Question

Human beings are sure to grow old and have a certain life span.But People have always dreamed of__36__ eternally young. Some people have gone_37_ in the_38_ of finding eternal life. Others have spent __39__ trying to stop the signs of age and extend their natural life. It seems that their efforts must_40__ . And yet,some people today take the idea very seriously that it is_41_ to keep our bodies young and to live much longer than we do now.

   One man_42__  believes this is Dr Aubrey de Grey, a scientist based in Cambridge, UK. Dr de Grey is __43__ that in about 20 years, we will have the__44_  to extend a person’s life considerably. In fact, he__45__ that people will be able to remain young-looking and physically and __46__ active for 1,000 years！

   Before he got his PhD__47__  biology from Cambridge University, de Grey was a software engineer. It was his training as a software developer__48__ helped him see certain aspects of human biology__49__  a new way. For example, instead of seeing the ageing __50__  as something natural and inevitable, de Grey sees it as a problem that __51_ a solution. Ageing, Dr de Grey says, is like a disease. If we can__52_ it, we can stop the ageing process and even __53__ it.

He began by asking why people’s bodies change and become weak when they get older,__54__ why the age. He identified seven causes of ageing. He believes that science is very close to __55__those causes of ageing.

36.A. remaining      B. becoming        C.looking for       D.getting

37.A.stupid          B. mad             C. desperate        D indignant.

38 A.hope            B. pursuit         C. way              D.chase

39.A.properties      B. asserts         C.fortunes          D.belongings

40.A.succeed         B. fail            C strengthen.       D.reduce

41.A.important       B.possible          C.impossible       D.unbelievable

42.A.which           B. that             C.he               D.who

43.A. convincing     B. believed         C.convinced        D.believing

44.A. capability     B. chance           C.possibility      D.method

45.A. guesses        B. predicts         C.declares         D.annouces

46.A.emotionally     B. psychologically  C. spiritually     D.mentally

47.A.in              B.of                C.for              D.with

48.A.which           B.that              C.who              D.how

49.A. by             B.with              C.in               D.on

50.A. procedure      B.proceeding        C. progress        D.process

51.A.wants           B.needs             C. has             D.raises

52.A.cure            B treat.            C.deal with        D.defeat

53.A.increase        B.reverse           C. diverse         D.refuse

54.A.in other words  B. regardless of    C. by way of       D.in spite of

55.A.stop            B.stopping          C. find            D.finding

Answer 1

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