Full face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy, a leading surgeon has said, adding that they are technically practical but ethically(道德地)complex.
Peter Butler from London’s Royal Free Hospital called for a debate on the ethics of such an operation made possible by new drugs which stop the body’s immune (免疫)system rejecting a transplanted face. “It is not ‘can you do it?’ but ‘should we do it?’” he told the BBC. “The technical part is not complex, but I don’t think that’s going to be the very great difficulty. The ethical and moral debate is obviously going to have to take place before the first facial transplantation.”
The British Association of Plastic Surgeons will discuss the microsurgical procedure (微型外科技術(shù)), which could give new skin, bone, nose, chin, lips and ears from deceased donors to patients disfigured(毀容的)by accidents, burns or cancer. But surgeons could have trouble finding enough willing donors. Butler said his survey of doctors, nurses and members of the public showed most would accept a face transplant but few were willing to donate their own after dying.
Despite a number of ethical concerns, Christine Piff, who founded the charity Let’s Face It after suffering a rare facial cancer 25 years ago, welcomed the possibility of face transplants. She rejected the idea that the procedure would mean people would end up living with a dead person’s face. “There are so many people without faces, I have half a face… but we are all so much more than just a face… you don’t take on their personality. You are still you,” she told reporters. “If we can donate other organs of the body then why not the face. I can’t see anything wrong with it.”
【小題1】The underlined word “deceased” in the third paragraph probably means _________.

A.livingB.deadC.diseasedD.dying
【小題2】 When Christine Piff says “There are so many people without faces…”, she refers to the people _________.
A.who are dishonorable and shameless
B.who disagree with the full face transplant
C.who are seriously injured by an accident
D.who are disfigured by accidents, burns and cancer
【小題3】According to the passage, what makes it likely to carry out a facial transplantation?
A.Drugs are available to stop the body’s immune system rejecting a transplanted face.
B.There are some people who are willing to donate their faces after dying.
C.Most people accept the idea of face transplants.
D.It’s morally practical, though technically complex.
【小題4】What is implied but not stated in the passage?
A.Christine Piff has been the first lucky patient to receive a face transplant.
B.Surgeons have difficulty finding enough willing donors.
C.The main difficulty with the operation lies in the matter of ethics and morality.
D.Nobody other than Christine Piff is quite in favor of the donation of organs.
【小題5】What would be the best title for the text?
A.First Facial Transplantation
B.Debate on the Ethics of Transplant
C.Face Transplant No Longer Science Fantasy
D.Let’s Face It


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】C

解析試題分析:語(yǔ)篇解讀:人臉移植對(duì)我們來(lái)講已不再是科幻夢(mèng)想,它雖然已在技術(shù)上過(guò)關(guān),但在具體實(shí)施上引起一系列倫理道德方面的爭(zhēng)議。
【小題1】詞義猜測(cè)題。從第三段最后一句“...but few were willing to donate their own after dying.”可以猜測(cè)出該詞的意思?芍猟eceased是“死的”答案是B
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由下文“I have half a face...”可知,此處指的是毀了容的人,也就是在上文提到的patients disfigured by accidents,burns or cancer。 答案:D
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的第一句中的“...such an operation made possible by new drugs which stop the body's immune system rejecting a transplanted face.”可知可以阻止人體免疫系統(tǒng)排斥移植器官的藥物的和技術(shù)的發(fā)展使面部移植成為可能,答案A
【小題4】推理判斷題。由文中給出的信息看,人臉移植在技術(shù)上已經(jīng)過(guò)關(guān),所涉及到的主要是倫理道德方面的問(wèn)題。 答案:C
【小題5】主旨大意題。綜觀全文可知,人臉移植對(duì)我們來(lái)講不再是科學(xué)幻想。 答案C
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