Task 7  Overall Comprehension

 Watch a video clip “Fighting Melanoma” twice and choose the best answer to each of the questions below.

1. The healthnews is mainly about _______.

A) melanoma, a most dangerous form ofskin cancer

B) a turning point in the fight againstmelanoma

C) a major clue in how melanoma turnsout deadly

D) how melanoma destroys the body’simmune system

2. All of thefollowing are mentioned about Valerie Esposito’s end stage melanoma EXCEPT_______.

A) it went into her right lung

B) it went into lymph nodes

C) it developed 4 years ago

D) it didn’t respond to chemo

3. RickWilke, a patient with stage 4 melanoma, _______.

A) was treated with a drug calledIpilimumab

B) had his immune system destroyed bymelanoma

C) knew melanoma meant a death sentenceto him

D) was under chemo therapy withsensational results

4. Whathappened to Valerie Esposito when she took Ipilimumab?

A) One tumor began to shrink.

B) Her severe pain disappeared.

C) Her cancer continued to spread.

D) Her immune system was prompted.

5. Anationwide clinical trial is getting under way to _______.

A) understand better why Ipilimumab onlyworks in 20% of patients

B) prove that chemotherapy is moreeffective against melanoma

C) test if radiation therapy coulddestroy melanoma completely

D) help more melanoma patients have abrighter prognosis

Key to Task 7

1. B      2. C    3. A     4. C    5. D