专八考试：阅读理解之健康类（一）

One study found that more than 120,000 American men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year are ideal candidates for observation, or watchful waiting. Still, the majority of them end up having surgery, radiation or other treatment instead.

“For a man who chooses to be aggressively treated I use that study to say, you have time to sit down and rationally choose what procedure to use,” Brawley told Reuters Health.

From Reuters, January 6, 2012

1. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. robotic surgery is no more expensive than low-tech surgery

B. both kinds of surgeries have sexual problems and urinary leakage

C. robotic surgery is better than traditional one

D. all the ads about robot prostatectomy are untruthful

2. Which of the following statements about robotic-assisted prostatectomy or its effect is TRUE?

A. A robot itself did surgery on the prostate.

B. Nine men had a moderate or big problem with sexual functioning 14 months after their surgery.

C. About a third of men said they had urinary leakage trouble after their surgery.

D. Patients appeared to have urinary problems after the robotic surgery instead of traditional surgery.

3. According to Cooperberg, many factors may have helped promote robot surgery to its

current EXCEPT ______.

A. patients’ common sense B. manufacturers

C. surgeons D. great faith in technology

4. Patients who are considering surgery should focus their attention on ______.

A. surgery B. surgeons

C. rosy ads D. responses from prostate cancer patients

5. The author’s attitude towards robot prostatectomy is ______.

A. subjective B. indifferent C. ambiguous D. objective