根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整，通顺。

Are short people less happy with their lives than tall people? A recent study ____1.“Yes”. Short people feel that they don’t get ___2. respect(尊敬). It’s true that tall people make more money, get more respect, and have more important jobs ___3.? short people. In the US, the taller presidential candidate(候选人)usually wins.

It’s also hard to be a short famous person. Last week, French President Sarkozy (168cm) __4. a factory. People said that he made the shortest workers stand near him so that he would look taller in the photos. And when Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise (173cm)married Katie Holmes(179cm), he __5.? to make himself look the ___6. height as Katie in the wedding photos.

But life isn’t so bad for short people. Short people can move more quickly than tall people. Short people may live longer than tall people. It’s not easy for them to get some kinds of disease, _7.??? cancer.

In the end, it doesn’t matter ___8. a person is tall or not. There are good and bad sides to each.

完成对话：（10分）

A : Look! The report says that a medical team was sent to Heidi last week.

B: Yes, do you know my aunt was a member of it?

A: Really? (1)__________________

B: For about twenty days.

A: (2)_____________________

B: She is a nurse. She will help to cure the people who were hurt in the earthquake.

A: The work will be dangerous. The conditions in Heidi are terrible.

B: Yes. Heidi is in a mess(混乱). (3)____________________

A: Does your uncle agree to let her go there?

B: Yes. (4) ______________

A: They’re so great. (5) __________________-

B: I hope so. And our school will invite her to give us a speech then.

释义，将下列句中划线部分与其意义相同的选项搭配，只需填选项号。

A．like 1. 85% of the students like learning English at school. ( )

B．be alike 2. I’ll be a new man when I return to Huzhou. ( )

C．not busy 3. He is free every night. ( )

D．most4.In some ways they look the same . ( )

E. at last      5.They both  enjoy  going to parties.              (   )

F. go back to    6. Finally , he got a very good job.                 (   )

DNA is the whole “map” of the human body. It is something that all humans have, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our parents, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.
People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time, In1860, Mr Mendel discovered why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things called “genes”(基因) in our body. In 1953, two scientists, Watson and Crick, found out that those small parts are really messages . They’re written in the DNA with a special language.
In1961, another two scientists found the first “word” that they could understand in that language. It shows how DNA tells the cell﹙细胞﹚to build its parts. So far, scientists have found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one “word ”means, we can help to save people from several illness. So the more we understand, the more doctors will be able to do.
Most people hope that this will help to make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when we learn more “words” and find out more information, we will use it in the wrong way, just to make people more attractive (有吸引力的)，or stop sick people getting jobs.
【小题1】When did Mr Mendel discover why we look the same as other people in our family?
A. In 2000.     B. In 1961      C. In 1953     D In 1860
【小题2】What did the two scientists find in 1961? They found_____.