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.

书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是李华，你的加拿大朋友Bob给你发邮件想了解中国高中生对于大学的选择情况，于是你在班里做了一次调查。请根据下面的表格给Bob回一封邮件告诉他调查结果并谈谈你的看法。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 邮件的开头已给出，不计入总次数；

3. 参考词汇：录取be admitted

Dear Bob,

Last week I made a survey in my class about what university they want to choose. I’m writing to tell you the result.

书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的加拿大朋友Bob给你发邮件想了解中国高中生对于大学的选择情况，于是你在班里做了一次调查。请根据下面的表格给Bob回一封邮件告诉他调查结果并谈谈你的看法。

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
班会上大家对于国产动画和国外动画进行了热烈的讨论。大家各抒已见，分别讨论了它们的优点和缺点。请根据下面的表格内容提示，用英语写一篇短文。

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

班会上大家对于国产动画和国外动画进行了热烈的讨论。大家各抒已见，分别讨论了它们的优点和缺点。请根据下面的表格内容提示，用英语写一篇短文。

要求：1、不要逐条翻译，可以适当地增加内容；

2、词数：100左右；

3、开头已经给出，但不计入总词数。

参考词汇：侵略 invasion

We had a heated discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of home-made cartoon films and foreign ones.

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