根据下列文章，回答26～30题。It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can

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根据下列文章，回答26～30题。 It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man

根据下列文章，回答26～30题。

It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom—or at least confirm that he’s the kid’s dad. All he needs to do is shell out $30 for a paternity testing kit (PTK) at his local drugstore—and another $120 to get the results.

More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first became available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fogg, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the overthecounter kits. More than two dozen companies sell DNA tests directly to the public, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500.

Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption. DNA testing is also the latest rage among passionate genealogists—and supports businesses that offer to search for a family’s geographic roots.

Most tests require collecting cells by swabbing saliva in the mouth and sending it to the company for testing. All tests require a potential candidate with whom to compare DNA．

But some observers are skeptical, “There is a kind of false precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing,” says Trey Duster, a New York University sociologist. He notes that each individual has many ancestors—numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back. Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father’s line or mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down only from mothers. This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other greatgrandparents or, four generations back, 14 other greatgreatgrandparents.

Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared. Databases used by some companies don’t rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects. This means that a DNA database may have a lot of data from some regions and not others, so a person’s test results may differ depending on the company that processes the results. In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.

第 26 题 In paragraphs 1 and 2 , the text shows PTK’s

A．easy availability.

B．flexibility in pricing.

C．successful promotion.

D．popularity with households.

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根据以下材料回答第 21～30 题： I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, m

根据以下材料回答第 21～30 题：

I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, （21） that was over twenty years ago . During the war ,I was at school in the north of England . As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to （22） me as a pupil . I used to go with him but he had such a （23） time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near where we lived ,but the more （24） my father argued ,the more it became. In the end ,we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for （25） an hour. While we were waiting , I （26） around at the school building ,which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finally （27） us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first ,“Why do you want to come here ？” he asked. I had been thinking of saying something about studying but couldn’t （28） remembering the boys outside .“I don’t know anyone in London, ” I said . “I like to play with the other boys. I like to read a lot of books too,” I （29） . “All right ,”Mr. Andrews said . “We have one place （30） ,in face.”

My two years at that school were among the happiest of my life.

第 21 题填入（21）处的最佳答案是（）。

A．if

B．despite

C．although

D．since

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根据下列文章，回答36～40题。The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the N

ew World are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenthcentury New England. According to the standard history of American philosophy, nowhere else in colonial America was “so much important attached to intellectual pursuits.” According to many books and articles, New England’s leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding, dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.

To take this approach to the New Englanders normally mean to start with the Puritans’ theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church—important subjects that we may not neglect. But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life, we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture adjusting to New World circumstances. The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.

The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England. Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston. There men wrote and published extensively, reaching both New World and Old World audiences, and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.

We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less well educated. While few craftsmen or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized. Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality. A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs. Sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope—all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words: “come out from among them, touch no unclean thing , and I will be your God and you shall be my people.” One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in puritan churches.

Meanwhile , many settlers had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion . “Our main end was to catch fish. ”

第36题：The author holds that in the seventeenthcentury New England

A．Puritan tradition dominated political life.

B．intellectual interests were encouraged.

C．politics benefited much from intellectual endeavors.

D．intellectual pursuits enjoyed a liberal environment.

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完成下列各题 Young Marconi had the teachers to give him lessons at home in Italy．He loved

books，especially 21 on science．He had curious mind and always wanted to prove for himself 22 he read． 23 day，when he was sitting by an open window，it seemed that a thousand 24 filled his ears．“Where are they all 25 ？”he asked himself．“And where will they go？ What happens to all the words that people say？Do they 26 in the air around the earth， 27 waiting for someone to pick them up？” At once Marconi went to work．Sounds cal3 be made t0 28 ，he thought，if they are given a push by electricity．If I call push a piece of wood across the waves of water．I can also 29 sounds through the air waves by electrical power． A few weeks 30 he called his mother and father up to his workroom for a 31 .He touched a little machine，and two floors below there was the sound of a buzz(嗡嗡声)．“How did you do it？”they asked．“Your machine is 32 far from the sound．” “That’s right，”he said happily．“I have just found a 33 to carry sound without wires．’’ Although Marconi’S father did not think the wireless sound would 34 be important，he gave his son some money to 35 his work．“Father，with this money I am going to send messages round the world one day．’’

A.that

B.those

C.ones

D.one

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根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referred to as“the comet of t

根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。

根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referre

第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referred to as“the comet of the century”？

根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referre

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请根据以下内容回答下列各题 Insurance （保险)is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone isexpo

