Questions 1-6

　　Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? For questions 1-6 write

　　TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

　　FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

　　NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this in the passage

　　1.Virus therapy, if successful, has an advantage in eliminating side-effects.

　　2.Cancer Research UK is quite hopeful about Professor Seymour’s work on the virus therapy.

　　3.Virus can kill cancer cells and stop them from growing again.

　　4.Cancer’s Achilles’ heel refers to the fact that virus may stay safely in a tumor and replicate.

　　5.To infect the cancer cells, a good deal of viruses should be injected into the tumor.

　　6.Researches on animals indicate that virus could be used as a new way to treat drug-resistant tumors.

　　Question 7-9

　　Based on the reading passage, choose the appropriate letter from A-D for each answer.

　　7.Information about researches on viruses killing tumor cells can be found

　　(A) on TV

　　(B) in magazines

　　(C) on internet

　　(D) in newspapers

　　8.To treat tumors spreading out in body, researchers try to

　　(A) change the body’ immune system

　　(B) inject chemotherapy drugs into bloodstream.

　　(C) increase the amount of injection

　　(D) disguise the viruses on the way to tumors.

　　9.When the chemical modified virus in tumor replicates, the copies

　　(A) will soon escape from the tumor and spread out.

　　(B) will be wiped out by the body’s immune system.

　　(C) will be immediately recognized by the researchers.

　　(D) will eventually stop the tumor from spreading out.

　　Questions 10-13

　　Complete the sentences below. Choose your answers from the list of words. You can only use each word once.

　　NB There are more words in the list than spaces so you will not use them all.

　　In the first clinical trials, scientists will try to ……10…… adenovirus and vaccinia, so both the viruses will be less pathogenic than the ……11…….These uncoated viruses will be applied directly to certain areas to confirm safety on human beings and the right ……12…… needed. The experiments will firstly be ……13……to the treatment of certain cancers

　　List of Words

　　dosage responding smallpox virus

　　disable natural ones inject

　　directed treatment cold-like illness

　　kill patients examined