a course already but are still wanting to learn more. Many doctors and nurses like this book because they practice basic medical diagnosis(诊断) regularly.

1. What does William W. Forgey introduce in detail in his book?

A．The ways of comforting injured climbers.

B．The steps to determine a medical problem.

C．The advice on keeping away from potential dangers.

D．Visual diagrams showing treatment options.

2. How much is the book based on the real-life climbing experiences?

A．$21.99.

B．$13.59.

C．$12.79.

D．$32.95.

3. Which book especially suits climbers with a background in medicine?

A．Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid.

B．Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills.

C．Mountaineering: Essential Skills for Hikers and Climbers.

D．Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

One of the premier medical    1    (scientist) in the 21st century is Zhong Nanshan. Born in 1936 and     2     (graduate) from Peking University Health Science Center, this ordinary but great man has been working in the medical field for over 40 years. He is a good doctor in the patients’ eyes and     3     kind medical professor in his students’ as well.

In 2003, SARS broke    4     in China and across the globe. Zhong Nanshan not only led but also     5     (take) an active part in the battle against SARS. At that time most people had no     6     (nature) defense against the disease. Dangerous    7     it was, Zhong Nanshan worked hard treating SARS patients. Meanwhile he underlined the fact    8     teamwork among nations could save lives. Through    9     (they) several months’ hard work, Zhong Nanshan and his workmates achieved remarkable achievements. Soon SARS    10    (wipe) out.

4 . Ms. McIntyre, 38, worked as a publisher. She suffered brain cancer and her health got worse despite some medical treatment. But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care. But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay.

Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. The group can pay off medical bills for about 100 times less money than they cost. In other words, for every 100 donated, the group can pay off 10,000 in unpaid medical bills.

Unfortunately, Ms. McIntyre passed away before long. Mr. Gregory posted a message for Ms. McIntyre on her social media accounts. “If you’re reading this, I have passed away,” the post began. Then the post explained, “To celebrate my life, I’ve arranged to buy up others’ medical debts and then destroy the debts.”

The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts.

Mr. Gregory planned a special event in December to celebrate Ms. McIntyre’s life and to announce how many millions of dollars of medical debts her efforts had paid for.

1. Why did Ms. McIntyre feel luckier than some other people?

A．The doctors eventually cured her.	B．Her disease didn’t become worse.
C．She had a decent job before being ill.	D．She had security about medical care.

2. How did Ms. McIntyre and her husband help others?

A．By paying for their daily debts.	B．By giving away money to them.
C．By ridding them of debts from treatments.	D．By purchasing medical insurance for them.

3. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The public involvement.	B．The couple’s commitment.
C．The operation of a website.	D．The increase of medical debts.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Ms. McIntyre?

A．Humorous and elegant.	B．Influential and understanding.
C．Cautious and promising.	D．Enthusiastic and adaptable.

5 . For much of human history, ethical (道德的) behavior has been guided by the Golden Rule: do to others as you would have them do to you. But the rule is imperfect. What you want in a given situation may not be what another person desires at all.

In the medical field, making or influencing choices for others can make all the difference. Such choices impact people’s quality of life and even their chances of survival. As health care becomes more individualized, the time seems right for a new ethical guideline—the “platinum (白金) rule” proposed by professor Harvey Max Chochinov: do to others as they would want done to themselves.

Chochinov describes this principle in his essay published last year. He begins with a story about a health crisis affecting his sister Ellen, who was severely disabled. The care doctor, after seeing her twisted (扭曲的) body, was weighing whether to insert a breathing tube when he asked Chochinov a strange question: Did Ellen read magazines? “The question was frightening.” Chochinov writes, “this was not an attempt to get to know Ellen … but rather a way to decide if hers was a life worth saving.” Ellen read widely and enjoyed many simple pleasures of life, but the gap between her life as a person who uses a wheelchair and the doctor’s sense of what he would want in her situation was too vast to be bridged by the Golden Rule. “That’s when judging from where you stand what another might need or want begins to break down,” Chochinov explained.

Time is a limited resource in the health-care system, and there’s no denying that getting to know a patient as an individual means investing additional minutes or hours. Still, Chochinov believes such investment is cost-effective. There are benefits for doctors as well. “When they emotionally connect to their patients, they do a better job.”

In certain cases, doctors may find it hard to apply the platinum rule. But there is value in the effort: at the very least, their trying to work through it will ensure that they have sufficient modesty about the wisdom of their choices.

1. Why is the platinum rule introduced to the medical field?

A．To strengthen ethical behavior in treatment.

B．To help doctors acquire accurate information.

C．To increase chances of survival for patients.

D．To make person-centered care accessible to patients.

2. What can we learn from Ellen’s story?

A．A health crisis caused her disability.

B．The doctor was curious about her hobby.

C．The doctor gave little thought to her needs.

D．Her brother sang high praises for the treatment.

3. Which statement might Chochinov agree with?

A．Health care system needs investing.

B．Time put into knowing a patient is rewarding.

C．Trust between doctors and patients is important.

D．Emotional connection to patients brings job burnout.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the platinum rule?

A．Objective.

B．Favorable.

C．Careful.

D．Unclear.

6 . Brynn Schulte nearly died two times when she was a baby. At one point she needed emergency surgery for bleeding in her brain. No one knew what was wrong. Then, a test that looked at her full genetic details found a rare bleeding disorder. Catching the disorder early saved her life. “You have this hopeless feeling when you don’t really know what’s going on,” said her father, Mike Schulte. He noted that the test made a difference in finding the cause and   “getting her the right care that she needed almost immediately”.

