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1、雅思阅读模拟题：newweapontofightcancer　　下面为大家整理的是一篇关于和癌症斗争的新武器的雅思阅读模拟题，后面附有相关的题目和详细的答案解析。雅思阅读模拟题是大家在备考雅思阅读考试的时候重要的材料，下面我们就一起来看看这篇模拟题的详细内容吧。　　1.Britishscientistsarepreparingtolaunchtrialsofaradicalnewwaytofightcancer,whichkillstumoursbyinfectingthemwithviruseslikethecommoncold.　　2.Ifsuccessful

2、,virustherapycouldeventuallyformathirdpillaralongsideradiotherapyandchemotherapyinthestandardarsenalagainstcancer,whileavoidingsomeofthedebilitatingside-effects.　　3.LeonardSeymour,aprofessorofgenetherapyatOxfordUniversity,whohasbeenworkingonthevirustherapywithcolleaguesinLondonandtheU

3、S,willleadthetrialslaterthisyear.CancerResearchUKsaidyesterdaythatitwasexcitedbythepotentialofProfSeymour’spioneeringtechniques.　　4.Oneofthecountry’sleadinggeneticists,ProfSeymourhasbeenworkingwithvirusesthatkillcancercellsdirectly,whileavoidingharmtohealthytissue."Inprinciple,you’veg

4、otsomethingwhichcouldbemanytimesmoreeffectivethanregularchemotherapy,"hesaid.　　5.Cancer-killingvirusesexploitthefactthatcancercellssuppressthebody’slocalimmunesystem."Ifacancerdoesn’tdothat,theimmunesystemwipesitout.Ifyoucangetavirusintoatumour,virusesfindthemaverygoodplacetobebecause

5、there’snoimmunesystemtostopthemreplicating.Youcanregarditasthecancer’sAchilles’heel."　　6.Onlyasmallamountofthevirusneedstogettothecancer."Theyreplicate,yougetamillioncopiesineachcellandthecellburstsandtheyinfectthetumourcellsadjacentandrepeattheprocess,"saidProfSeymour.　　7.Preliminary

6、researchonmiceshowsthatthevirusesworkwellontumoursresistanttostandardcancerdrugs."It’saninterestingpossibilitythattheymayhaveanadvantageinkillingdrug-resistanttumours,whichcouldbequitedifferenttoanythingwe’vehadbefore."　　8.Researchershaveknownforsometimethatvirusescankilltumourcellsan

7、dsomeaspectsoftheworkhavealreadybeenpublishedinscientificjournals.Americanscientistshavepreviouslyinjectedvirusesdirectlyintotumoursbutthistechniquewillnotworkifthecancerisinaccessibleorhasspreadthroughoutthebody.　　9.ProfSeymour’sinnovativesolutionistomaskthevirusfromthebody’simmunesy

8、stem,