Step 3测验与练习
Task 1阅读课文并回答问题。
1. On which part of the body do people have cosmetic surgery the most?
Eyelid surgery topped the list of the five most popular procedures in 2014.
2. Is a procedure to repair the bones in a broken leg an example of cosmetic surgery?
False. 'Cosmetic' is related to appearance and the repair of a broken leg has to do with walking and not looking good.
3. Which developments have made plastic surgery safer and less painful in our time?
The discovery of antibiotics and anaesthetics.
4. How were members of the public living close to a plastic surgery hospital in Britain in the early 20th century prepared for the shock of seeing patients with face injuries?
They knew that benches painted blue in the neighbourhood park were for patients with horrific facial injuries.
5. Which noun in the article means 'a person who lives in a particular area'?
A resident.
Task 2 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。从每个表格中选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. Mary's forehead and cheeks were making her look old. She thought it was time to have __________.
A. a nose job B. a breast augmentation C. a facelift D. a rhinoplasty
2. I have bad flu and the doctor told me to take __________.
A. antibiotics B. an anaesthetic C. a nose job D. a procedure
3. Peter needed some plastic surgery after the car accident. He had some bad ___________ injuries.
A. disfigured B. facial C. rhinoplasty D. facelift
4. The new hospital is very big. It has five __________.
A. trenches B. benches C. procedures D. wards
5. Janet is not afraid of going under the knife. Her surgeon is very __________.
A. safe B. unrealistic C. capable D.realistic
Task 3 语法填空
Everybody has looked in the mirror at some point in their lives and thought they could do with a smaller nose or fewer wrinkles. Almost 10 million operations _1___________ (perform) in 2014, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Eyelid surgery topped the list of the five most popular procedures, _2________ included breast augmentation and rhinoplasty.
We hear a lot about cosmetic surgery these days. But _3_______ many people may not realise is that reconstructing someone's face has an ancient past. There are reports of treatments to restore a _4_________ (break) nose in ancient Egyptian documents.
Considering that safe anaesthetics and antibiotics were only discovered in the 19th and 20th centuries, it was a _5________ (true) painful and risky business to go under the knife in the past. But as far back as the mid-15th century nose jobs were carried out _6________ (use) skin taken from the upper arm.
Plastic surgery went through a revolution during World War One. The trenches protected the soldiers' bodies, but many _7______ stuck their heads up were exposed to explosions. New techniques were developed by Harold Gillies who ran a ward at the Cambridge Military Hospital in Britain, and later a whole hospital dedicated to _8_________ (help) disfigured soldiers. Many _9__________ (wound) men at that time couldn't stand looking at their own faces. There were no mirrors in the hospital. In parks near the hospital, some benches were painted blue to signal to patients with _10_________ (face) injuries that they could sit there. And it was a way of telling local residents to prepare _11_______ the shock of seeing someone with a disfigured face.
Plastic surgery _12_________ (come) a long way since then. It reconstructs what does need reconstructing but it also makes people with no particular problems feel more _13_________ (confidence). Bigger breasts? Straight nose? Facelift? In many cases, cosmetic surgery isn't a _14__________ (necessary) at all, just a choice. But when done _15_________ (do) by capable doctors on patients who have a realistic goal, it's believed _16_______ plastic surgery can heal psychological wounds almost as much as physical ones.
1, were performed 2, which 3, what 4, broken 5, truly 6, using 7, who
8, helping 9, wounded 10, facial 11, for 12, has come 13, confident
14, necessity 15, properly 16, that
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