单选题 For years, scientists have been warning us that the radiation from mobile phones is detrimental to our health, without actually having any evidence to back these【C1】______up. However research now suggests that mobile phone radiation has at least one positive side effect it can help prevent Alzheimer's,【C2】______in the mice that acted as test subjects. It's been suspected, though never proven, that heavy use of mobile phone is bad for your health. It's thought that walking around with a cellphone permanently attached to the side of your head is almost sure to be【C3】______your brain. And that may well be true, but I'd rather wait until it's proven before giving up that part of my daily life. But what has now been proven, in a very perfunctory manner, is that mobile phone radiation can have an effect on your brain. 【C4】______in this case it was a positive rather than negative effect. According to BBC News, the Florida Alzheimer Disease Research Center conducted a study on 96 mice to see if the radiation given off by mobile phone could affect the onset of Alzheimer's. Some of the mice were "genetically altered to develop beta-amyloid plagues in their brains"【C5】______they aged. These are a marker of Alzheimer's. All 96 mice were then "exposed to the lector-magnetic【C6】______generated by a standard phone for two one-hour periods each day for seven to nine months. "The lucky things. 【C7】______, the experiment showed that the mice altered to be predisposed to dementia were protected from the disease if exposed before the onset of the illness. Their cognitive abilities were so unimpaired as to be virtually【C8】______to the mice not genetically altered in any way. Unfortunately, although the results are positive, the scientists don't actually know why exposed to mobile phone radiation has this effect. But it's hoped that further study and testing could result in a non-invasive【C9】______for preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease. Autopsies carried out on the mice also concluded no ill-effects of their exposure to the radiation. However the fact that the radiation prevented Alzheimer's means mobile phones【C10】______our brains and bodies in ways is not yet explored. And it's sure there are negatives as well as this one positive.
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文呼应以及词汇辨析。文章首句告诉我们多年以来,科学家们一直都在警告我们手机辐射有害健康,但这一警告没有任何证据可以证明。根据首句的含义,排除A和C,与句义不符合。选项B指的是危险,但根据句意只是科学家的说法,而不是真正存在危险,因而答案为D。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文理解。第二句话告诉我们通过研究发现手机辐射至少还有一个好处:起码在实验老鼠身上发现它可以预防老年痴呆症。因而选项A为答案。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:此题考查句义理解。文章第二段告诉我们尽管未经证实,但过度使用手机确实对健康不利。总是手机贴头打电话几乎可以肯定会让大脑疲劳。空白处应为对大脑的消极影响,因而排除B和D。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文语义。第二段提到过度使用手机会让大脑感到疲劳,第三段but话锋一转,讲到手机对大脑有好的影响。根据这个语义走向可判断,作者想表达除了这个情况手机辐射能产生正面效果,其他情况下则都是负面作用。因此这里选用except,表示前后关系是对立的。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文的逻辑关系。文章第三段简述针对小鼠的研究。第四段提到实验老鼠随着衰老,基因改变大脑中形成的β淀粉样斑块,而这是痴呆症的标志物。因而答案为C。
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:此题考查词组。96只老鼠被放置在手机的电磁场中。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文理解。根据本句可以得知实验表明在痴呆病发作前接触该磁场,已经出现痴呆倾向的老鼠可受保护远离该病。这是实验的意外发现,因而答案为C(令人惊奇的是)。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文理解以及词组搭配。首先四个选项都与介词to连用。根据上题,我们了解到实验中的意外发现,不仅如此,它们的认知能力未受影响,可以说与基因未改变的其他老鼠一样,be identical to的含义是“与……相同”。选项susceptible to的含义是“容易受……的影响”。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:此题考查上下文理解。尽管有惊喜发现,但研究者并不清楚其原因。因而希望能进一步进行研究,发现一种无创的方法来预防并治疗痴呆症。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:此题考点为语法,助动词提前表示强调。