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How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.

There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’(老年痴呆症).

“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.

“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, “could be understood as the beginning of the end.” “That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”

Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.

1.Which of the following is true about James Watson?

A.He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

B.He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

C.He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D.He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

2.The first paragraph is meant to__________.

A.ask some questions                      B.satisfy readers’ curiosity

C.introduce the topic                      D.describe an academic fact

3.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

A.necessary to remove his anxiety            B.impossible to hide his disease

C.better to inform him immediately           D.advisable not to let him know

4.The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

A.leave off          B.break down        C.drop out          D.turn away

5.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

A.can accept some bad news                B.tend to find out the truth

C.prefer to hear good news                 D.have the right to be informed

 

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A  

【解析】

试题分析:文章讨论了人们愿不愿意知道自己得了病。人们认为知道可能得什么病,会有思想负担,但Dr. Green的研究表明人们是可以接受坏消息的。

1.细节题:从第二段的句子:Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’(老年痴呆症). 可知James Watson不想得知得病的机会选A

2.写作意图题:从第一段可知作者提出了两个问题,引出话题:人们愿不愿意知道自己得了病。选C

3.细节题:从第三段的句子:“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.”可知如果人们知道可能得什么病,会有思想负担,所以最好不要告诉他们。选D

4.猜词题:从前面的句子:It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, 可知得到坏消息的人,会崩溃。选B

5.推理题:从最后一段的句子:In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.可知 Dr. Green的研究表明人们是可以接受坏消息的。选A  

考点:考查社会现象类短文

点评:文章讨论了人们愿不愿意知道自己得了病。文章分析了具体的原因。测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点。

 

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