2022年职称英语考试完型填空试题训练(十四)3Robots May Allow Surgery in Space Small robots designed by University of Nebraska researchers may _1_ doctors on Earth to help perform surgery on patients in space. The _2_, wheeled robots, which are about 3 inches tall and as wide as a lipstick case, can be slipped into small incisions and computer-controlled by surgeons in different _3_. Some robots are equipped with _4_ and lights and can send images back to surgeons and other have surgical tools attached that can be controlled _5_. “We think this is going to replace open surgery1,” Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov said at a news _6_. Oleynikov is a specialist in computer-assisted surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Officials hope that NASA2 will teach _7_ to use the robots soon enough so that surgeries could3 one day be performed in space. On earth, the surgeons could control the robots themselves from other locations. For example, the robots could enable surgeons in other places to work on injured _8_ on the front line. Researchers plan to seek federal regulatory apporval4 early next year. Tests on _9_ have been successful, and tests on humans in England will begin very soon. The camera-carrying robots5 can provide views of _10_ areas and the ones6 with surgical tools will be able to maneuver7 inside the body in _11_ surgeons hands cant. The views from the camera-carrying robots are better than the naked eye8, because they send back color images that are _12_. Because several robots can be inserted through one incision, they could reduce the amount and _13_ of cuts needed for surgery, which would decrease _14_ time. This is particularly helpful to those patients who have been debilitated by long illness. _15_, Oleynikov said, the tiny robots may enable surgeons to work without ever placing their hands in patients bodies. “Thats the goal,” Oleynikov said. “Its getting easier and easier. We can do even more with these devices.” 1. A) use B) pay C) allow D) compel 2. A) tiny B) colourful C) medium-sized D) circular 3. A) airports B) wards C) spaceships D) locations 4. A) recorders B) antennas C) cameras D) sensors 5. A) mentally B) remotely C) separately D) independently 6. A) meeting B) conference C) gathering D) forum 7. A) participants B) pilots C) nurses D) astronauts 8. A) soldiers B) doctors C) enemies D) civilians 9. A) adults B) volunteers C) animals D) patients 10. A) cured B) swollen C) wounded D) affected 11. A) lines B) ways C) routes D) channels 12. A) magnified B) minimized C) reversed D) redefined 13. A) volume B) standard C) size D) depth 14. A) exercise B) examination C) infection D) recovery 15. A) Eventually B) Particularly C) Incidentally D) Especially