The Case of the Disappearing Fingerprints
One useful anti-cancer drug can effectively erase the whorls and other characteristic marks thatgive people their distinctive fingerprints(指纹).Losing them could become troublesome.A case___________(51)online in a letter by Annals of Oncology(肿瘤学)indicates how big a_______ (52)of losing fingerprints is.
Eng-Huat Tan.a Singapore-based medical doctor describes a 62-year old man who has usedcapecitabine to_________(53)his nasopharyngeal cancer(鼻咽癌).After three years on the (54),the patient decided to visit U.S.relatives last December.But he was stopped byU.S.customs officials__________(55)4 hours after entering the country when those officialscouldn't get fingerprints from the man.There were no___________(56)swirly marks appearing fromhis index finger.
"U.S.customs has been fingerprinting incoming foreign visitors for years,"Tan says."unfortunately,for the Singaporean traveler,one potential__________(57)effect of his drug treatment is a smoothing of the tissue on the finger pads._________(58),no fingerprints."
"It is uncertain when fingerprint_________(59)will begin to take place in patients who are taking capecitabine,"Tan points out.So he__________(60)any physicians who prescribe the drug to provide their patients with a doctor's_________(61)pointing out that their medicine may causefingerprints to disappear.
Eventually,the Singapore traveler made it into the United States.I guess the name on his pass-port didn't raise any red flags.But he's also now got the explanatory doctor's note-and won't 1eavehome___________(62)it.
By the way,maybe the Food and Drug Administration(美国食品药物管理局),_________(63)approved use of the drug 11 years ago,should consider updating its list of side effects________(64)with this medicine.The current list does note that patients may experience vomiting(呕吐),stomach pain and some other side effects.But no where___________(65)it mention the po.tential for loss of fingerprints.
51.A.released B.suggested C.accepted D.detected
52.A.problem B.gap C.sickness D.secret
53.A.cut B.treat C.find D.smooth
54.A.diet B.exercise C.recovery D.drug