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.

假如你是李明，某报社委托你在就读的中学生进行关于午睡情况的问卷调查。请根据下表中的内容（打√的选项为大多数人的选择），用英语写一封信，简要向报社介绍调查的结果。

午睡情况调查表 你有午睡的习惯吗？ √□ A. 有           □ B. 没有 2. 你大约何时开始午睡？ □ A. 12.:00         □ B. 12:30         √□ C. 13:00 3. 你通常午睡多长时间？ □ A. 约15分钟    □ B.. 约30分钟   √□ C.. 约50分钟 4. 你通常在什么地方午睡？ □ A. 教室         □ B. 家中         √□ C. 宿舍 5. 你.认为午睡有好处吗？ √□A. 有            □ B. 没有           □ C.. 不确定

 

[写作内容]

根据以上调查的结果写一篇调查总结，并简要谈谈你对午睡的好处的看法。

[写作要求]

1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；

2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数；

3. 参考词汇； 午睡 take a nap after lunch; 宿舍dormitory

4. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear Editor,

Recently I have conducted a survey on taking a nap after lunch in my school.

Yours,

Li Ming

 

假如你是李明，某报社委托你在就读的中学生进行关于午睡情况的问卷调查。请根据下表中的内容（打√的选项为大多数人的选择），用英语写一封信，简要向报社介绍调查的结果。

午睡情况调查表 你有午睡的习惯吗？ √□ A. 有           □ B. 没有 2. 你大约何时开始午睡？ □ A. 12.:00         □ B. 12:30         √□ C. 13:00 3. 你通常午睡多长时间？ □ A. 约15分钟    □ B.. 约30分钟   √□ C.. 约50分钟 4. 你通常在什么地方午睡？ □ A. 教室         □ B. 家中         √□ C. 宿舍 5. 你.认为午睡有好处吗？ √□A. 有            □ B. 没有           □ C.. 不确定

 
[写作内容]
根据以上调查的结果写一篇调查总结，并简要谈谈你对午睡的好处的看法。
[写作要求]
1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数；
3. 参考词汇； 午睡 take a nap after lunch; 宿舍dormitory
4. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Editor,
Recently I have conducted a survey on taking a nap after lunch in my school.
Yours,
Li Ming

假设你是你校京剧爱好者协会的成员，在一次同英国中学生代表团的联欢活动中，你协会将出一个京剧节目。演出前，由你向外国朋友介绍京剧的由来，按写作内容中的提示介绍。   

[写作内容]

1、京剧在中国很受欢迎，历史悠久，有200多年的历史。   

2、在清朝，当时的皇帝对地方剧有兴趣。18世纪末，为庆祝皇帝80岁生日，各地方剧团

来京演出，4个来自安徽的剧团在庆典后留在北京。慢慢形成了一种新剧种，被称为京剧。

3、宣布演出开始。 

[写作要求] 

1、只能使用5个句子表达全部内容，并将这5个句子组成连贯的短文。   

2、开头已给出，不计入句数。

[评分标准]   

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。   

参考词汇：地方剧：local opera  清朝：Qing Dynasty   剧团：troupe   

Dear Friends,    

     Before the show, let me introduce Beijing Opera to you._________________

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