请根据以下内容回答下列各题 Insurance (保险)is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone isexposed to risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that hisproperty can be damaged by fire; the ship-owner knows that his vessel may belost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at any early age and leavehis family poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire norevery vessel lost at sea. If these persons, each put a small sum into a pool,there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer loss. In otherwords, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. Thisis the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contribution are known as insuredand those who administer(管理)the pool of contributionsas insurers. The legal basis of all insurance is thepolicy. This is a printed form. of contract on stout paper of the best quality.It states that in return for the regular payment by the insured of a named sumof money, called the pre- mium(保险费), which is usually paid every year, the insurer will pay a sum ofmoney or compensation for loss, if the risk or event insured against actuallyhappens. The premium for an insurance naturally depends upon how likely therisk is to happen, as suggested by past experience, ff companies fix theirpremiums too high, there will be more to make the premium too low, they willlose money and may even have to drop out of busi- ness. So the ordinary forcesof supply and demand keep premiums at a level satisfactory to both the insurerand the insured. According to the writer, insurance is possible because__________

A.only a small proportion of the insured sufferloss

B.only insured people suffer loss

C.nearly everyone suffers loss

D.everyone at some time suffers loss

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铁是一种重要金属，请回答5~7题。一种铁原子的原子核内有26个质子和30个中子，该原子的核外电子数为（）

A.4

B.26

C.30

D.56

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Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them

and a child rarely dislikes food【21】it is badly cooked.

The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an【22】served meal will improve a child's appetite. Never ask a child【23】he likes or dislikes a food and never discuss likes and dislikes in front of him or allow【24】else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child's hearing he is【25】to copy this procedure. Take it【26】granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted for the meal because of a supposed dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him come back for a second helping rather than give him as.【27】as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child【28】meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not allow him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food so he can hurry back to his toys. Under【29】circumstances must a child be coaxed (哄骗)【30】forced to eat.

(46)

A．if

B．until

C．that

D．unless

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Children are a relatively modern invention. Until a few hundred years ago they did not exi

st. In medieval and Renaissance painting you see pintsized men and women, wearing grown-up clothes and grown-up expressions, performing grown-up tasks. Children did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved.

Children today not only exist; they have taken over, in no place more than in America, and at no time more than now. It is always Kids' Country here. Our civilization is child-centered, child-obsessed. A kid's body is our physical ideal. In Kids' Country we do not permit middle-age. Thirty is promoted over 50, but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken will come.

We are the first society in which parents expect to learn from their children. Such a topsy-turvy (颠倒) situation has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, ours is an immigrant society, and for immigrants the only hope is in the kids. In the Old Country, that is, Europe, hope was in the father, and how much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his children. In the growth pattern of America and its everexpanding frontier, the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the father was ever inheriting from his son. Kids' Country may be the inevitable result.

Kids' Country is not all bad. America is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kids' Country. We not only wear kids' clothes and eat kids' food; we dream Kids' dreams and make them come true. It was, after all, a boy's game to go to the moon.

If in the old days children did not exist, it seems equally true today that adults, as a class, have begun to disappear, condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups (俯卧撑) against eternity.

The author uses the example of the Renaissance painting to show that ______.

A．adults showed less concern for children than we do now

B．adults were smaller and thinner at that time; but they still had a lot of work to do

C．children looked and acted like adults at that time

D．children were not permitted to appear in family paintings at that time

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根据下列文章,请回答 41～45 题。 Effects of Exercise on Elderly Diabetics（糖尿病人) Mos

根据下列文章,请回答 41～45 题。

Effects of Exercise on Elderly Diabetics(糖尿病人)

Most older people with S0—called type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)couldstop taking insulin(胰岛素)if they would do brisk(轻快的)exercise for 30minutes just three times a week，according to new medical research resultsreported in a Copenhagen newspaper．Results from tests conducted on diabeticsat the Copenhagen central hospital Rigshospitalet'S Center for Muscle Researchshowed that physical exercise can boost the body's ability to make use ofinsulin by 30 per cent．This is equal to the effect most elderly diabetics getfrom their insulin medication(药物治疗)today．

Researchers had a group of non-diabetic men and agroup of men with type 2 diabetes，all more than 60 years of age，exercise onbicycles six times a week for three months．After the three months the doctorsmeasured how much sugar the test subjects,muscles could make use of as ameasure for how well their insulin worked．

Associate Professor Dr Flemming Dela of the Muscle Research Center saidthe tests demonstrated that the exercising diabetics had made as good use of insulinas the healthy non．diabetic persons．“This means that the insulin works just aswell for both groups．Physical exercise cannot cure people of diabetes，but itcan eliminate almost all their symptoms．At the same time It can put off thepoint at which they have to begin taking insulin．”Dela said．

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas(胰腺)，controlling sugar inthe body and is used against diabetes．

Dela said that to achieve the desired effect diabetics need onlyexercise to the point where they begin to sweat。but that the activity has to bemaintained since it wears off after five days without sufficient exercise．

Most diabetics realize that they have to watch their diet whileremaining unaware of the importance of exercise。Dela added．

第 41 题 What is the effect of exercise on elderlypeople with type 2 diabetes？

A．It can help the body make betteruse of insulin

B．It can worsen their symptoms．

C．It can help them to eat more．

D．It can cure them of thedisease．

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