Imagine this: You're bleeding. Nothing seems to make it stop. Then you apply a gel to your wound, and the blood stops coming out within seconds. You're healed in minutes. This is the VetiGel, created by Joe Landolina — a 22 year-old who invented the product many years ago.

Landolina is now the founder and CEO of Suneris, a company that produces the gel. Suneris announced last week that it would begin to ship VetiGel to vets later this summer. Humans won't be far behind.

When injected into a wound site, the gel can form a clot within 12 seconds heal the wound within minutes. Once it hits the damaged tissue, whether it's open skin or a soft organ — livers, kidneys— the gel instantly forms a structure. "What that means, on the one hand, is that the gel will make a structure that holds the wound together," Landolina says. 

As fast-acting as VetiGel is, its inventor may be faster. Landolina invented an early version of the gel out of his grandfather's lab. He was still in high school. Over the next four and a half years, Landolina turned the prototype into a business. The first product costs $150. Landolina says Suneris has its sights set on US first, followed by a release in Europe in Asia sometime early next year.

 A few years down the line, Landolina says, the goal will be to expand out of vet offices to help treat members of our own species. He forecasts receiving FDA approval within the year for testing on human wounds. If all goes according to plan, VetiGel will first help military personnel and EMTs treat injuries. Then it will enter operating rooms and, finally, individual homes.

Landolina says Suneris has yet to observe any negative side effects of VetiGel. The company holds weekly meetings with vets to ensure the product meets their needs.

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1.The writer asks the readers to imagine to ______.

A tell the readers how to stop the bleeding

B arouse the readers’ interest in the topic

C show what is the best way to heal wound

D get something that seems to get flood

解析：选B。B。写作意图题。 从文章第一段第一句和第二句的Imagine this: You're bleeding. Nothing seems to make it stop可以得知作者让读者设身处地地想自己流血的情况是为了引发读者对这个话题的兴趣。

2.The VetiGel will be first used to treat _______.

A vets

B human

C animals

D students

解析：选C。C。推理判断题。从文章第二段第二句的Suneris announced last week that it would begin to ship VetiGel to vets later this summer可以得知Suneris让兽医先试用该药品，据此可以推知该药会先用在动物身上。

3.What made the VetiGel stop bleeding?

A The soft organ.

B The damaged tissue.

C The wound.

D The clot.

解析：选D。D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句的When injected into a wound site, the gel can form a clot within 12 seconds heal the wound within minutes可知药在伤口上形成一个栓，也就是形成一个clot才帮助止血。

4.How old was Landolina when he invented VetiGel?

A 5

B 17

C 22

D 28

解析：选B。B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句的...a 22 year-old who invented the product many years ago可知他现在22岁了；另外从第四段第四句的Over the next four and a half years...可知他在四年半前发明了该药，因此也就是他在17岁的时候发明了该药。

5.If the medicine enters individual homes, it must _______.

A get the permission from FDA

B have some negative side effects

C meet needs of some company

D expand out of the hospitals

解析：选A。A。推理判断题。根据第五段第二句的He forecasts receiving FDA approval within the year for testing on human wounds可知该药品只有得到FDA(食品药品监督管理局)的认证才能在人类身上使用，然后才有可能进入家庭；因此要进入家庭用药的系列，必须得到食品药品监督管理局的认证。