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.

That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
【小题1】根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
【小题2】根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
【小题3】根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
【小题4】联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
【小题5】The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

A．creativity

B．imagination

C．responsibility

D．curiosity

【小题6】The passage implies that the stupidest child____________________________.

A．was in great need of math teacher’s help after class

B．knew much more about math than other classmates

C．had no much gift for math and was slow to learn it

D．disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons

【小题7】According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to ______________.

A．learn about where he lived	B．find out if he felt upset
C．say something to comfort him	D．make friends with him

【小题8】 What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?

A．To find the stupidest kid’s mistakes.

B．To think up the most original ways to explain.

C．To use all kinds of stuff.

D．To follow him home after school.

Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.
One summer he got a job in a butcher’s shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do all the accounts. In the hospital, of course, Bob was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher’s shop and in the hospital, Bob had to wear white clothes.
One evening in the hospital, Bob had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating - room. The woman already felt frightened when she thought about the operation. When she saw Bob coming to get her, she felt even more frightened.
"No! No!" she cried. "Not a butcher! I won’t let a butcher operate on me!" with these words ,she fainted away.
【小题1】根据第一段Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.描述,可知选C.
【小题2】根据第二段One summer he got a job in a butcher’s shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night.描述,可知选B.
【小题3】根据In the hospital, of course, Bob was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. 描述,可知选D.
【小题4】Bob had to work after class and during his holidays because_________.

A．his father told him to make more friends

B．he wanted to become a rich man

C．he couldn’t go on with his studies without enough money

D．he had nothing to do at home.

【小题5】One summer Bob_________.

A．wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor.

B．got two different jobs at two places

C．was free only at night

D．worked only during the daytime

【小题6】In the hospital, Bob’s job was_________.

A．to take care of the wounded soldiers

B．to give the doctor’s advice

C．to find out what was wrong with the sick people

D．to carry the sick people from one place to another

IV．写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

假设图中的考生叫李华，2010年高考他的总分为660分，他第一志愿为院校A，第二志愿为院校B，第三志愿为院校C，根据今年的“平行志愿”制度，这些志愿均被视为“平行但有顺序排列的第一志愿”。

 [写作内容]

请根据以上信息写一篇英语短文，包括以下内容：

1．2010年李华高考总分及其第一批志愿的情况   

2  图中院校的最低投档分数；

3．不管按新的还是旧的录取制度，李华都不可能被院校A录取；

4．按新录取制度，李华有可能被院校B或院校c录取；

5．按目录取制度，由于志愿级减30分出档，李华只有被院校C录取的可能。

6．新的录取制度比旧的合理。

【写作要求】

1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容：

2．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。

【参考词汇】录取制度：enrolling system；第一批志愿：the first options of university；

    最低投档分数：the lowest qualification score

For college entrance examinations of Guangdong in 2010．there will be a new enrolling system，which is quite different from the old one．Take Li Hua for example，___________________

_________________________________________________________

                                                                      

IV．写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

假设图中的考生叫李华，2010年高考他的总分为660分，他第一志愿为院校A，第二志愿为院校B，第三志愿为院校C，根据今年的“平行志愿”制度，这些志愿均被视为“平行但有顺序排列的第一志愿”。

 [写作内容]

请根据以上信息写一篇英语短文，包括以下内容：

1．2010年李华高考总分及其第一批志愿的情况   

2  图中院校的最低投档分数；

3．不管按新的还是旧的录取制度，李华都不可能被院校A录取；

4．按新录取制度，李华有可能被院校B或院校c录取；

5．按目录取制度，由于志愿级减30分出档，李华只有被院校C录取的可能。

6．新的录取制度比旧的合理。

【写作要求】

1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容：

2．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。

【参考词汇】录取制度：enrolling system；第一批志愿：the first options of university；

    最低投档分数：the lowest qualification score

For college entrance examinations of Guangdong in 2010．there will be a new enrolling system，which is quite different from the old one．Take Li Hua for example，___________________

_________________________________________________________