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1. There is someone knocking at/on the door. Who ________ it be?

  A) may            B) will            C) can          D) must

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.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Imagine that Mum and Dad have friends over, and you have to talk to adults all evening．Say the wrong thing and the parents might  36  ．But say nothing, and they'll think you weren't   37  ．So how can you  38  with adults?

It's easy．  39  ask them questions about  40  " Many of them like to talk about what they do for a  41  ," suggests psychologist．

Kids can also talk to grown-ups about  42  ．Ask what the last good movie they saw was, because people at dinner parties "light up" when the conversation  43  movies．If a grown-up is   44  Harry Potter, it's OK to talk about your  45  for Harry．It's a safe ,  46  , one that both grown-ups and kids can enjoy．So go  47  and talk about whether Dumbledore is really dead．

But  48  from topic of video games．"Adults don't want to hear about your  49  ,

  50  they play it," Ursiny explains．

Adults also don't want to hear slang （俚语）．Don't use   51   they don't understand．Ursiny says kids should learn to speak to other people in  52  own language．

While most adults aren't into slang, they do remember what it was like to be a kid．Ursiny recommends asking adults what 53 was like when they were your age．"It might be a fun  54  , if you compare your l0th-grade experience with theirs．"

Make sure you chat with your parents 55 to find out which topics are off-limits．

36．A．be satisfied                 B．get mad        C．disagree   D．agree

37．A．friendly   B．right          C．good boys      D．helpful

38．A．deal with B．do with        C．talk           D．go on

39．A．So         B．Only           C．Just           D．But

40．A．you        B．yourselves     C．life           D．themselves

41．A．talk       B．job            C．fun            D．living

42．A．books      B．movies         C．TV plays       D．sports

43．A．turns to   B．goes on        C．moves on       D．keeps to

44．A．into       B．like           C．for            D．against

45．A．idea       B．love           C．suggestion     D．hate

46．A．topic      B．dinner         C．love           D．talk

47．A．back       B．here           C．there          D．ahead[来源:48．A．stay away    B．go ahead     C．change         D．turn

49．A．video      B．video game     C．play           D．talk

50．A．if         B．when           C．though         D．unless

51．A．video      B．game           C．language       D．movie

52．A．his        B．their          C．your           D．our

53．A．school     B．family         C．discussion     D．children

54．A．story      B．experience     C．discussion     D．grown-up

55．A．ahead    B．before   C．after    D．beforehand[来源:xx。

President Bush this week announced his support for a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon．Details published Friday said Israel would remove troops and all settlements from the Gaza Strip by the end of next year．About seven-thousand settlers live there.

Israel would also remove four settlements in the West Bank．But six large settlements would remain．The ruling Likud party of Minister Sharon is expected to vote on the proposal on May second.

Minister Sharon visited the White House on Wednesday．President Bush praised what he called “ historic and courageous actions．” Mr．Bush said the plan gives the Palestinians, in his words, “ a chance to create a reformed, just and free government．”

Palestinian leaders have denounced（谴责）the president．Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said Bush is the first president to accept Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was at the White House Friday．He said he welcomed the plan．Blair urged other countries to get involved.

At least for now, Israel would continue to control airspace, waters and land passages．Minister Sharon says the plan is necessary because the Palestinian Authority has failed to stop attacks against Israelis．Diplomatic efforts also have not succeeded.

A Bush administration official said the president supports the plan because Israel is taking steps to remove existing settlements．Mr．Bush said removing all Jewish settlements in the West Bank would be unrealistic.

Palestinian officials called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations, the United States, Russia and the European Union．Palestinian President Yasser Arafat says the plan is hurting Palestinians and they will never stop seeking an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

Israel captured（夺取）Gaza and the West Bank in the nineteen-sixty-seven Middle East War．It soon began to build settlements．Palestinians want their own state in all of the West Bank and Gaza．They also demand the right of return to lands that are now part of Israel.

On Friday, several thousand Palestinians protested against President Bush and Prime Minister Sharon.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Israel removed troops and all settlements from the Gaza Strip

B．Israel had ten settlements in the West Bank

C．President Bush supported the proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

D．British Prime Minister Tony Blair was for the plan

From the passage we learn that _____.

A．Palestinians and Israelis are in peace

B．Bush is the first president to accept Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories

C．Other countries also support the proposal

D．Israel would not continue to control airspace, waters and land passages

What is the attitude of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat towards the plan?

A．Agree              　　　B．Happy               　C．Disagree             　D．Regret

In which part does the passage appear?

A．Sports news     B．Science fiction     C．High technology    D．Home and abroad

He is too pessimistic! I can’t _____ his pessimistic view of the state of the economy.

A．subscribe to	B．subscribe with
C．disagree to	D．disagree with