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LONDON (Reuters)—New faces given to a Chinese man after a bear tore off part of his face and a French­Caribbean man disfigured by a rare tumor show that such transplants can work and are not medical oddities (怪异)，researchers said．

The findings give hope to some people with severe facial disfigurement and suggest the transplants could prove long­lasting without major problems．Despite the tissue rejection in the first year after their transplants，neither men had psychological problems accepting their new faces and have been able to rejoin society，they reported．

Only three people have received face transplants．The world’s first was carried out on French woman Isabelle Dinoire in November 2005 after she was disfigured in an attack by her dog．In 2007，her doctors reported that she had recovered slowly and steadily，overcoming two periods of rejection．

In 2006，Chinese doctors performed a face transplant on a 30­year­old hit by a bear．While there were some complications with tissue rejection following the operation，two years later the man was doing well，his doctors said．“This case suggests that facial transplantation might be an option for restoring a severely disfigured face，and could enable patients to bring themselves back into society，” Shuzhong Guo and colleagues at Xijing Hospital in China wrote．

A French team described their work on a 29­year­old man who suffered from Von Recklinghausen disease，an illness that changes the shape of his face．“The man，who was not named，was given a new nose，mouth and chin in a 2007 operation．He began to work 13 months after the transplant has more function in his face and has not rejected the new tissue，” his doctors said．

“Our case confirms that face transplantation is practical and effective for the correction of specific disfigurement，” Dr．Laurent Lantieri and colleagues at the Henri­Mondor hospital outside Paris wrote．

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Face transplants help regain confidence．    B．Face transplants can work．

C．Three people have received face transplants． D．Disfigured people need face transplants．

2.The underlined word “restoring” in Paragraph 4 means “________”．

A．removing         B．recovering         C．repairing          D．rejecting

3.What problem resulted from the facial operations?

A．The patients usually suffered from tissue rejection．

B．It was hard for the patients to get along with others．

C．It took some time for the patients to recover from the operation．

D．The patients wouldn’t accept the facial change．

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过介绍三例成功的手术，表明面部移植手术是可行的。

1.主旨大意题。本文介绍了三例成功的手术，表明面部移植手术是可行的。故选B。

2.词义猜测题。restore表示“修复；整修”。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段和第三段提到的病例可知，手术后病人都有面部组织的排异反应，故选A。

考点：说明文阅读理解。