The first operation that the surgeon performed was a life-and-death ______ case. 这名外科医生做的第
The first operation that the surgeon performed was a life-and-death ______ case.
这名外科医生做的第一例手术治的是事关生死的急症。
The first operation that the surgeon performed was a life-and-death ______ case.
这名外科医生做的第一例手术治的是事关生死的急症。
Operation Lifesavers Inc. is an organization that
A.was first founded by railroad companies.
B.has designed an online course for drivers.
C.has helped 15,000 drivers to get their licenses.
D.collects membership fees from professional truckers.
The first full-scale huge recycling plants ________.
A) began to operate fifteen years ago
B) will probably take less than fifteen years to build
C) will be built fifteen years later
D) will probably be in operation in fifteen years
Operation Migration aims to__________. 查看材料
A.teach adult cranes how to fly
B.lead young cranes on their first trip south
C.breed cranes in special parks
D.transport cranes to the North
The immediate cause of the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407is __________.
A.the captain was chitchatting with the first officer
B.thc young first officer had little experience dealing with icyconditions
C.both the captain and the first officer were quite tired after along-time journey
D.the captain Marvin Renslows mistaken operation
The first full-scale huge recycling plants ______.
A.began to operate fifteen years ago
B.will probably take less than fifteen years to build
C.will be built fifteen years later
D.will probably be in operation in fifteen years
A.could not afford a donor heart
B.was said to be in a good condition the next day after the operation
C.died two month"s after the heart implantation
D.was reluctant to release his or her personal information
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First Self ContainedHeart Implanted
??A patient on the brink ofdeath has received the world's first self-contained artificial heart-a bat-tery powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need forwires, tubes or hoses sticking out of the chest.????
?? Two surgeons from the University of Louisvilleimplanted the titanium and plastic pump during a seven-hour operation at JewishHospital Monday. The hospital said the patient was "awake andre-sponsive" Tuesday and resting comfortably. It refused to releasepersonal details.
?? The patient had been expectedto die within a month without the operation, and doctors said they expected theartificial heart to extend the person's life by only a month But the device isconsidered a major step toward improving the patient's quality of life.??
?? The new pump, called AbioCor, is also a technological leap from the mechanical hearts used in the 1980s,which were attached by wires and tubes to bulky machinery outside the body. Themost fa- mous of those, the Jarvic-7, used air as a pumping device and wasattached to an apparatus about the size of a washing machine.??
?? "I think it'spotentially a major step forward in the artificial heart development,"said Dr. David Faxon, president of the American Heart Association. However, hesaid the dream of an implantable, permanent artificial heart is not yet areality: "This is obviously an experimental device whose long-term successhas to be demonstrated. " Only about half of the 4, 200 Americans on awaiting list for donor hearts receivedthem last year, and most of the rest died:??
?? Some doctors, includingRobert Higgins, chairman of cardiology at the Medical Colle??ge of Virgin-ia in Richmond, said artificial hearts are unlikely to replacedonor hearts.
?? "A donor heart in a goodtransplant can last 15 t0 30 years, " he said. "It's going to be hardto re-place that with a machine. "
?? The Abil Cor has a 2-poundpumping unit, and electronic controls that adjust the pumping?? speed based onthe body's needs. It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the bodythat transmits current through the skin.
The pump of the first implanted self-contained heart was made of titanium andplastic????????????
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
Ann worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: She served coffee in the student union(学生会), was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one ?, the most satisfying jobs.
One day a woman came into the bookstore and lasted Ann for boots on cancer(癌症). The woman seemed anxious. Ann showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Ann has always remembered he pride she felt in having helped her customer.
Years later, as a television reporter in Los Angeles, Ann heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could not afford a surgical(外科的) operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.
Ann persuaded her boss to et her do the story . After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform. the surgical operation for free.
Ann visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you. " What a sweet sense of satisfaction Ann Curry felt!
At McCarley's bookstore, Ann always sensed she was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the same. NBC News pays her, but she feels as if she works for the people who watch the programmes , helping them make sense of the world.
Ann Curry got her first job______.
A.from her friend in a bookstore
B.a couple of years before college
C.at the NBC news "Today" show
D.when she was studying at university
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First Self-contained Heart Implanted
A patient on the brink of death has received the world"s first self-contained artificial heart a battery-powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need for wires, tubes or hoses sticking out of the chest.
Two surgeons from the University of Louisville implanted the titanium and plastic pump during a seven-hour operation at Jewish Hospital Monday. The hospital said the patient was" awake and responsive" Tuesday and resting comfortably. It refused to release personal details.
The patient had been expected to die within a month without the operation, and doctors said they expected the artificial heart to extend the person"s life by only a month. But the device is considered a major step toward improving the patient"s quality of life.
The new pump, called A bioCor, is also a technological leap from the mechanical hearts used in the 1980s, which were attached by wires and tubes to bulky machinery outside the body. The most famous of those, the Jarvic-7, used air as a pumping device and was attached to an apparatus about the size of a washing machine.
"I think it"s potentially a major step forward in the artificial heart development," said Dr.David Faxon, president of the American Heart Association. However, he said the dream of an implantable, permanent artificial heart is not yet a reality," This is obviously an experimental device whose long-term success has to be demonstrated. " Only about half of the 4,200 Americans on a waiting list for donor hearts received them last year, and most of the rest died.
Some doctors, including Robert Higgins, chairman of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, said artificial hearts are unlikely to replace donor hearts.
"A donor heart in a good transplant can last 15 to 30 years," he said. "It"s going to be hard to replace that with a machine. "
The AbilCor has a 2-pound pumping unit, and electronic controls that adjust the pumping speed based on the body"s needs. It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the body that transmits current through the skin.
The pump of the first implanted self-contained heart was made of titanium and plastic. 查看材料
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned