Their cheerful voices showed that they were having a __________ discussion.

A. noisy　　　　 B. serious　　　 C. complete　　　　 D. friendly

答：D。由cheerful可知应选friendly

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（基因的）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.

71.The first paragraph is meant to__________.

A. ask some questions                        B. introduce the topic

C. satisfy readers’ curiosity                 D. describe an academic fact

【答案】B

【解析】通过两个问题引出话题。

72.Which of the following is true of James Watson？

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

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

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

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

【答案】D

【解析】根据第二段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’。“James Watson要求如果他的基因表明他有很高的老年痴呆症的可能不要告诉他。”

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

A. advisable not to let him know          B. impossible to hide his disease

C. better to inform him immediately      D. necessary to remove his anxiety

【答案】A

【解析】根据这两个自然段可知，如果你提前被告知你将来可能患某种可怕的疾病会mess you up。

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

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

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文But的转折，以及no significant difference可知，freak out的意思是A（精神垮掉）。

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

A. prefer to hear good news         B. tend to find out the truth

C. can accept some bad news              D. have the right to be informed

【答案】C

【解析】根据第五段内容 In fact, most people think they can handle it可知答案选C.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

A little child was playing one day with a very valuable vase.

He put his h      into it and could not draw it back out. His father too,    

                     1.________________

tried his best, but all _____vain. They were thinking of breaking the vase   

                     2._______________

____（这时）his father said.“Now, my son, try one more time. Open your       

                     3._______________

hand and hold your fingers out straight as you see me d        and  

                     4.______________

then pull.”To ________ astonishment, the little fellow said. “Oh no,          

                     5.________________

father, I couldn’t pull my fingers out like that because if I did I w                 

                     6._______________

drop my penny.”________（微笑）, if you will---- but thousands of us         

                     7._______________

     are like that little boy.We are _______busy holding on to the world’s      

                     8._________________

     ________（无价值的） penny that we can not accept liberation.         

                     9.______________

I beg you _____drop the little trifle （琐事）in your heart. Let go.    

                     10.________________-

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

     People often don’t do what they really want to for fear

of failure. You don’t apply for a job ______ case you don’t

get it. You don’t perform at the school concert b       others

might laugh at you. A lack of confidence can l       to a lot

of suffering. The key to o       this problem is to believe in

yourself. This might be        （容易）said than done, but there

are many w       to help you do this. Talk about your problem

with a friend or look        advice on the Internet. Imagine

yourself being        (成功) and practise breathing techniques

to keep you calm when you get nervous. And the        important

thing is: believe you can do it. When you’ve ______（学会）to do

that, you are well on your way.

第二卷(共35分)?

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确

Dear Tom,

Very pleased to know that you’re coming to study in Beijing.

Here is an _____ (介绍) to a school of Chinese. Compared              76. __________

with other schools, it is a suitable one that you can go to _____,     77. __________

it is very _____ (方便) for you to get there by No. 16 bus.          78. __________

Next, the classes are very small. There are 24 teaching h                        79. __________

a week. _____class, you can enjoy sports and activities                            80. __________

with other students. S    with a Chinese family will                                  81. __________

provide you with a chance to _____ (练习) your Chinese                          82. __________

and _____ more about the Chinese family life. The time suits           83. __________

you and 3,000 yuan is paid per month. I’ll get in t    with                       84. __________

them _____ you show interest in this school.                                       85. __________

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.  

                                   Yours,

                                   Li Hua