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Kennedy’s Death

Senator Edward Kennedy, a legendary political figure in the United States, died on Tuesday after a year long battle with malignant glioma（神經膠質瘤）, the most common type of brain cancer among adults. Although he had the most up-to-date treatments - surgery at Duke University Medical Center, chemotherapy and radiation - he was not able to survive the disease. Doctors still don't know what causes brain tumors and the National Cancer Institute says the outlook for patients with malignant gliomas is poor.

Senator Kennedy's brain tumor was diagnosed in May 2008 after he had a seizure（突發）, a frequent symptom of brain cancer. At Duke University Medical Center, he had surgery to remove the tumor. His doctors said it was a success and Kennedy was discharged six days later.

Kennedy had what's called a craniotomy, which involves opening the skull to expose the surface of the brain. Surgeons then determine the exact location of the tumor, often with the help of an MRI or CT (cat) scan. During part of the procedure, patients can be brought back to consciousness. That helps the doctors avoid cutting in areas that control speech. "The brain will not feel any pain, so you can stimulate while the patient is awake and test the motor function, the speech functions while the patient is awake which allows very accurate determination of where these eloquent areas of the brain are," Dr. Caputy explains.

Doctors still don't know what causes brain tumors. They do know what the risk factors are and Senator Kennedy had them all. Men are more likely to get brain tumors than women, as are white people and those 70 years or older.

Doctors caution that even with treatment, these aggressive tumors always come back. What's not known is when

1.Which of the following is true about Senator Edward Kennedy’s death

A.Senator Edward Kennedy died right after he had the tumor.

B.Senator Edward Kennedy died of an unknown disease.

C.Senator Edward Kennedy died because he didn’t get up-to-date treatment.

D.Senator Edward Kennedy died of a most common type of brain cancer after a year long up-to-date treatment

正確答案:D

解析:問題問的是：關于肯尼迪的死亡，哪一項是正確的？文章的第一段提到肯尼迪患有腦癌，雖然接受了一年的最新的療法治療，最后還是死了。A說患病后馬上死亡。B說他死于未知疾病。C說沒有得到最新療法的治療。該三項皆不準確'

2.What is the experts’ attitude towards the outlook for patients with malignant gliomas

A.Optimistic.

B.Pessimistic.

C.Indifferent.

D.Not mentioned

正確答案:B

解析:問題問的是：專家對惡性神經膠質瘤患者的前景看法如何？第二段最后提到醫生仍不清楚發病原因，國家腫瘤學會稱惡性神經膠質瘤患者的前景并不樂觀

3.Which of the following is NOT one of Kennedy’s experiences after he got the cancer

A.He had a surgery at Duke University Medical Center.

B.His skull was opened to examine where the tumor was.

C.He made a speech about craniotomy.

D.His surgery at Duke University was successful and he was discharged

正確答案:C

解析:問題問的是：以下哪一項是肯尼迪患病后沒有經歷過？A. 在杜克大學醫學中心做手術；B. 開顱檢查腫瘤位置；D. 杜克大學手術成功，并出院。這三項從文中都可找到。選項C中提到做了一個關于開顱術演講，顯然與原文不符

4.Which statement is NOT true about the risk factors that cause brain tumors

A.Men are more likely to have brain tumors than women.

B.Kids are more likely to have brain tumors than adults.

C.White people are more likely to have brain tumors than black people.

D.70-year-old or older people are more likely to have brain tumors than those under 70

正確答案:B

解析:問題問的是：以下關于可能引發腦癌的危險因素的論述哪一項是錯誤的？倒數第二段提到了ACD的說法，即男性比女性更容易患腦癌；白人更容易患腦癌；70歲以上的人更容易患腦癌。只有B小孩比成人更容易患腦癌沒有提到。因此選B

5.Which statement is true according to the passage

A.Experts have already figure out the exact cause of brain cancer.

B.It is believed that once treated brain tumors will not come back again.

C.Patients usually remain sleeping during a craniotomy.

D.None of the above

正確答案:D

解析:問題問的是：以下哪個觀點是正確的？A中提到專家已經找到腦癌的確切致病原因，與第二段提到的“醫生們還不知道腦癌的致病原因”矛盾；B中說的“腦瘤經過治療就不會復發”與最后一段說的“腦瘤治療后還會復發，只是不知道何時”矛盾；C中提到“病人在開顱手術中一直保持睡眠狀態”與第三段第四行說的“術中醫生會病人回復意識以避免損傷語言神經”矛盾。因此選D,以上都不對

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