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【題目】A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant.

Brenda Jensen said the operation was a great success which had saved her life. Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words： “Good morning, I want to go ” home. ”It is the first time a voice box and windpipe have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted.

Ms. Jensen，52，had been unable to speak on her own since her voice box was damaged during surgery (手術) in 1999. Since then，she has been unable to taste or smell food，could breathe only through a hole in her windpipe and could talk only with the help of an electronic voice box.

In October，doctors at the University of California Davis Medical Centre removed the voice box and 6cm of the windpipe from a donor body. In an 18一hour surgery，this was transplanted into Ms. Jensen's throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves(神經(jīng)).

Professor Martin Birchall from University College London，who was part of the surgery team，said：”We've learned that we can repair nerves to make even very complex organs function again. It'll open the door to better facial transplants and will be extremely important as tissue (組織) engineering develops. ”

A voice box transplant might be life changing，but it is not life saving. Everyone who receives a transplant must take drugs to control the immune system (免疫系統(tǒng)) for the rest of their lives. These drugs can reduce life expectancy，so they are normally set aside for life saving procedures.

One of the reasons Ms. Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant was that she was already taking immune controlling drugs after a kidney-pancreas transplant four years ago. Professor Peter Belafsky，part of the surgical team，said：“Brenda was an exceptional candidate for the transplant because she was highly motivated. Anyone who's met Brenda knows that she is a strong and determined person with a great attitude towards life in spite of the many physical challenges she's faced over her lifetime. ”

【1】The voice transplant surgery is of great importance because it proves that _______.

A. facial transplants are now easier to perform

B. new medical technology is always possible to discover

C. nerve repairing is a breakthrough in tissue engineering

D. the drugs taken after the surgery help the patient live longer

【2】Ms. Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant because she was ________.

A. strong—willed and prepared B. experienced and brave

C. seriously ill and motivated D. determined and realistic

【3】Which of the following is the fight time order of the event?

a. Ms. Jensen received a voice box transplant operation.

b. Ms. Jensen began to take immune controlling drugs.

c. Doctors removed the voice box from a donor body.

d. Ms. Jensen had a kidney—pancreas transplant surgery.

A. acdb B. dbca

C. bdca D. cabd

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A. First Words from New Voice Box

B. Transplant Saves A Woman’s Life

C. Courageous Woman Defeating Fears

D. Overcoming Obstacles to Speak Again

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 B

【4】 A

【解析】

本文是一篇科普類短文閱讀。文章主要介紹美國首個喉頭移植手術成功的案例，使患者能夠再次說話。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段第一、二句"We've learned that we can repair nerves to make even very complex organs function again．It'll open the door to better facial transplants and will be extremely important as tissue engineering develops．"可知，我們能修復神經(jīng)使得復雜的器官再次工作，這將打開進行更好的面部移植手術的大門，并對組織工程學的發(fā)展有及其重要的意義，因為它證明了神經(jīng)修復是組織工程的突破。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Brenda was an exceptional candidate for the transplant because she was highly motivated.可知，Ms. Jensen一直在吃控制免疫的藥，并有堅強的意志和很高的積極性。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段、第五段可知，Ms. Jensen先做了手術，再吃藥控制，最后將從捐獻者身體內取出的喉頭移植到身體。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant.及全文內容可知。本文介紹美國首個喉頭移植手術成功的案例，并使患者能夠再次說話。故選A。

考查閱讀理解選擇最佳標題時，需要注意排除絕對化或片面的選項，要放眼全文，從首段和末段尋找文章的主旨大意。小題4就是根據(jù)文章首段第一句A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant.及全文內容概括出標題。