Question

The first person in the world to receive two facial transplants says he is feeling well, three months after his latest groundbreaking operation.

Jerame Hamon had his first transplanted face removed last year after signs of rejection following a treatment with an antibiotic (抗生素) during a cold.

The 43 year old remained in a hospital in Paris without a face for two months while a compatible donor was sought.

He said: “The first face I accepted immediately. This time it’s the same.”

Mr. Hamon suffers from neurofibromatosis (多发性神经纤维瘤), a genetic condition that spoiled his face severely.

His first transplant, in 2010, was a success, but he caught a common cold in 2015 and was given antibiotics. The drug was incompatible with the immunosuppressive (免疫制疫的) treatment he was having to prevent a rejection of the transplanted material.

The first signs of rejection came in 2016 and last November, the face, suffering from the death of most of cells, had to be removed.

Mr. Hamon lived without a face in a room at Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris without being able to see, speak or hear until January, when a face donor was found and the second transplant carried out.

To avoid further rejection, Mr. Hamon—dubbed “the man with three faces” by French media ―had special treatment to clean the blood prior to the transplant.

His new face remains smooth and motionless, and his skull, skin and features are yet to be fully matched. But he is positive about his recovery.

“If I hadn’t accepted this new face it would have been terrible. It’s a question of identity… But here we are, it’s good, it’s me,” he told AFP news agency from the hospital, where he is still recovering.

The hours-long operation was led by Prof Laurent Lantieri, a specialist in hand and face transplants who carried out Mr. Hamon’s initial surgery eight years ago.

“Today, we know that a double transplant is practicable, it’s no longer in the field of research,” he told Le Parisien newspaper.

Anaesthetist Bernard Cholley said: “Anyone who loses their face and then has to wait for a possible and imagined transplant for an unknown length of time—that’s something that nobody has ever had to go through here.”

“I’m amazed by the courage of a patient who has been able to get through such a different experience.”

The first face transplant was carried out in 2005 in northern France. Since then, some 40 operations have been performed around the world.

1.What is the meaning of the word “compatible” (underlined in Paragraph 3)?

A. accessible    B. adaptable    C. adjustable    D. acceptable

2.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. Mr. Hamon has fully recovered from his new operation

B. Prof Laurent Lantieri carried out two face surgeries on Mr. Hamon

C. Mr. Hamon is the first one in the world to receive a face transplant

D. Mr. Hamon received his second face transplant in 2016

3.What is the correct order of what happened to Mr. Hamon?

a. His first transplanted face had to be removed.

b. He was given antibiotics.

c. He suffers from neurofibromatosis.

d. He received the first transplant.

e. He caught a common cold.

A. cdeba    B. ebdca    C. cbdea    D. ecbda

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A. A man with two faces    B. Prof Laurent Lantieri success stories

C. Successful Double Transplants    D. A groundbreaking operation

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】这是一篇新闻报道。法国一名男子8年前接受了脸部移植手术，如今出现排斥现象，他再次得到捐赠而再度做了脸部移植手术，成为脸部二次移植的世界首例。

1.猜测词义题。根据第二段内容是Jerame Hamon第一次移植的脸因为出现排斥现在寻求另一合适的供体。第四段说第一次移植后他很快接受了第一张脸，第二张脸也是如此，由此可知移植的这张脸是适合他的，是可接受的。名词rejection(排斥)与动词accept（接受），是反义词，而acceptable是动词accept的形容词。因此compatible就是acceptable（可接受的，合适的，合意的），故选D项。

2.细节理解题。根据第10段可知，他对康复持积极的态度，可知尚未完全康复，A是错误的。第12 段可知，两次手术都是由Prof Laurent Lantieri 实施的，故B项正确。最后一段说第一次面部移植于2005在法国北部进行。由第六段可知，Mr. Hamon第一次手术是在2010年做的。由此可知他不是第一个，故C是错误的。第12段说第二段手术是在第一次手术的8年后，即是2010+8=2018年做的，故D是错误的。因此B项符合题意。

3.细节理解题。根据第五段可知，Hamon患有神经纤维瘤病neurofibromatosis（一种遗传性疾病），天生就有，严重损害了他的面部，所以他才接受了第一次移植手术。但由于感冒用了抗生素而出现了排斥，不得不切除第一次的移植。分析选项可知A正确。

4.主旨大意题。文章第九段说Hamon先生被法国媒体称为“有三个面孔的人”，A是错误的；B项说Laurent Lantieri成功的故事太大了，C项说成功的两次移植，根据第9段第二次还在恢复中，所以C项不是事实。整个文章说这个法国人进行了两次面部移植手术，第13段说两次移植是可行的，由此可知这在移植方面是个突破。分析选项D项（突破性手术）符合题意，故选D项。