42 Quite a number of genetic techniques have been used
A to target how the ear works.
B to stimulate sensory cells.
C to amplify sound sign.
D to study the fruit fly.
43 Fruit flies and humans share similarities in how they
A convert sound into nerve signals.
B ask and answer questions.
C pass on their genes.
D reproduce.
44 Vivienne Michael frorn.Deafness'f:t9fsearch UK highly appreciates
A the genetics of deafness.
B the charity's Fellowship programme.
C the latest research conducted by Dr.Aibert.
D improvements in treating hearing impairment.
45 Hearing loss caused by damage to the sensory cells
A can affect five million people in the UK.
B can be progressively repaired. .
C cannot lead to tinnitus.
D cannot be cured.
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Hypertension Drugs Found to Cut Risk of Stroke
Australian doctors declared Monday that a cocktail of simple antihypertensive drugs can lower the risk of patients suffering a repeat stroke by more than a third. This is the result of
their research. _ (46)
Strokes kill 5 million people a year and more than 15 million suffer non-fatal strokes that often leave them with useless limbs)s, broken speech and other serious disabilities. ____(47)
An international six-year study of 6,100 patients directed from Sydney University found that by taking two blood pressure-lowering drugs, the risk of secondary strokes can be reduced up t0 40 percent. Even taking one of the commonly available drugs can cut the risk by a third, the study said (48) They even found that the risk of another stroke could be cut by three quarters among the one-in-ten patients Who had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage (脑出血) the worst type of stroke, where here is direct bleeding into the _ (49) "If most of the patients were able to get access to this treatment ,it would result in maybe the avoidance of half a million strokes a year," the professor told Australia's ABC Radio.
(50) "What we have shown for the first time is what your blood pressure is; if you-have had a stroke, then reduce large benefits, lo begin with-even for l:ieople whose below average," he said.
that it does not really matter lowering blood pressure will
blood pressure is average or McMahon said the Milan gathering had heralded(预示) the research as a "major breakthrough in the care of patients with strokes-perhaps the biggest step forward that we have made in the last couple of decades.
A Stephen McMahon, who presented the research at the Milan congress of the European Society of Hypertension, said about 50miilion people were alive who had suffered at least one stroke.
B The research has been valued highly as a major breakthrough in stroke prevention.
C Strokes may be reduced when the stroke patients are treated with cocktail therapy.
D The drugs in combination were effective even in patients who did not have high blood pressure, the researchers said.
E McMahon said doctors had long known that lowering the Wood pressure of those with hypertension could help prevent strokes:
F One in five stroke survivor goes on to have a second, often fatal,stroke within five years of the first.
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Stage Fright
Fallow as you come onstage. That's an odd trick. Not recommended. But it saved the pianist Vladimir F6rltsman when he was a teenager back in Moscow. The veteran cellist Mstislav Rostropovictf tripped him purposely to cure him of pre-performance panic Mr. Feltsman said, " All my fright was - ( 51 ). I already fell what else could
happen?"
Today, music schools are addressing the problem of anxiety in classes that _ (52) with performance techniques and career preparation. There are a variety of strategies that musicians can learn to _ (53) stage fright and its symptoms: icy fingers, shaky
limbs, racing heart, blank mind.
Teachers and psychologists offer wide-range advice, from basics like learning pieces inside out, _ (54) metal discipline, such as visualizing a performance and taking steps to relax. Don't _ (55) that you're jittery, they urge; some excitement is natural, even necessary for dynamic playing. And play in public often, simply for the experience.
Psychotherapist Diane Nichols suggests some ( 56 ) for the moments before performance, "Take two deep abdominal breaths, open up your shoulders, then smile, she says. "And not one of these 'please don't kill me' smiles. Then( 57) three friendly faces in the audience, people would communicate with and make music to, and make eye contact with them." She doesn't want performers to think of the audience (58)a judge Extreme demands by mentors or parents are often says Dorothy Delay, a well-known violin teacher. She what their students are able to achieve. at the _ (59) of stage fright, tells other teachers to demand only When Lynn Harrell was 20, he became he principal cellist of the Cleverland and he suffered extreme stage fright. "There were times when I got so Orchestra, (60) I was sure the audience could see my chest responding to the throbbing. It was just total panic.came to a _ ( 61 ) where I thought 'If I have to go through this to play music, I think I'm going to look for another job. Recovery, he said, involved developing humility-recognizing that
not a disaster.( 62 ) his talent, he was fallible, and that an imperfect concert was
It is not only young artists who suffer, of course. The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz's nerves were famous. The great tenor Franco Corelli is another example. "They had to push him on stage," Soprano Renata Scotto recalled ( 63 ) , success can make things worse. "In the beginning of your career, when you're scared to death, nobody knows who you are, and they don't have any( 64) ," Soprano June Anderson said. " There's you're known, people are coming to see you, and they have a lot to lose. "(65) to lose. Later on, when
certain expectations. You have
Anderson added, "I never stop being nervous until I've sung
51 A gone B saved C assessed D observed
52 A work B deal C enroll D communicate
53 A explain B understand C fight D analyze
54 A to B of C at D for
55 A tell B deny C confirm D argue
56 A reasons B supports C strategies D demands
57 A watch B draw C recognize D choose
58 A as B like C by D on
59 A time B rate C root D beginning
60 A decisive B excited C grateful D nervous
61 A room B moment C corner D point
62 A whenever B whatever C wherever D however
63 A Actually B Correspondingly C Certainly D Similarly
64 A sensations B appreciations C expectation D contributions
65 A much B less C some D more
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