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2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（广东卷） 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 How long can human being live? Most scientists who study old age think that the human body is 1 to live no longer than 120 years. However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live- if he or she is 2 healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot continue to reproduce 3 . They wear out, and as a result, we get old and 4 die. Even though we can’t live forever, we are living a 5 life than ever before. In 1990, the average American life span (寿命) was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years! When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the 6 line between middle age and old age. After all, many older people don’t begin to experience physical and mental 7 until after age 75. People are living longer because more people 8 childhood. Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood 9 . Now that the chances of dying 10 are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care. On the whole, our population is getting older. The 11 is our population will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life. Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see 12 , not disaster. Today, many men and women in their “golden years” are healthy, still active, and young in 13 if not in age. As our society grows old, we need the 14 of our older citizens. With long lives ahead of them, they need to 15 active and be devoted. A. designed B. selected C. improved D. discovered A. completely B. generally C. apparently D. extremely A. rapidly B. harmlessly C. endlessly D. separately A. eventually B. hopelessly C.