insulin 胰岛素

doses 剂量

early-stage 早期的

inject 注射

测验 请听报道并回答下列问题。

1. What is the cause of type 1 diabetes, according to the text?

2. How does the immunotherapy work?

3. True or false? Patients needed to increase their insulin dose during the test.

4. Which word in the text means ‘a test over a period of time on whether something works

effectively’?

答案 1. What is the cause of type 1 diabetes, according to the text?

The cause of type 1 diabetes is a rogue immune system that destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that control blood sugar levels.

2. How does the immunotherapy work?

The immunotherapy tries to train the immune system to protect the beta cells.

3. True or false? Patients needed to increase their insulin dose during the test.

False. Patients did not need to increase their insulin doses during the study.

4. Which word in the text means ‘a test over a period of time on whether something works effectively’?

Trial.

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