C A schoolgirl saved her father’s life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic(过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart . Izzy , nine ,restarted father Colm’s heart by stamping(踩)on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing . Izzy’s mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR . However, she quickly discovered her arms weren’t strong enough, so she stamped on her father’s chest instead. Debbie them took over with some more conventional chest compressions(按压) until the ambulance arrived . Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said：“I just kicked him really hard ,My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn’t strong enough to use hands .I was quite scared .The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse, My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest .” “She’s a little star,” said Debbie, “I was really upset but Izzy just took over . I just can’t believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up, Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we’ve got to see an expert.” Truck driver Clom, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment. He has now made a full recovery from his suffering.What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about

A:What Colm suffered. B:Colm’s present condition. C:What caused Colm’s allergy. D:Symptoms of Colm’s allergic reaction.

He ______ a great deal in the old days.

A:was suffered B:had been suffered C:suffered D:had suffered

Infections outside the brain may speed memory decline in Alzheimer’ s disease, UK researchers say. The Southampton University researchers studied 222 elderly people with Alzheimer’ s for six months, and they found that getting infections in places like the chest or urinary tract (尿道) could lead to higher level of an inflammatory (引发炎症的) protein called turnout necrosis factor (TNF) in the blood, and double memory loss.
There were 110 of the 222 subjects who developed a total of 150 infections, in areas such as the chest, stomach and intestines (肠) and the urinary tract, which led to the production of TNF proteins. These are collectively known as acute systemic inflammation events (SIEs).
Subjects with one or more SIEs during the six months follow - up had two times the rate of cognitive decline from their baseline score at the start of the study compared with those who had no SIE. And those patients who had high baseline levels of TNF and then suffered an SIE over the following six months had a 10 fold increase in the rate of cognitive decline compared to those who were SIE free.
Dr Susanne Sorensen, Head of Research, Alzheimer’ s Society said:
We know there might be a link between inflammatory processes and Alzheimer’ s but this is not yet fully understood.
"In the meantime it’ s important that older people, people with dementia treat any infection seriously and seek medical help in time. "Professor Clive Holmes at the University of Southampton, who led the research, said they had looked at patients with mild, moderate and severe Alzheimer’s disease.
"The worse the infection the worse the affect on the memory, but this is only an association at the moment. "
One might guess that people with a more rapid rate of cognitive decline are more susceptible to infections or injury, but we found no evidence to suggest that people with more severedementia (痴呆) were more likely to have infections or injuries.
"If further work proves that TNF is causing more brain inflammation it may be possible to use drugs that block TNF to help dementia sufferers. "
Professor Holmes said although common illnesses like colds and slight wounds could also set up an inflammatory response in the body, the data from his study did not support the idea that even these could cause memory loss.
Which statement is right about the study

A:In the study, all the subjects developed SIEs. B:In the study, only the subjects who had more than one SIE suffered the cognitive decline. C:In the study, all the subjects had a high level of TNF. D:In the study, those who had no SIE suffered less cognitive decline than those who ha

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Susan Torres died soon after

A:she suffered a stroke. B:she became brain-dead. C:she was diagnosed with cancer. D:she gave birth to a baby.

Scientists Develop Ways of Detecting Heart Attack German researchers have come up with a new generation of defibrillators (除颤器) and early-warning software aimed at offering heart patients greater_________(51) from sudden death from cardiac arrest (心脏停搏). In Germany alone, around 100,000 people die annually_________ (52) a result of cardiac arrest and many of these cases are caused by disruption to the heart’s rhythm. Those most at_________ (53) are patients who have already suffered a heart attack, and for years the use of defibrillators has proved useful in _________ (54) life-threatening disruptions to heart rhythms and correcting them automatically by intervening within seconds. These devices_________(55) on a range of functions, such as that of pacemaker（起搏器） Heart specialists at Freiburg’s University Clinic have now achieved a breakthrough with an implanted defibrillator _________ (56) of generating a six-channel electrocardiogram (ECG,心电图）within the body. This integrated systemallows _________(57) diagnosis of severe blood-flow problems and a pending (即将发生的）heart attack. It will. be implanted in _________(58) for the first time this year. Meanwhile, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Mathematics in Kaiserslautern have developed new computer software that_________(59) the evaluation of ECG data more precise. The overwhelming majority of patients at risk will not have an implanted defibrillator and must for this _________ (60) undergo regular ECGs. "Many of the current programs only take into_________(61) a linear correlation of the data. We are, however, making use of a non-linear process_________(62) reveals the chaotic patterns of heart beats as an open and complex system," Hagen Knaf says. "In this way changes in the heart_________ (63) over time can be monitored and individual variations in patients taken into account." An old study of ECG data, based upon 600 patients who had to compare risks and to show that the new software evaluates the considerably better.

A:suffered B:launched C:avoided D:started

第二篇 Brain-dead Mother Dies after Giving Birth 　　A brain-dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support on Wednesday and died, a day after giving birth. 　　"This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family," Justin Torres, the woman’s brother-in-law, said in a statement. 　　Susan Torres， a cancer-stricken， 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health， suffered a stroke in May after the melanoma （黑瘤） spread to her brain. 　　Her family decided to keep her alive to give her foetus （胎儿） a chance. It became a race between the foetus’ development and the cancer that was destroying the woman’s body. 　　Doctors said that Torres’ health was getting worse and that the risk of harm to the foetus finally outweighed the benefits of extending the pregnancy. 　　Torres gave birth to a daughter by Caesarean section （剖腹产手术） on Tuesday at Virginia Hospital Center. The baby was two months premature and weighed about a kilogram. She was in the newborn intensive care unit. 　　Dr Donna Tilden-Archer， the hospital’s director of neonatology （新生儿学）， described the child as "very vigorous." She said the baby had responded when she received stimulation， indicating she was healthy. 　　Doctors removed Torres from life support early Wednesday with the consent of her husband， Jason Tortes， after she received the final sacrament （圣礼） of the RomanCatholic Church. 　　"We thank all of those who prayed and provided support for Susan, the baby and our family," Jason Torres said in a statement. "We especially thank God for giving us little Susan. My wife’s courage will never be forgotten."English-language medical literature contains at least 11 cases since 1979 ofirreversibly brain-damaged women whose lives were prolonged for the benefit of thedeveloping foetus, according to the University of Connecticut Health Center. 　　Dr Christopher McManus, who coordinated care 1"or Susan Torres, put the infant’s chances of developing cancer at less than 25 per cent. He said 19 women who have had the same aggressive form of melanoma as Tortes have given birth, and five of their babies became ill with the disease. Susan Torres died soon after

A:she suffered a stroke. B:she became brain-dead. C:she was diagnosed with cancer. D:she gave birth to a baby.

About half of the people in the world suffered from the Spanish Flu.

A:Right B:Wrong C:Not mentioned