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1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 标签:标题考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。1、old mothers children have higher diabetes (糖尿病) riskchildren of older mothers run a higher risk of developing insulin-dependent (胰岛素依赖型的) diabetes, the british medical journal said. “a strong association was f

2、ound between increasing maternal (母亲的) age at delivery and risk of (insulin-dependent) diabetes in the child. risk was highest in firstborn children and decreased progressively with higher birth order,” professor edwin gale and colleagues at southmead hospital in bristol said. diabetes is a serious,

3、 incurable, lifelong disease characterized (以.作为特性) by all inability to control the amount of sugar in the blood. insulin-dependent diabetes, which mainly affects children, is treated by administering the hormone insulin. gale looked into 1,375 families in the oxford area where one or more children

4、had diabetes and found that the risk of a child developing insulin-dependent diabetes increased by 25 percent for each five-year band of the mothers age.the risk of developing diabetes was also linked to the age of the father. for every five-year band of the fathers age the risk of the child develop

5、ing diabetes increased by nine percent. the risk of diabetes was high?est among the firstborn children of mothers who started their families late and the risk decreased by about 15 percent for each subsequent child, the bmj said. the older the mother, the earlier the start of insulin-dependent diabe

6、tes in the child. other studies have already shown that children born to older mothers, over the age of 35, have an increased risk of diabetes but this study is the first to establish that risk increases continuously in relation to increasing maternal age, dr. polly bingley of southmead hospital tol

7、d reuters (路透社). the new study is the first to show that risk is related to birth order.the study also partly explains increasing diabetes. between 1970 and 1996 the proportion of children born to mothers aged between 30 and 34 increased to 28 percent from 15 percent and this could account for risin

8、g numbers of childhood diabetes patients, the scientists said in the alarming increase in the rate of (insulin-dependent) diabetes among children in recent years. “this study may well provide a clue to the understanding of this problem. it is most likely that there are a number of factors to explain

9、 the increase,” diabetes uk said. there are some 1.4 million diagnosed diabetes sufferers in britain, the charity diabetes uk said. of these 1.4 million sufferers there are 20,000 people under age 20 who suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes.according to the passage, the risk of a child developing

10、insulin-dependent diabetes is linked to all the following factors except_. （ ）a.the amount of sugar he or she consumesb.the age of the fatherc.birth orderd.the maternal age at delivery2、old mothers children have higher diabetes (糖尿病) riskchildren of older mothers run a higher risk of developing insu

11、lin-dependent (胰岛素依赖型的) diabetes, the british medical journal said. “a strong association was found between increasing maternal (母亲的) age at delivery and risk of (insulin-dependent) diabetes in the child. risk was highest in firstborn children and decreased progressively with higher birth order,” pr

12、ofessor edwin gale and colleagues at southmead hospital in bristol said. diabetes is a serious, incurable, lifelong disease characterized (以.作为特性) by all inability to control the amount of sugar in the blood. insulin-dependent diabetes, which mainly affects children, is treated by administering the

13、hormone insulin. gale looked into 1,375 families in the oxford area where one or more children had diabetes and found that the risk of a child developing insulin-dependent diabetes increased by 25 percent for each five-year band of the mothers age.the risk of developing diabetes was also linked to t

14、he age of the father. for every five-year band of the fathers age the risk of the child developing diabetes increased by nine percent. the risk of diabetes was high?est among the firstborn children of mothers who started their families late and the risk decreased by about 15 percent for each subsequ

15、ent child, the bmj said. the older the mother, the earlier the start of insulin-dependent diabetes in the child. other studies have already shown that children born to older mothers, over the age of 35, have an increased risk of diabetes but this study is the first to establish that risk increases c

16、ontinuously in relation to increasing maternal age, dr. polly bingley of southmead hospital told reuters (路透社). the new study is the first to show that risk is related to birth order.the study also partly explains increasing diabetes. between 1970 and 1996 the proportion of children born to mothers

17、aged between 30 and 34 increased to 28 percent from 15 percent and this could account for rising numbers of childhood diabetes patients, the scientists said in the alarming increase in the rate of (insulin-dependent) diabetes among children in recent years. “this study may well provide a clue to the

18、 understanding of this problem. it is most likely that there are a number of factors to explain the increase,” diabetes uk said. there are some 1.4 million diagnosed diabetes sufferers in britain, the charity diabetes uk said. of these 1.4 million sufferers there are 20,000 people under age 20 who s

19、uffer from insulin-dependent diabetes.what kind of child may be at the highest risk of developing insulin-dependent diabetes? （ ）a.the first-born children whose mothers started their families late.b.the children whose mothers are five years younger than their fathers.c.the third-born children whose

20、fathers got married late.d.the children whose fathers are five years younger than their mothers.3、old mothers children have higher diabetes (糖尿病) riskchildren of older mothers run a higher risk of developing insulin-dependent (胰岛素依赖型的) diabetes, the british medical journal said. “a strong associatio

21、n was found between increasing maternal (母亲的) age at delivery and risk of (insulin-dependent) diabetes in the child. risk was highest in firstborn children and decreased progressively with higher birth order,” professor edwin gale and colleagues at southmead hospital in bristol said. diabetes is a s

22、erious, incurable, lifelong disease characterized (以.作为特性) by all inability to control the amount of sugar in the blood. insulin-dependent diabetes, which mainly affects children, is treated by administering the hormone insulin. gale looked into 1,375 families in the oxford area where one or more ch

