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第6部分：完形填空（第52~65题，每题1分，共15分）
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Sex Change Surgery Guidelines Drafted
China is set to issue its first clinical guideline on sex-change surgery, according to a notice put on the website of the Ministry of Health yesterday. The ministry is now soliciting（征求）public and professional ____ (51) on the draft guideline. The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardize sex reassignment surgery.
Experts ____ (52) nearly 2, 000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100,000 to 400, 000 are still considering it. However, no official number is available. In the draft, the MOH sets minimum ____ (53) for both surgical candidates and medical institutions.
Candidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single, the draft guideline said. They are also required to prove a persistent ____ (54) for a sex change, to live for at least five consecutive years full-time in the new gender role, and to engage in mental therapy for at least one year.
Before surgery can take place, a candidate must receive a recommendation for the operation from a____ (55) after an appropriate series of therapy sessions. Also, several legal requirements must be met____ (56) the procedure. The candidate must provide proof from police that he or she does not have any criminal ____ (57) in the past. Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity card of the prospective（未来的）receiver before the ____ (58) can take place.
The advent（出现）of such a guideline is believed to show that the government is concerned ____ (59) the needs of a relatively small number of people who want to change sex. But doctors also warn ____ (60) all stakeholders, including the hospital and prospective receivers, should be highly cautious about this surgery.
The operation is more than a medical ____ (61) due to its huge social and legal consequences. Doctors should make it clear to those ____ (62) sex-change surgeries that the option always remains to continue to live in the original role. The guideline ____ (63) surgeons to tell patients about other options such as hormone therapy. They are also required to explain the ____ (64) involved, and underlying social barriers including discrimination, and administrative recognition and approval.
For the candidates, the surgery itself is not the ____ (65) issue in the long run. The real issue is the kind of life he or she will have to lead afterward.
51．A．policies B．places C．opinions D．services
52．A．acknowledge B．estimate C．suggest D．advocate
53．A．pattern B．record C．criteria D．example
54．A．problem B．desire C．effort D．feedback
55．A．psychologist B．physicist C．chemist D．geologist
56．A．before B．after C．under D．during
57．A．courts B．offences C．tendencies D．damages
58．A．accident B．debate C．conference D．operation
59．A．about B．with C．to D．of
60．A．if B．while C．what D．that
61．A．procedure B．care C．condition D．examination
62．A．following B．helping C．studying D．seeking
63．A．recommends B．puts C．requires D．warns
64．A．risks B．differences C．reasons D．facts
65．A．social B．big C．economic D．current
