GENERAL COMPREHENSION

Answer the following questions.

1. Two types of tissue engineering are described in the text: the old method and the new method. What is
the difference between the two methods?
In the old method, cartilage taken from the patient is used; in the new method, the
tissue is grown in the laboratory.
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2. Which method was used to give Sam a new ear - the old or the new method? How do you know this? Give
two quotations from the text that justify your answer.
The old method: ‘one simpler operation could have restored his ear’, and ‘the procedure
would be far less invasive using the new technique’

3. For what medical condition is the word 'microtia' used?

An underdeveloped outer ear.

4. Sam Clompus was given a new ear. In the part of the text that describes Sam's family's attitude to the
operation, which word means that they were not eager to have the operation carried out at first?
‘reticent’

What phrases in the text do these words refer to?

In the phrase… The word Refers to

1. … Experts believe it….(line 8) “it” ground-breaking procedure
2. … Which is is an invasive…(line 11) “which” taking cartilage from a part of the body
3. … They then managed…(line 17) “they” researchers
4. … so that it …(line 20) “it” the cartilage tissue