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ACADEMIC LESSON

READING COMPREHENSION

1. According to the reading, smartphones of the 6. are programmed to administer physical
future will . therapy to patients.
A. be connected by wires to machines that A. Robotic surgical assistants
record data B. Mobile medical robots
B. receive information from a skin patch worn by C. Medical transportation robots
a patient D. Rehabilitation robots
C. help with remote robotic surgery 7. Which paragraph describes a process that would
D. send signals to medication inside the body
help doctors make surgical decisions?
2. Which of the following will be a new method of A. Paragraph 13
cancer detection in the future? B. Paragraph 16
A. Doctors will remove a tissue sample and C. Paragraph 17
perform a biopsy. D. Paragraph 19
B. A handheld scanner will screen biopsied 8. Incisions can be held together during an
tissue samples. operation through the use of .
C. A probe with a microscope will take images A. tissue engineering
inside the body. B. microneedles
D. Photos of cancerous cells will be analyzed C. surgical glue
using light and sound waves.
D. artificial valves
3. What do magnetic implants, nanobots, and 9. Based on the context in paragraph 15, pathogens
nanoparticles have in common? most likely diseases.
A. They are all one-millionth of a meter in length. A. cause
B. They are all surgically inserted. B. prevent
C. They are all guided by ultrasonic waves. C. kill
D. They all deliver medication.
D. reduce
4. Which of the following uses of genetic 10. The author’s primary focus in this reading is to
engineering is most controversial? .
A. the ability to change DNA in human embryos A. describe current innovative treatments of
B. the ability to correct genetic mutations diseases
C. the ability to create genetically altered B. explore the role of technology in present and
immune cells future medicine
D. the ability to produce desirable features in C. compare past, present, and future
plants
approaches to medical care
5. In paragraph 11, what is the meaning of the term D. describe innovations in medical diagnoses
prosthetic?
A. protective
B. temporary
C. artificial
D. identical

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