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.

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t   31  the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even seem like the same person.

When I first knew Bill, back in   32 , he was one of the most carefree people I had ever met. He was always ready to have a party. He thought   33  of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning   34  driving 50 miles to see an old movie he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and   35  was never dull when he was   36 . With him there was one wild   37  after another. Sometimes I wonder how we   38  to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.   39 , I wasn’t even sure it was   40 . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really   41  until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   42  most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had   43 ! Back when we were in college, the   44  thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main   45 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never imagined Bill changing so much. My image of him   46  the one I had formed at the time when we were college students together.

I suppose it’s   47  to expect people to remain the same, especially   48  I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I   49  the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he   50  the same way about me.

The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(种植园). The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.

Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.

       Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill .There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment （发酵）under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea .The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves .The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.

68．In the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means       .

       A．regular cutting of the plants

       B．frequent watering

       C．regular use of chemicals

       D．growing the plants high in the mountain

69．One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that        .

       A．they work harder than men do in the picking

       B．they can throw their pickings more easily into the baskets

       C．their fingers fit them better for the job.

       D．they can more easily find the twin leaves.

70．How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?

       A．Three.                 B．Four.                   C．Five.                   D．Six.

71．What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

       A．To introduce various methods of tea processing.

       B．To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka.

       C．To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.

       D．To inform readers of tea growing ,picking and processing.

      阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process．The instructor asked us to list __16__ in our past that we felt __17__ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud．

       This seemed like a very __18__ process, but there' s always some __19__soul in the crowd who will volunteer．The instructor then __20__ that we find ways to __21__ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings．I was seriously wondering how this could ever __22__ my communication．

       Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my __23__, I remembered an incident from high school．1 grew up in a small town．There was a Sheriff __24__ of us kids liked．One night, my two buddies and 1 decided to play a __25__ on him．

       After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s．o．b．（畜生）．The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __26__．Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office．My friends told the truth but I lied．No one __27__ found out．"

       Nearly 20 years later．Sheriff Brown's name __28__ on my list．I didn't even know if he was still    29__．Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed．I tried his number．After a few __30__, 1 heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff BroW?" Paused．"Yes．" "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．"

       "And I want you to know that I did it? "Paused．"I knew it!" he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a __31__ discussion．His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you __32__ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it __33__ all these years．I want to thank you for calling me for your sake．"

       Jimmy inspired me to __34__ all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It's never too late to __35   the past wrongdoings．

16．A．something          B．anything     C．somebody      D．anybody

17．A．ashamed            B．afraid              C．sure           D．proud

18．A．private             B．secret               C．interesting     D．funny

19．A．foolish             B．polite               C．simple         D．brave

20．A．expected            B．suggested           C．ordered      D．demanded

21．A．connect with        B．depend on           C．apologize to    D．get along with

22．A．improve            B．continue             C．realize         D．keep

23．A．notes              B．list                C．plan          D．stories

24．A．any                B．most                C．none          D．all

25．A．part               B．game               C．trick           D．record

26．A．view               B．sign               C．attention       D．remark

27．A．also               B．even               C．still         D．ever

28．A．appears'      B．considers     C．presents       D．remembers

29．A．angry              B．happy               C．doubtful       D．alive

30．A．words              B．rings               C．repeats        D．calls

31．A．cold               B．plain               C．nervous        D．lively

32．A．in case             B．so long as           C．unless         D．because

33．A．around             B．out                 C．on          D．away

34．A．build up            B．make up            C．clear up       D．give up

35．A．regret              B．forgive             C．right            D．punish

As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start,. Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1._____ out at the audience, 2._____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3._____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4._____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music 5._____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6._____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7._____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8._____ seconds before skating onto the ice was 9._____. She was feeling the movement of the 10._____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11._____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12._____.

The crowd loved it and cheered 13._____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other 14._____. It was the remark that 15._____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16._____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17._____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18._____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 19._____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20._____.

A.looked        B. watched             C. found          D. stepped

A.failing        B. looking forward       C. wanting  .      D.hoping

A.bicycled       B. driven               C. run            D. walked

A.friend         B. children              C. son            D. daughter

A.started         B. played               C. developed       D. sang

A.allow          B. set out               C. carry           D. support

A.thought        B. belief                C. success         D. design

A.following       B. last                 C. recent          D. past

A.lost            B. present              C. strong          D. gone

A.music         B. fear                 C. ice             D. audiences

A.so            B. or                   C. before          D. then

A.satisfied       B. unsatisfactory          C. finished        D. welcome

A.because       B. until                  C. before          D. as

A.skaters        B. parents                C. judges         D. parents

A.always        B. seldom                C. again          D. hardly

A players        B. audience               C. judges         D. parents

A.waited         B. looked                C. wished         D. asked

A.comfortably    B. hurriedly               C. happily        D. anxiously

A.cried out       B. let out                 C. announced      D. declared

A.England       B. Cleveland              C. Ohio           D. California