单选题
The Case of the Disappearing Fingerprints

One useful anti-cancer drug can effectively erase the whorls and other characteristic marks that give people their distinctive fingerprints (指纹). Losing them could become troublesome. A case 1 online in a letter by Annals of Oncology (肿瘤学) indicates how big a 2 of losing fingerprints is.
Eng-Huat Tan, a Singapore-based medical doctor describes a 62-year old man who has used capecitabine to 3 his nasopharyngeal cancer(鼻咽癌). After three years on the 4 , the patient decided to visit U. S. relatives last December. But he was stopped by U. S. customs officials 5 4 hours after entering the country when those officials couldn"t get fingerprints from the man. There were no 6 swirly marks appearing from his index finger.
U. S. customs has been fingerprinting incoming foreign visitors for years, Tan says. Unfortunately, for the Singaporean traveler, one potential 7 effect of his drug treatment is a smoothing of the tissue on the finger pads. 8 ,no fingerprints.
"It is uncertain when fingerprint 9 will begin to take place in patients who are taking capecitabine," Tan points out. So he 10 any physicians who prescribe the drag to provide their patients with a doctor"s 11 pointing out that their medicine may cause fingerprints to disappear.
Eventually, the Singapore traveler made it into the United States. I guess the name on his passport didn"t raise any red flags. But he"s also now got the explanatory doctor"s note—and won"t leave home 12 it.
By the way, maybe the Food and Drug Administration (美国食品药物管理局), 13 approved use of the drug 11 years ago, should consider updating its list of side effects 14 with this medicine. The current list does note that patients may experience vomiting (呕吐), stomach pain and some other side effects. But no where 15 it mention the potential for loss of fingerprints.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:由肿瘤学在网上______的事件表明丢失指纹是多大的麻烦。四个选项:release“释放”;suggest“建议,提议”;accept“接受”;detect“检测”,根据句意,只有A项符合句意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:这表明丢失指纹这样的一个______是多大的事情。四个选项:problem“问题”;gap“代沟”;sickness“生病,疾病”;secret“秘密”;根据句意,只有A项符合句意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:一名新加坡医生描述了一名用卡培他滨药物______自己鼻咽癌的62岁的老人。四个选项:cut“切,割”;treat“治疗”;find“发现,寻找”;smooth“缓解”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:使用______三年后,去年12月病人决定拜访美国亲戚。四个选项:diet“节食”;exercise“锻炼”;recovery“恢复”;drug“药物,药品”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:但是进入美国______四个小时,他就被美国海关人员制止住了,因为工作人员找不到他的指纹。for hours表示长达数十小时,为固定搭配,所以选B项。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:从其他的手指上也找不到______的旋转标志。四个选项:different“不同的,不一样的”;strange“奇怪的,陌生的”;interesting“有趣的”;distinctive“明显的,与众不同的”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:不幸的是,对于新加坡旅游者来说,他的药物治疗的潜在的______就是会使手指尖上的肉垫组织变光滑。四个选项:good“好的”;side“次要的,副作用的”;normal“正常的,常规的”;main“主要的”;根据句意,只有B项符合句意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:______,没有指纹。四个选项:however“但是,无论如何”;meanwhile“同时”;hence“因此,所以”;yet“仍然”;根据句意,只有C项符合句意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:指纹______是否会发生在服用卡培他滨药物的病人身上还不确定。四个选项:chance“机会”;mark“标志,标示”;loss“损失,失去”;danger“危险”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:所以他______向病人开具这种药物的任何医生。四个选项:report“报告”;discourage“泄气”;caution“谨慎,小心,提醒”;praise“表扬,奖励”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:他提醒给病人开具这种药物的医生,让他们加上医生的______,说明这种药物可能会导致指纹消失。四个选项:note“备注,便条”;name“姓名,命名”;book“书,书籍”;number“数字”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:但他现在也收到了医生的便条一______它绝不会离开家。四个选项:on“在上面”;out“出来,在外面”;without“无,没有”;off“离开”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:另外,美国食品药物管理局11年前批准使用此药物,应当考虑更新药物的副作用。which引导非限定性定语从句,根据句意和语法,只有C项符合句意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:美国食品药物管理局应当考虑更新与此药物______的副作用的名单。四个选项:collect“收集”;copy“复制”;associate“连接,联系”;test“测验,试验”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为:但是没有一个地方______提到指纹消失的可能性。四个选项:must“必须”;do“助动词,起强调作用”;can“表示有能力”;should“应该,应当”。