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閱讀實(shí)戰(zhàn)訓(xùn)練(三)★Whydida1promising有希望的，有前途的heartdrug2Doomed命中注定drughighlights3complications并發(fā)癥of4meddlingwith瞎弄；亂動(dòng)5cholesterol[k?'lest?r?l]膽固醇．Thefailureofa6high-profile備受矚目的cholesteroldrughasthrowna7spotlight聚光燈on8complicated復(fù)雜的9machinery機(jī)械；機(jī)器that10regulates調(diào)節(jié)cholesterollevels．Butmanyresearchersremainconfidentthatdrugsto11boost促進(jìn)；增加levelsof'good'cholesterolarestilloneofthemostpromisingmeansto ；與…戰(zhàn)斗13spiralling原地打轉(zhuǎn)heartdisease． Pfizer14announced宣布o(jì)n2Decemberthatitwascancellingall15clinicaloftorcetrapib抑制劑，adrugdesignedtoraiseheart-protectivehigh-densitylipoproteins(HDLs)．Inatrialof1500016patients ，asafety17board foundthatmorepeoplediedor cardiovascular[,kɑ?d???'v?skj?l?]心血管的problemsaftertakingthedrugplusacholesterol-loweringstatinthanthoseinacontrolgroupwhotookthestatinThenewscameasa18kickintheteeth責(zé)備，口頭指責(zé)批評(píng)tomanycardiologists心臟病專家becauseearliertestsinanimalsandpeoplesuggesteditwouldlowerratesofcardiovasculardisease．"Therehavebeenno19redflags 信號(hào)tomyknowledge，"saysJohnChapman，a20specialist專家inlipoproteinsandatherosclerosisattheNationalInstituteforHealthandMedicalResearch(INSERM)inPariswhohasalsostudiedtorcetrapib．"Thiscancellationcameasacompleteshock．"Torcetrapibisoneofthemost21advanced先進(jìn)的ofa22newbreed新品種ofdrugsdesignedraiselevelsofHDLs，which23ferry擺渡cholesteroloutof24artery動(dòng)脈-25clogging阻塞26 ques斑塊tothe27liver肝臟forremovalfromthebody．Specifically，torcetrapib28blocks阻礙； 29protein蛋白質(zhì)calledcholesterolestertransferprotein(CETP)，whichnormallytransfersthecholesterolfromhigh-densitylipoproteinstolowdensity，que-promotingones．Statins，incontrast，mainlyworkbyloweringthe'bad'low-densitylipoproteins．UnderResearchersarenowtryingtoworkoutwhyandhowthedrug30backfired適得其反，somethingthatwillnot eclearuntiltheclinicaldetailsare31released釋放byPfizer．One32hint暗示；線索liesinevidencefromearliertrialsthatit33slightly輕微地raisesbloodpressureinsomepatients．Itwasthoughtthatthis34mild溫和的；輕微的problemwouldbe35offset抵消，補(bǔ)償bytheheartbenefitsofthedrug．Butitispossiblethatitactuallyproved36fatal致命的；重大的insomepatientswhoalreadysufferedhighbloodpressure．Ifbloodpressureistheex nation，itwouldactuallybegoodnewsfordrugdevelopersbecauseitsuggeststhattheproblemsarespecifictothis pound化合物．Other38prototype原型；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)drugsthatarebeingdevelopedtoblockCETPworkinaslightlydifferentwayandmightnotsufferthesame39downfall ButitisalsopossiblethatthewholeideaofblockingCETPis40flawed有缺陷的；有瑕疵的saysMotiKashyap，whodirectsatherosclerosis動(dòng)脈硬化researchattheVAMedicalCenterinLongBeach，California．WhenHDLs41excrete排泄；分泌cholesterolintheliver，theyactuallyrelyonLDLsforpartofthisprocess．So42inhibiting抑制；約束CETP，whichpreventsthetransferofcholesterolfromHDLtoLDL，mightactuallycausean43abnormal反常的，不規(guī)則的and44irreversible45accumulation積累ofcholesterolinthebody．"You'reblockinga46physiologic生理的；生47mechanism機(jī)制；原理to48eliminate剔除，清除cholesterolandeffectively49constipating使遲鈍thepathway，saysKashyap．GoingupMostresearchersremainconfidentthat50elevating使升高h(yuǎn)ighdensitylipoproteinslevelsbyonemeansoranotherisoneofthebest51routes路線forhel heartdiseasepatients．ButHDLsarecomplexandnotentirelyunderstood．One52approved被認(rèn)可的；經(jīng)過(guò)檢驗(yàn)的drug，calledniacin，isknowntobothraiseHDLandreducecardiovascularriskbutalsocausesanunpleasantsensationofheatand53tingling麻刺感．Researchersareexploringwhethertheycan54bypass繞開(kāi)；忽視this55sideeffect副用andwhetherniacincanlowerdiseaseriskmorethanstatinsalone．Scientistsarealsoworkingonseveralothermeanstobumpuphigh-densitylipoproteinsby，forexample，introducing56synthetic綜合的HDLs．"Theonlythingweknowisdeadinthewateristorcetrapib，notthewholeideaofraisingHDL，"saysMichaelMiller，directorofpreventivecardiologyattheUniversityofMarylandMedicalCenter，(613wordsQuestions1-Thispassagehas7paragraphs1-Choosethecorrectheadingforeachparagraphfromthelistofheadingsbelow.Writethecorrectnumberi-ixinboxes1-7onyouranswersheet.ListofHowdoestorcetrapibContradictoryresultpriortothecurrentOnefailuremaypossiblybringaboutfutureThefailuredoesn’tleadtototallossofItistherightroutetoWhyit’sTheymaycombineandtheoreticallyproduceidealWhat’swrongwiththeItmightbewrongatthefirst ExampleanswerParagraph1ParagraphParagraphParagraphParagraphParagraphParagraphQuestions7-Matchtorcetrapib，HDLs，statinandCETPwiththeirfunctions（Questions8-13）..WritethecorrectletterA,B,CorDinboxes8-13onyouranswersheet.NBYoumayuseanylettermorethanIthasbeenadministeredtoover10,000subjectsina