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rather than viruses perhaps there would have been no social response to the epidemic (流行病). As a result of discoveries in genetics, says Rothman, “we are looking to locate problems in the individual.” Thinking genetically makes us say that the problem is not ours as a society but yours as an individual.5.What is the new discovery that often leads to disease in the genetic field?A. Disease genes.B. Disturbing ideas.C. Twists and bends.D. Pollutants.6.By saying “Cancer bees an expression of our essential nature”, the author means ______.A. that cancer is a display of diseaseB. that cancer is not caused by external agentsC. that everyone can get cancerD. that not everyone can get cancer7.When discussing about the tests we did in the past to find ways of curing disease, the author implies that ______.A. we didn’t do them scientificallyB. we can make use of some of those resultsC. we are happy with those resultsD. we will continue to do those tests this way8.The new discovery shows that it is essential to examine disease ______.A. genetically B. sociallyC. individually D. generally[答案]1.D。這是一道推斷題。根據(jù)第一段“It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.”可知(母親)希望她的房子整天保持清潔有序。2.B。這是一道推理題。根據(jù)第二段可知如果你把讀了一半的書放在椅子上走開,母親會把它放回原位,所以“我妻子”找不到餅干是因為母親把它拿走放回去了。3.D。這是一道推理題。根據(jù)后面半句“and my brother does the cleaning in his house.”可以推斷出這句話是說我妹妹在媽媽的影響下也開始喜歡干凈明亮的窗戶了。4.C。這是一道主旨題。本文主要講述了母親喜歡干凈整潔,在她的影響下,我們?nèi)叶拣B(yǎng)成了這個好習慣。文章講述遺傳學不僅是一門科學也是一門深奧的理念,以及疾病基因的發(fā)現(xiàn)對癌癥的檢驗所起的作用。5.A。細節(jié)判斷題。由第一段第四句中“The very idea of disease genes that have yet to actually cause disease makes us feel ‘sick’ even if we don’t have any symptom.”可以得出答案。6.B。句意理解題。根據(jù)第一段第六句中“The disease used to be blamed on disguised external(外部的) agents attacking the body. But now the disease is seen as ‘a(chǎn) natural born part of the self’.”可知答案。7.A。作者觀點傾向題。最后一段中的“If we had focused on genes rather than viruses, perhaps there would have been no social response to the epidemic(流行病).”這個句子采用了虛擬語氣,表示與過去事實相反,由此可知答案。8.C。細節(jié)判斷題。由文章最后一段中的最后兩句的內(nèi)容可得出答案。