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.

根据下列各句意思，用方框内单词的适当形式填空完成句子。（请将答案写在答题卡上相应番号后的横线上）

1.The project is one of the many government programmes ______ at improving the situation of the poorest people in China.

2.You need warm clothes to ________ yourself against the cold.

3.He was caught ________ the antelopes.

4.She won a gold medal for her fine ________ in the contest.

5.We are going to visit an old temple _______ back to 12^th century.

6.If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of __________.

7._______ in a white uniform, he looks more handsome.

8.Tibetan antelopes are _________ species.

9.Every year thousands of wild animals and plant are at the brink of ________.

10.The business is completely ______ ---there has been a ban on the trade.

根据以下各句所给的首字母，用单词的正确形式填空，并将其完整形式写在答题卷上。

1.One small error could make the difference between success and d__________.

2.In dealing with public relations, we should make every effort to prevent the c________ in

 personality.

3.Jack and Michael q________ about who should get the money, and stopped speaking to each

 other.

4.Usually, we hold a national flag-rising c________ every Monday morning.

5.Much money was contributed to help the v________ of the earthquake.

6. I’m u________ about the meaning of this sentence. Could you explain it to me?

7.L________ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid (完全没有).

8.Catherine has just p________ her fourth novel.

9.CEO stands for C________ Executive Officer.

10.Tie a bandage f________ over the burnt area, when necessary.

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【小题1】One small error could make the difference between success and d__________.
【小题2】In dealing with public relations, we should make every effort to prevent the c________ in
personality.
【小题3】Jack and Michael q________ about who should get the money, and stopped speaking to each
other.
【小题4】Usually, we hold a national flag-rising c________ every Monday morning.
【小题5】Much money was contributed to help the v________ of the earthquake.
【小题6】 I’m u________ about the meaning of this sentence. Could you explain it to me?
【小题7】L________ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid (完全没有).
【小题8】Catherine has just p________ her fourth novel.
【小题9】CEO stands for C________ Executive Officer.
【小题10】Tie a bandage f________ over the burnt area, when necessary.