区名校2023-2024学年高三上学期开学考试英语试卷(含解析) .pdfVIP

上海市黄浦区名校2023-2024学年高三上学期开学考试

英语试题

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

coherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineach

blankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useoneword

thatbestfitseachblank.

(A)

Imagineforamomentthatyourunbornchildhasararegeneticdisorder.Not(21)

_________atleastvaguelyfamiliar,suchassickle-cellanaemiaorcysticfibrosis,but

ratheracondition(22)_________(bury)deepwithinthemedicaldictionary.

Adrenoleukodystrophy,maybe.OrEhlers-Danlossyndrome.

Wouldyou,whenyourchildisborn,wanttoknowaboutitIfeffectivetreatments

interestinknowingaboutitdependonwhetheryournewbornhadfiveyearsoflife

(23)_________(look)forwardto,ortenOr30

disordersareseldomnoticedatbirth.Theymanifest（显现）themselvesonly

gradually,andoftenwithunpredictableseverity.Butthatmaysoonchange.Twenty

yearsafterthefirsthumangenome(24)_________(map),thepriceof

whole-genomesequencinghasfallentoapoint(25)_________itcould,inrich

exactlyhowmuchtheywanttoknow.

thegenomesofnewbornscouldofferalifetimeofreturns.Apatientsgenomemay

suchasADHD,depressionandbinedwithinformationaboutsomeoneswayoflife,it

couldhighlighteasilyneglectedhealthriskssuchascancersandcardiovascular

disease,leadingtobetterpreventivemeasures.Adatabaseofgenomes,(27)

_________(match)tolivingpeople,wouldbeabenefittomedicalresearch.The

fruitsofthatresearch,inturn,wouldmakethosegenomesmoreusefultotheir

ownersastimegoeson.

Suchapowerfulnewtechnologycreatenewdangers.Widespreadscreeningfor

thousandsofpotentiallyharmfulgenesmaybecounterproductive:someresultsmay

worryparentsunnecessarily,becausesomegeneticvariations,(28)_________

occasionallyindicativeofdisease,arenotstronglyso.Parentsmaynotwantto

unlockallthesecretsthattheirnewbornsgenomemightreveal.Somemayind