A. 3,500 years ago. B. roughly 427 to 347 B.C. I
C. 23 centuries ago I
D. in Africa I
5. In accordance with Plato, how large was Atlantis?
A. as large as a continent
B. larger than Libya and Asia put together C. as large as a vast island
D. None of the above
6. The fruit on Atlantis was ___.
A. orichalc
B. rich with special metals
C. fair and wondrous and in endless abundance D. a kind of paradise
The need for a surgical operation, specially an emergency
operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern
advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and anaesthetics. Patients do not
often believe they really need surgery - cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment
with drugs. In the early years of this century there was little specialisation in surgery. A good
surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that
time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were riot even
dreamed of fifty years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged
blood vessels can be cleaned out, and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole
stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a
comfortable and satisfactory life. However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to carry
out every type of modern operation.
7. Many people are afraid of being operated on ___
A. unless it is an emergency operation.
B. in spite of improvements in modern surgery. C. because they are afraid of the surgeries.
D. because they don't believe modem surgery.
8. Surgeons in the early years of this century, compared with contemporary ones, ___
A. were more trusted by their patients.
B. were younger than today's surgeons.
