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1、2021职称英语综合A级阅读判断练习题(3) 2021年职称英语综合类A级阅读判断题Using HIV Virus to Cure CancerScientists are planning to use human immunodeficiency （免疫缺陷） virus （HIV）, one of mankinds most feared viruses, as a carrier of genes which can fight cancer and a range of diseases that cannot be cured.The e_perts say HIV has an

2、almost perfect ability to avoid the bodys immune （免疫的） defenses, making it ideal for carrying replacement genes into patients bodies, according to the Observer.A team at the California-based Salk Institute, one of the worlds leading research centers on biological sciences, has created a special new

3、breed of HIV and has started negotiations with the U.S.Food and Drug Administration （FDA） to begin clinical gene therapy （治疗） trials this year.The first trials are e_pected to involve patients suffering from cancers that cannot be cured by surgery although project leader Professor Inder Verma said t

4、he HIV technique would have far wider applications.The plan remains very likely to cause controversy since it involves making use of a virus which has caused more than 22 million deaths around the world in the past two decades.Verma said that the idea of using HIV for a beneficial purpose was shocki

5、ng but the fierce nature of HIV had disappeared by having all si_ of the potentially deadly genes removed.Illnesses such as various cancers are caused when a gene in a patients body fails to work properly.In the past two years, breakthroughs in genetics （遗传学） have led gene therapy scientists to try

6、and replace the genes that do not function normally.Unfortunately, the bodys immune defenses have been known to attack the modified genes and make them lose their effects before they can start their task and progress in the field has been held up by the lack of a suitable carrier.The HIV virus has t

7、he ability to escape from, and.then destroy, the immune defense cells designed to protect our bodies and this makes it attractive to scientists as a way of secretly conveying replacement genes into patients bodies.1 FDA has approved the plan of using HIV to cure cancer in humansA RightB WrongC Not m

8、entioned2 The idea of using HIV for a beneficial purpose has been widely accepted.A RightB WrongC Not mentioned3 HIV can be safely used to cure cancer only if the deadly genes have been removedA RightB WrongC Not mentioned4 The HIV virus is an e_cellent warrior to fight the bodys immune cellsA Right

9、B WrongC Not mentioned5 Other countries are also e_pected to begin clinical gene therapy trials soonA RightB WrongC Not mentioned6 It is the lack of money that has held up the progress in using replacement genes to cure cancer.A RightB WrongC Not mentioned7 The HIV virus has caused more deaths in developed countries.A RightB WrongC Not mentioned【参考答案】1.B 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C第 4 页 共 4 页