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【完形填空】Cloze: The Researcher's Dilemma
Dr. Lin had always been a quiet but (1) figure in her field, known for her careful work rather than her titles.
As a girl in a small town, she learned early that gender could (2) how far a woman might go.
That memory never left her; it would (3) her later research into muscle repair.
In 2019, she (4) a trial of a drug developed with advanced neural technology.
At first, the data seemed to (5) with her hopes, and the results were sensational.
But then a disruption (6) : the trial had split along a trivial line—those given the drug and those given a foil.
The gap between the two groups was not small; a respondent in the treated group could walk again, while one in the control group could not.
Lin did not want to (7) anyone, but she felt her chest inflate with pride.
Yet within months, the data tilted the other way, and a few patients showed a (8) decline.
Lin would (9) the numbers at night, finding no comfort.
She began to think the drug might exploit the body rather than nourish it, and the outcome was almost inhumane.
She said, "I will not (10) the sick for the sake of a headline."
The board agreed: stop.
She was angry but used to suppression; a predatory company had once tried to buy her patents and bury her name.
That time she had rescued the work; this time she had to combat a different enemy: her own hope.
She said, "Hope can be a hook."
She needed to sharpen her method and discriminate between a real cure and a lucky run.
In that context, she met Dr. Osei, a cosmopolitan researcher who knew how to connect lab findings to real wards.
Together they designed a new trial, guided by an inferential model and careful surveillance of each patient.
By 2023, the follow-up data were clear: the earlier trial had exacerbated a hidden flaw.
The corrected drug, provided in smaller doses, was safe enough, and its conversion from failure into a modest success was an equivalent of a rescue at sea.
Lin did not generalise from one case; she did not trivialise the risk, but she could glimpse a destination.
She said, "We must not despoil the body to save it. We must not extinguish trust."
The lesson was simple and apt: innovation needs patience, and honesty is not bothersome.
It is the only currency that prevails; without it, no treatment is truly desirable.
Choices
(1) A. notorious B. prominent C. obscure D. trivial
(2) A. destroy B. determine C. describe D. delay
(3) A. suppress B. spur C. spoil D. suspect
(4) A. embarked at B. embarked on C. embarked in D. embarked for
(5) A. correspond B. respond C. respond to D. correspond with
(6) A. preceded B. pursued C. followed D. ensued
(7) A. deceive B. receive C. conceive D. perceive
(8) A. literal B. lateral C. liberal D. linear
(9) A. regulate B. regurgitate C. reiterate D. regenerate
(10) A. track B. treat C. target D. trick