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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #43397 New Way against Cancer
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Read the text and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.
Leonard Seymour is preparing to launch trials of a radical new way to fight cancer, which kills tumors by infecting them with viruses like the common cold. Prof Seymour’s innovative solution is to mask the virus from the body’s immune system, effectively allowing the viruses to do what chemotherapy drugs do — spread through the blood and reach tumors. The big hurdle is to find a way to deliver viruses to tumors via the bloodstream without the body's immune system destroying them on the way. Though several more years of trials will be needed, Prof Seymour hopes that one day it might be applied to all cancers.

According to the text, which statement below is true?

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Option 2: "The virus will be delivered by blood."

Explanation: The text mentions that Prof Seymour's solution involves delivering viruses to tumors 'via the bloodstream,' which directly supports this option. This aligns with the main idea of the text, which focuses on the innovative method of using viruses to target tumors.

Option 1: "It is not a new way to fight cancer."

Explanation: The text clearly states that Leonard Seymour is preparing to launch trials of a 'radical new way to fight cancer,' indicating that this method is indeed new. Therefore, this option contradicts the information presented in the text.

Option 3: "The experiment of this method has succeed."

Explanation: The text indicates that 'several more years of trials will be needed,' suggesting that the method has not yet succeeded in experiments. This option presents information that is not supported by the text.

Option 4: "This method can be applied to all cancers."

Explanation: While the text expresses hope that this method 'might be applied to all cancers' in the future, it does not state that it currently can be applied to all cancers. This makes the option misleading and not true based on the current context.

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