高考英语阅读理解全国问题.pdfVIP

2007年普通高等学校招生统一考试

英语

第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短

文．从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．并

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Whatwillpeopledieof100yearsfromnow?Ifyouthinkthatisasimple

question,youhavenotbeenpayingattentiontotherevolutionthatistakingplacein

bio-technology(生物技术).Withthehelpofnewmedicine,thehumanbodywilllast

averylongtime.Deathwillcomemainlyfromaccidents,murderandwar.Today’s

leadingkillers,suchasheartdisease,cancer,andagingitself,willbecomedistant

memories.

Indiscussionoftechnologicalchanges,theInternetgetsmostoftheattention

thesedays.Butthechangeinmedicinecanbetherealtechnologicaleventofour

times.Howlongcanhumanslive?Humanbrainswereknowntodecidethefinal

death.Cells(细胞)arethebasicunitsofalllivingthings,anduntilrecently,scientists

weresurethatthelifeofcellscouldnotgomuchbeyondl20yearsbecausethebasic

materialsofcells,suchasthoseofbraincells,wouldnotlastforever.Buttheupper

limitswillbebrokenbynewmedicine.Sometimween2050and2100,medicine

willhaveadvancedtothepointatwhichevery10yearsorso,peoplewillbeableto

takemedicinetorepairtheirorgans(Themedicine,madeupofthebasicbuilding

materialsoflife,willbuildnewbraincells,heartcells,andsoon—inmuchthesame

wayourbodiesmakenewskincellstotaketheplaceofoldones.

Iticitingtoimagingthattheadvanceintechnologymaybechangingthemost

basicconditionofhumanexistence,butmanytechnicalproblemsstillmustbecleared

uponthewaytothiswonderfulfuture.

56.Accordingtothepassage,humandeathisnowmainlycausedby____.

A.diseasesandaging