【正文】 loss and she accepted that the incident was an accident. ” The cases have e to light following investigations into the scandal of the Hampshire Clinic in Basingstoke, Berkshire, where up to 40 women discovered that embryos believed to be in storage did not exist. Paul Fielding, the embryologist involved, has been released on police bail during an inquiry into what went wrong. The HFEA denied that there were widespread 點點英語 —— 專業(yè)致力于四六級、考研和口譯口語 7 problems in infertility clinics and said any errors were a tiny fraction of the total number of IVF treatments. 6. The errors of IVF clinics include all of the following EXCEPT. (A) the implanting with the embryo from another woman (B) cruel treatment causing death of newborn babies (C) the throwing away of the frozen embryos (D) careless treatment leading to the loss of women39。s hopes of motherhood are dashed by the errors of clinic staff. Cases uncovered by The Sundays Times include: * Deborah Gray, 40, from Strangford Lough, Co Down, who was told that she had been implanted with the wrong embryo by mistake. She had an abortion. * Deborah Mia, 37, from Dagenham in Essex, whose five remaining frozen embryos were thrown away last year even though she had begun treatment for them to be implanted. * A woman who wasted eight years of her fertile life undergoing treatment at various London hospitals, before doctors realised she had a contraceptive coil in her womb. The cases have e to light following she had a contraceptive coil in her womb. Authority (HFEA), which polices the 118 IVF clinics in Britain. The report, based on a sample of 1,400 IVF treatments and 700 sperm donor inseminations, records disruptions to power supplies at “ various” centers, leading to loss of undisclosed numbers of fresh embryos in incubators. It also describes mistakes in data collection, including errors in the names of patients and their families, the inaccurate recording of skin colour of ethnic group of sperm donors, and the reporting of nonexistent pregnancies. Bert Stewart, a senior embryologist and former HFEA inspector who now works in Auckland, New Zealand, estimated that one in 1, 000 testtube babies may have been implanted in the wrong, meaning at least 25 to 30 IVF children in Britain are being brought up by someone other than their geic mother. “ IF you have a slack checking system, it might take a long time before you realise you have made a mistake. Good clinics have systems where you can spot a mistake straight away, ” he said. Another HFEA inspector estimated that at least 100 women had been affected by IVF errors. Gray sued the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast for personal injury and damage after she discovered that she had been mistakenly implanted with an embryo from another woman. After the abortion she received an outofcourt settlement from the hospital. This weekend the Royal Victoria said procedures had been tightened up and there have been no similar mistakes. Findlay decided to abandon any further attempts to have a child after Leicester Bupa hospital threw away her last embryo following three failed attempts at IVF treatment. The embryo was allegedly part of a batch for which the labels were lost. Doctors decided to destroy the batch to avoid couples getting the wrong ones. “ Losing it is like a bereavement, ” said Findlay, who received ￡ 2, 000. Bupa said Findlay39。” ? (A) His future exposure to the public must be positive. (B) His current image is greatly challenged. (C) His exposure to the public until now has often been negative. (D) His overall image is totally unacceptable to customers. 5. According to Eddy Weatherill, Barclays Bank_____. (A) should take substantial measures to improve its image (B) is using its brand name to win more customers (C) is dealing with its problems seriously (D) always used tricks to cheat the public 點點英語 —— 專業(yè)致力于四六級、考研和口譯口語 6 Questions 6～ 10 At least 100 women have been mistakenly implanted with another couple39。s image (C) meet stronger criticisms from the public (D) can never be realised as they are too radical 4. Which of the following is implied, but not directly stated, in the expression“ ensuring the Barrett39。s highly petitive financial services industry. ”Steps to rebuild the Barclays name include a scheme to regain favour in areas where the bank has closed branches and lost influence as a result. Ten model employees will be parachuted into rural hot spots to charm local dignitaries. The agents, dubbed“ the smoothies” by insiders, will be recruited of their“ social skills” , says the report. They will be given titles conferring the“ appropriate authority for liaising with MPs, MPs and the media” . They will infiltrate Rotary clubs and other groups to create a positive presence, 點點英語 —— 專業(yè)致力于四六級、考研和口譯口語 5 say sources. “ The (agent) would need to have strong munication skills, ” says the report, which puts a ￡ 1m total cost on the project. “ (He) would be a modern manager with the ability to project the new face of financial services, always being on brand and on message. ” * Compiling a database of good news items so that one positive story about Barclays is released every month. * Making mediafriendliness a“ core skill requirement” for newly recruited senior executives, while ensuring that Barrett39。 work and had secured share options worth up to ￡ 30m. “ The almost contemporaneous set of events resulted in a media feeding frenzy, ” says the report. “ The group is seen by many...as the ringleader of anticonsumer measures. ” It concludes that the barrage of bad publicity has had “ a significant impact” on Barclays’ brand image, It says the public regards the bank as“ generating excessive profits” and creating a“ culture of greed. ”Consumers view its