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.

 

第Ⅱ卷(共三节，满分45分)

第一节：七选五：根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

A man came home from work late, tired and found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, may I ask you a question?” “Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.  71  “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.” “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Then he looked up and said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10?” The father was angry, “If the only reason you asked for that is to borrow some money to buy a silly toy, then you should go to bed.”  72 

After about an hour or so, the man calmed down, and started to think. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.  73  “Are you asleep, son?” He opened the door and asked. “No, Daddy,” replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s the $10 you asked for.”  74  “Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some small change.  75  “Why do you want more money if you have already had some?” the father asked angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home earlier tomorrow, I would like to have dinner with you.”

A. Silently the little boy returned the money to his father with tears.

B. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

C. “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

D. “Daddy, how much do you spend a day?”

E. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room.

F. The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

G. The little boy sat straight up, smiling.

 

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，___________________

_________________________________________________________

                                                                      

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，___________________

_________________________________________________________