综合综合 Cloze 14-2Sex Change Surgery Guidelines DraftedChina is set to issue its first guideline on sex- change surgery, according to a _51_ put on the website of the Ministry of Health yesterday. The Ministry is now soliciting public and professional _52_ on the draft guideline. The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardize sex reassignment surgery, part of a treatment for gender identity disorder in transsexuals. Experts _53_ nearly 2,000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100,000 to 400,000 are still considering it. However, no official number is available. In the draft, the MOH sets minimum _54_ for both surgical candidates and medical institutions. Candidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single, the draft guideline said. They are also _55_ to prove a persistent desire for a sex-change, to live for at least five consecutive years full-time in the new gender _56_, and to engage in mental therapy for at least one year. Before surgery can take place, a candidate must receive a recommendation for the operation from a _57_ after an appropriate series of therapy sessions. Also, several legal requirements must be met before the procedure. The candidate must provide proof from police that he or she has not had any _58_ offenses in the past. Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity card of the _59_ receiver before the operation can take place. The advent of such a guideline is believed to show that the government is _60_ about the needs of a relatively small number of people who want to change sex. But doctors also warn that all stakeholders, including the hospitals and prospective receivers, 51. A) warning B) notice C) note D) poster 52. A) estimates B) options C) opinions D) choices 53. A) conclude B) judge C) assess D) estimate 54. A) criteria B) level C) condition D) method 55. A) required B) inquired C) willing D) reluctant 56. A) effect B) difference C) role D) result 57. A) physicist B) psychologist C) geologist D) chemist 58. A) financial B) political C) criminal D) illegal 59. A) prosperous B) professional C) profound D) prospective 60. A) concerned B) continued C) cared D) confusedshould be highly _61_ about this surgery. The operation is more than a medical procedure due to its huge social and legal _62_. Doctors should make it clear to those seeking sex-change surgeries that the option always remains to continue to live in the _63_ role. The guideline requires surgeons to tell patients about the other options such as hormone therapy. They are also required to explain the risks _64_, and underlying social barriers including discrimination, and administrative recognition and approval. For the candidates, the surgery itself is not the big issue _65_ the long run. The real issue is the kind of life he or she will have to lead afterward.61. A) prepared B) advisable C) cautious D) worried 62. A) consequences B) responsibilities C) explanations D) barriers 63. A) new B) original C) gender D) chosen 64. A) revolved B) resolved C) remained D) involved 65. A) on B) in C) for D) under综合综合 Cloze 14-3Sex Change Surgery Guidelines DraftedChina is set to issue its first guideline on sex-change surgery, according to a notice put on the website of the Ministry of Health yesterday. The Ministry is now soliciting _51_ and professional opinions on the draft guideline. The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardize sex reassignment surgery, part of a treatment for gender identity disorder in transsexuals. Experts _52_ nearly 2,000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100,000 to 400,000 are still considering it. However, no official number is _53_. In the draft, the MOH sets minimum criteria for both surgical candidates and medical institutions. Candidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single, the draft guideline said. They are also required to prove a persistent 51. A) public B) private C) expert D) beneficial52. A) assess B) conclude C) estimate D) choose53. A) published B) available C) confirmed D) formal54. A) effort B) belief C) decision D) desire_54_ for a sex-change, to live for at least five consecutive years full-time in the new gender role, and to engage _55_ mental therapy for at least one year. Before surgery can take place, a candidate must receive a recommendation for the operation from a _56_ after an appropriate series of therapy sessions. Also, several legal requirements must be met before the procedure. The candidate must provide _57_ from police that he or she has not had any criminal offenses in the past. Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity card of the _58_ receiver before the operation can take place. The advent of such a guideline is believed to show that the government is concerned _59_ the needs of a relatively smal