资源描述：
《2019-2020年高二英语下学期第一周周考试题》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、2019-2020年高二英语下学期第一周周考试题第一部分：阅读理解AWhatwillpeopledieof100yearsfromnow?Ifyouthinkthatisasimplequestion,youhavenotbeenpayingattentiontotherevolutionthatistakingplaceinbio-technology(生物技术).Withthehelpofnewmedicine,thehumanbodywilllastaverylongtime.Deathwillemainlyfromaccidents,murderandwar.Today'sleadi
2、ngkillers,suchasheartdiseases,cancer,andagingitself,willbeedistantmemory.Indiscussionoftechnologicalchanges,theInternetgetsmostoftheattentionthesedays.Butthechangeinmedicinecanbetherealtechnologicaleventofourtimes.Howlongcanhumanslive?Humanbrainswereknowntodecidethefinaldeath.Cells(细胞)arethebasicun
3、itsofalllivingthings,anduntilrecently,scientistsweresurethatthelifeofcellscouldnotgomuchbeyond120yearsbecausethebasicmaterialsofcells,suchasthoseofbraincells,wouldnotlastforever.Buttheupperlimitswillbebrokenbynewmedicine.Sometimebetween2050and2100,medicinewillhaveadvancedtothepointatwhichevery10yea
4、rsorso,peoplewillbeabletotakemedicinetorepairtheirorgans(器官).Themedicine,madeupofthebasicbuildingmaterialsoflife,willbuildnewbraincells,heartcells,andsoon---inmuchthesamewayourbodiesmakenewskincellstotaketheplaceofoldones.Itisexcitingtoimaginethattheadvanceintechnologymaybechangingthemostbasiccondi
5、tionalhumanexistence,butmanytechnicalproblemsstillmustbecleareduponthewaytothiswonderfulfuture.1.Accordingtothepassage,humandeathisnowmainlycausedby_______.A.diseasesandagingB.accidentsandwarC.accidentsandagingD.heartdiseasesandwar2.Intheauthor'sopinion,today'smostimportantadvanceintechnologyliesin
6、_____.A.medicineB.theinternetC.braincellsD.humanorgans3.Humansmaylivelongerinthefuturebecause______.A.heartdiseasewillbefarawayfromusB.humanbrainscandecidethefinaldeathC.thebasicmaterialsofcellswilllastforeverD.humanorganscanberepairedbynewmedicine4.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat_____.A.humanlifewill
7、notlastmorethan120yearsinthefutureB.humanhavetotakemedicinetobuildnewskincellsnowC.muchneedstobedonebeforehumanscanhavealongerlifeD.wehavealreadysolvedthetechnicalproblemsinbuildingnewcells.BThegreatestrece
