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.

某英语杂志社举办“建设节约型校园”征文比赛。请针对目前许多校园内部的浪费现象，写一篇短文，号召同学们从我做起，杜绝浪费。

假设你叫李华，是校学生会主席。学生会决定于2010年5月16日-22日举办第三届艺术周，请你根据以下内容写一份书面通知。

参加方式：以班为单位。

活动内容：书法、绘画、短剧、歌舞、乐器表演等。

报名时间：2010年5月8日-12日

活动地点：学校报告厅

评奖方式: 由专家和学生组成评奖小组，根据班级总分评出前六名；作为奖励，前两名将有机会代表学校参加省中学生艺术节。

注意：1、词数100左右；

      2、开头结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数；

      3、可适当增加细节，以使内容连贯。

参考词汇： 书法 calligraphy

NOTICE

   To make our school life colorful, we have decided to hold the Third Arts Week in the lecture hall. ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

   Should you want to ask for more information, please contact the Students’ Union. We’ll be more than glad to offer help to you.

                                                         The Students’ Union

假如你是李明，你同学李华来信说自己每次遇到重要考试，都会出现一些焦虑症状。请你用英语写一封回信， 信的内容应包括下列要点：
焦虑症状：头晕、乏力、睡眠不好、食欲不振等
建议：1．考前制定好合适的复习计划  2．考试期间正常作息  3．睡前洗热水澡、喝热牛奶等有助于睡眠 4：其他建议(内容由考生自己拟定)
注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
2.要准确使用语法和词汇；使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思；
3. 词数：120个左右。开头已给出，不计词数。
参考词汇：头晕—dizzy(adj.)
Dear Li Hua,
Thanks for your letter.
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
Li Ming