1,Section I Audio-visual Comprehension A. Video 1 Watch a video three times, and complete each of the following statements with the information from the video report. Manmade DNA and Synthetic Cell,2,1. Researchers say they have created _. 2. According to J. Craig Venter, the breakthrough technology is significant because its a giant philosophical change of _. 3. J. Craig Venter is also one of the first people to _.,the first ever synthetic life form,how we view a life,decode the human genome,3,4. Man-made cells seem to have limitless potentials because they could be programmed to do everything from _ _. 5. Researchers hope this man-made DNA would _.,cleaning polluted water to powering your car,change the way we live,4,A. Video 2 Watch a video three times, and summarize the message by writing down 5 main points. Your summary can be either phrases or short sentences. Progress in the War on Cancer,5,1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _,A landmark report about progress in the war on cancer,An in-depth understanding of cancers,Examples of successful targeted therapies,Big challenges in cancer treatment and research,Expectation for better ways of prevention and detection,6,Theme Reading Comprehension Complete each of the following statements in no more than six words according to the Theme Reading.,7,1. The treatment of Eisenhowers heart attack in 1955 shows that doctors could _ _ at that time. 2. When the author entered medical school, he was taught that medicine would be _ _. 3. The greatest changes in medicine and our understanding of disease are _ _.,do little for heart attacks,a lifetime of learning,attributable to technology,8,4. Other developments like _ _ and better organization of some services have also contributed to the care for many ailments. 5. In no time of earlier history has medicine advanced more than _. 6. Increase in life expectancy is one of the gains _.,better nursing care, newer antibiotics,since World War II,brought about by medical advances,9,7. The in vitro fertilization technique introduced in 1978 has resulted in the birth of _ _. 8. Newly emerging diseases such as _ _show it is a sort of hubris to say that all diseases were known. 9. The causes of most ailments as well as the precise biological mechanisms of basic life events still _.,a million test tube babies,AIDS and SARS,remain to be known,10,10. Although doctors have learned a lot about diseases in the last half-century, far more diseases need to _.,be treated more effectively,11,Section III Extension Reading Passage 1 Read the passage and fill in each blank with a suitable phrase or sentence from the list. Paying Homage to the Wisdom of Voices from Medicines Past,12,_ 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4.,A. It is really important to lay emphasis on reading about the subjective feelings of the patients B. Ten years later, the damaged valve became infected, and was slowly destroyed C. And 1966 effectively became Year 1 of medicine D. The diary would afford readers the unique experience of hearing what illness felt like,D B I G,13,_ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8.,E. But the people at the national library have a different opinion F. But he could barely sit still for the pain. G. It was also a story that, for a time, no medical student was likely ever to read again H. Perhaps the answer depends on ones definition of practical importance I. A clump blocked a major blood vessel in the brain, causing a stroke.,C E H F,14,Passage 2 Decide whether the information following the passage is true (T), false (F) or not given (NG) according to the passage. And then translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese. Medicines Progress, One Setback at a Time,15,_1. What the dean said to new medical students means that half of what they learn in medicine is unbelievable. _2. Medicine is developing so fast that doctors and residents find it hard to keep up with medical progress. _3. New knowledge from research leads doctors to change what they do in treating patients.,F NG T,16,_4. The use of beta blockers is an example of what was considered a good therapeutic option is actually a worse one. _5. American researchers spent less than eight years testing the effects of beta blockers on patients with heart failure. _6. Randomized controlled trial was a sort of scientific examination which came into widespread