Question 1

To relatives watching
a family member ........... to Alzheimer’s, it may
seem as if a magnifi cent structure—the loved
one—is slowly being dismantled by invisible
termites.

Accepted Answer

succumb

Question 2

The disease is a ..........., and scientists have
few answers for why it occurs and how it might be
prevented.

Accepted Answer

riddle

Question 3

However, a pick for the Alzheimer’s lock
may have been found by researchers examining
the brain .............of deceased patients who had
a disease not previously considered similar to Alzheimer’s—the group of maladies called
prion diseases.

Accepted Answer

tissue

Question 4

Prion diseases have a long ............ period but a rapid progression, often ending in death 12 months after symptoms fi rst develop, or even sooner.

Accepted Answer

incubation

Question 5

The chain can .............on its links and bend into a huge variety of complex shapes such as corkscrews, bows, balls of tangled string, and countless other trickier confi gurations.

Accepted Answer

pivot

Question 6

The female crab needs to be saved to .............. the species.

Accepted Answer

propagate

Question 7

When, higher up the ............... humans go on to consume the
cows infected with the illness, they contract the human variant of the
disease, known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), which causes death.

Accepted Answer

food chain

Question 8

This ticking time bomb .............. until it
manifests with symptoms that start with depression and hallucination,
and quickly progress to loss of motor control and ultimately, death.

Accepted Answer

lies dormant

Question 9

Courts act as a safeguard against executive .......... in individual counter-terrorism cases.

Accepted Answer

overreach

Question 10

Reports from farms
in Britain and the United States say that, while cattle farmers may have  cut back on the use of sheep-derived protein to feed their herds, they have
increased their use of ground-up chicken ............

Accepted Answer

innards

Question 11

Baker argues that beef is safe for
consumption, and he sums up his book by saying the disease is a ..............

Accepted Answer

closed case

Question 12

If individuals
want to eradicate mad cow disease forever, the only .............. policy is to
do away with all beef products.

Accepted Answer

efficacious

Question 13

After successful surgery his ............. was good.

Accepted Answer

prognosis

Question 14

After scientists
discovered the DNA .......... structure in 1962, the foundation was laid for researchers to understand
cancer as a disease of genetic mutation.

Accepted Answer

helical

Question 15

Clinical
studies of people exposed to certain toxins, such
as cigarette smoke, revealed that ............... cause damage to DNA, which in turn causes
cancer.

Accepted Answer

carcinogens

Question 16

Diagnoses of cancer are complex, and
determining the best course of action for a patient
is contingent upon............. the specifi c type of cancer the
individual has.

Accepted Answer

contingent upon

Question 17

After this initial diagnosis, pathologists ................... the particular type of
tumor mass that is present.

Accepted Answer

delve into

Question 18

The pathologist’s report said the tumor was ..............

Accepted Answer

malignant

Question 19

Statistics show that one in two individuals in America will be diagnosed with cancer—
leading many to believe that the ............. of the illness is increasing.

Accepted Answer

incidence

Question 20

An
analysis of the rising number of reported cases of cancer has ................ to light a secondary reason
for why cancer has taken the stage as a disease of epidemic proportions.

Accepted Answer

brought to light

Question 21

According to recent studies by FDA, cancer has .............. the stage as a disease of epidemic proportions.

Accepted Answer

taken the stage

Question 22

The panic about cancer is often induced by........... studies and erroneous warnings

Accepted Answer

skewed

Question 23

companies that
probably have a ......... fi nancial .......in alarming the public have made the public worried about cancer contraction.

Accepted Answer

vested interest

Question 24

Such panic is ...........to any real threats posed by the disease.

Accepted Answer

disproportionate

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