Brynn, now 4, got the genetic testing as part of a clinical trial, the results of which were published recently in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Testing all of the details of a person’s genes is called “whole genome” testing. Whole genome tests are much better than narrowly targeted tests when it comes to finding genetic differences, called abnormalities, which can cause disease. The study found 49 percent of these abnormalities, compared to 27 percent with more commonly used tests targeting only some genetic diseases.

Whole genome tests could solve the problem of doing several narrowly targeted tests on babies, which still might not find the disorder. Experts warn there are some problems because labs vary in how they understand results. Also, whole genome tests are more expensive and less likely to be covered by insurance.

But researchers hope that whole genome tests will at some point be used for millions of hospitalized babies with rare and difficult conditions. The US National Human Genome Research Institute has found that around 350 million people around the world live with rare disorders. And it found that about 80 percent of the more than 7,000 conditions are genetic.

1. How did Mike Schulte feel about the test?

A．Proud.

B．Grateful.

C．Unclear.

D．Hopeless.

2. In finding genetic diseases,          .

A．narrowly targeted tests are easier

B．commonly used tests take longer

C．whole genome tests focus on babies

D．whole genome tests are more accurate

3. What disadvantage do whole genome tests have?

A．They cost a lot.

B．The process is complex.

C．The disorder might not be found.

D．Their results are hard to understand.

4. Where is the text most likely found?

A．In a blog.	B．In a medical record,
C．In a newspaper.	D．In a letter.

7 . People at risk of a heart attack or stroke could benefit from blood­pressure­lowering drugs even if their blood pressure is considered in the normal, healthy range. If such drugs were offered to people with cardiac (心脏的) risks regardless of their blood pressure at the beginning of treatment it could save millions of lives, researchers in Oxford University found.

For the study, the team analyzed more than 120 medical trials including around 600,000 people conducted over two decades, saying their findings are a call for an urgent review of existing blood pressure treatment guidelines. “Our findings clearly show that treating blood pressure to a lower level could greatly reduce the risk of cardiovascular (心血管的) disease, if widely conducted,” said study lead author Kazem Rahimi.

High blood pressure has long been identified as a factor in higher risks of heart disease and strokes, and makes more than a billion people around the globe in torment — including one out of three US adults.

Blood pressure is recorded in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) as two numbers in a ratio: “systolic” pressure inside the arteries (动脉) when the heart beats as the top number, and “diastolic (舒张的)” pressure between heartbeats, as the heart rests and is refilled with blood. “Normal” blood pressure is considered at 120/80 or below, and is considered “high” at 140/90 or above, according to the American Heart Association. The researchers said their study showed that for every reduction in systolic pressure of 10 mmHg, the risk of heart attacks was reduced by a fifth and that of a stroke around a quarter.

Some experts said they thought the study’s findings were important but did offer some warnings. “One important warning is that not everyone will be able to tolerate having their blood pressure reduced to low levels, and there is a need to balance possible drug side effects and likely benefits,” Smeeth said.

1. What do the findings indicate?

A．Normal blood pressure doesn’t mean a healthy body.

B．The existing blood pressure treatment is useless.

C．High blood pressure is the first health killer.

D．High blood pressure causes many diseases.

2. What does the underlined word “torment” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Tolerance.	B．Debt.
C．Pain.	D．Despair.

3. What is the function of Paragraph 4?

A．To teach how to measure blood pressure.

B．To compare high and normal blood pressure.

C．To explain the factor in heart attacks and strokes.

D．To show some diseases are related to blood pressure.

4. What can be inferred from Smeeth’s words?

A．He thought less of the findings.

B．Reducing blood pressure isn’t safe for everyone.

C．Most experts disagree with the findings.

D．Drug side effects are bigger than benefits.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the speaker?

A．A nurse.

B．A doctor.

C．A student.

2. What can be said about British people?

A．Some of them save many lives.

B．Not many have life-saving skills.

C．They learn early how to save lives.

3. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．Research on first aid.

B．Where first aid is taught.

C．Teaching first aid to children.

9 . 听下面一段独白，并填写空白。

Spencer’s parents taught him basic first aid when he was young. One day, Spencer saw a boy     1     on the ground. The boy’s     2     was badly injured. Several people had stopped to help. Spencer used a cloth to     3     the bleeding and used his own T-shirt to make the boy s arm stable. Spencer showed someone how to apply pressure to the boy’s wounds and talked to him to keep him     4    . When the ambulance arrived, the medical workers     5     Spencer for his good work. If Spencer had not acted so quickly, the boy would have been in even greater     6    . By the next day, the whole school heard about what had happened. Spencer’s parents were very     7     of their son for his good work in the face of an emergency.

10 . 根据提示，运用本单元的词汇、短语及句式或使用词汇的正确形式完成下面的语篇。

If you find someone cut,     1     (不要惊慌). (A knowledge of how to treat cuts can make a big difference)     2     (用强调句升级加黑体部分).

Firstly, for a simple cut, it is only necessary to wash the area of the cut, dry it and cover it with a piece of loose clean cloth. Besides, if the person     3     (正大量出血),    4     (急需按住伤口止血). That is because if a person loses one third of his or her blood,he or she may die.     5     (如果必要的话，马上把患者送往医院).