Task 7  Overall Comprehension

Watch a video clip “Personalized Cancer Care” twice and choose the best answer to each of the questions below.

1. The healthnews is mainly about _______.

A) genetic changes and clues found incancer patients

B) the most ambitious effort inpersonalized cancer care

C) the way Massachusetts General Hospitaltreats patients

D) genetic screening before cancertreatments are offered

2. If agenetic flaw driving each individual tumor is figured out, doctors would______.

A) complete their reconnaissance mission

B) begin to look for its genetic changes

C) match the tumor to effective drugs

D) screen it in every cancer patient

3. Typically drug treatments are chosen based on _______.

A)where in the body a cancer is found

B)how quickly a cancer may develop

C)how genetic changes occur in cancer

D)what improved targeted drugs there are

4. Which of the following is NOT true of Lenai Duff?

A)She suffered lung cancer at 48.

B)A rare mutation was found in her tumor.

C)Chemo drugs proved effective for her cancer.

D)She is today alive thanks to genetic screening.

5. More cancer patients may find their wildest dreams may not be so wild because of_______.

A)extensive genetic testing

B)amazing genetic profile

C)cutting-edge medicine

D)personalized cancer care

 

Keyto Task 7

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