Question

Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Do you want to live never to die? Some experts say, it will be not a dream one day. Modern technology will make it come true. Man will live more years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life.

“ I think we are knocking at the door of immortality,” said Michael, a professor and author of two books on human life expectancy. “I think by 2075 we will see it and it’s no longer a dream. Human’s life expectancy may have not limit.”

At the meeting in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School said advances in using genes as well as other technology make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. “There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 300 or 500 years.”

However, many scientists are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last more than about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and other parts of the body will finally lead all humans to death.

Scientists also hold different opinions on what kind of life man might live.  “If you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life? It’s a big question.” said Leonard Poon, director of the university center.  “At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”

1.The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means _____.

A．dying slowly       B．living longer        C．living forever       D．dying quickly

2.Donald’s attitude is that______.

A．human beings may never die in the future

B．it is not certain how long humans can live

C．the human body can last about 120 years

D．it is possible for man to live longer in the future

3.What would be the best title for this text?

A．Living longer or not                      B．Science and long living

C．No limit for human life                    D．Healthy lifestyle and living

4.In the last sentence “get to that point” means ____.

A．get that idea                           B．get to 120 years old

C．know how to live forever                 D．have good quality of life

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是科學家在研究人類是否能夠活得更長更健康，以及不同的人對此問題的不同的反應。

1.猜詞題：根據(jù)本句we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生),指我們敲響了永生的門，說明我們已經(jīng)了解到了一些關于永生的秘密，結合第一段內(nèi)容可知C正確。

2.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后3行“ There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “ Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years說明他認為人類永生是有可能的，故D正確。

3.A 主旨大意題。本文討論的主要就是人類在未來是否可以活的更久一點，故A項正確。

4.推理題。從最后一段的句子：If you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?可知這句話是超過120歲。故B正確。

考點：考查科普類短文閱讀

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