23、ildren had diabetes and found that the risk of a child developing insulin-dependent diabetes increased by 25 percent for each five-year band of the mothers age.the risk of developing diabetes was also linked to the age of the father. for every five-year band of the fathers age the risk of the child

24、developing diabetes increased by nine percent. the risk of diabetes was high?est among the firstborn children of mothers who started their families late and the risk decreased by about 15 percent for each subsequent child, the bmj said. the older the mother, the earlier the start of insulin-dependen

25、t diabetes in the child. other studies have already shown that children born to older mothers, over the age of 35, have an increased risk of diabetes but this study is the first to establish that risk increases continuously in relation to increasing maternal age, dr. polly bingley of southmead hospi

26、tal told reuters (路透社). the new study is the first to show that risk is related to birth order.the study also partly explains increasing diabetes. between 1970 and 1996 the proportion of children born to mothers aged between 30 and 34 increased to 28 percent from 15 percent and this could account fo

27、r rising numbers of childhood diabetes patients, the scientists said in the alarming increase in the rate of (insulin-dependent) diabetes among children in recent years. “this study may well provide a clue to the understanding of this problem. it is most likely that there are a number of factors to

28、explain the increase,” diabetes uk said. there are some 1.4 million diagnosed diabetes sufferers in britain, the charity diabetes uk said. of these 1.4 million sufferers there are 20,000 people under age 20 who suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes.what is the correlation between the mothers age an

29、d the time when the child develops insulin-dependent diabetes? （ ）a.the younger the mother, the earlier the start of diabetes in the child.b.the older the mother, the later the start of diabetes in the child.c.the older the mother, the earlier the start of diabetes in the child.d.the mothers age has

30、 little to do with the time when the child develops insulin-dependent diabetes.4、old mothers children have higher diabetes (糖尿病) riskchildren of older mothers run a higher risk of developing insulin-dependent (胰岛素依赖型的) diabetes, the british medical journal said. “a strong association was found betwe

31、en increasing maternal (母亲的) age at delivery and risk of (insulin-dependent) diabetes in the child. risk was highest in firstborn children and decreased progressively with higher birth order,” professor edwin gale and colleagues at southmead hospital in bristol said. diabetes is a serious, incurable

32、, lifelong disease characterized (以.作为特性) by all inability to control the amount of sugar in the blood. insulin-dependent diabetes, which mainly affects children, is treated by administering the hormone insulin. gale looked into 1,375 families in the oxford area where one or more children had diabet

33、es and found that the risk of a child developing insulin-dependent diabetes increased by 25 percent for each five-year band of the mothers age.the risk of developing diabetes was also linked to the age of the father. for every five-year band of the fathers age the risk of the child developing diabet

34、es increased by nine percent. the risk of diabetes was high?est among the firstborn children of mothers who started their families late and the risk decreased by about 15 percent for each subsequent child, the bmj said. the older the mother, the earlier the start of insulin-dependent diabetes in the

35、 child. other studies have already shown that children born to older mothers, over the age of 35, have an increased risk of diabetes but this study is the first to establish that risk increases continuously in relation to increasing maternal age, dr. polly bingley of southmead hospital told reuters

36、(路透社). the new study is the first to show that risk is related to birth order.the study also partly explains increasing diabetes. between 1970 and 1996 the proportion of children born to mothers aged between 30 and 34 increased to 28 percent from 15 percent and this could account for rising numbers

37、of childhood diabetes patients, the scientists said in the alarming increase in the rate of (insulin-dependent) diabetes among children in recent years. “this study may well provide a clue to the understanding of this problem. it is most likely that there are a number of factors to explain the incre

38、ase,” diabetes uk said. there are some 1.4 million diagnosed diabetes sufferers in britain, the charity diabetes uk said. of these 1.4 million sufferers there are 20,000 people under age 20 who suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes.according to the passage, the alarming increase in the rate of diab

39、etes among children in the uk may partly be explained by the rise in_. （ ）a.the incidence of diabetes in the whole countryb.the proportion of children born to mothers aged above 30c.the supply of diabetes medicinesd.the number of newborn babies5、old mothers children have higher diabetes (糖尿病) riskch

40、ildren of older mothers run a higher risk of developing insulin-dependent (胰岛素依赖型的) diabetes, the british medical journal said. “a strong association was found between increasing maternal (母亲的) age at delivery and risk of (insulin-dependent) diabetes in the child. risk was highest in firstborn child

41、ren and decreased progressively with higher birth order,” professor edwin gale and colleagues at southmead hospital in bristol said. diabetes is a serious, incurable, lifelong disease characterized (以.作为特性) by all inability to control the amount of sugar in the blood. insulin-dependent diabetes, whi

42、ch mainly affects children, is treated by administering the hormone insulin. gale looked into 1,375 families in the oxford area where one or more children had diabetes and found that the risk of a child developing insulin-dependent diabetes increased by 25 percent for each five-year band of the moth

43、ers age.the risk of developing diabetes was also linked to the age of the father. for every five-year band of the fathers age the risk of the child developing diabetes increased by nine percent. the risk of diabetes was high?est among the firstborn children of mothers who started their families late

44、 and the risk decreased by about 15 percent for each subsequent child, the bmj said. the older the mother, the earlier the start of insulin-dependent diabetes in the child. other studies have already shown that children born to older mothers, over the age of 35, have an increased risk of diabetes bu

45、t this study is the first to establish that risk increases continuously in relation to increasing maternal age, dr. polly bingley of southmead hospital told reuters (路透社). the new study is the first to show that risk is related to birth order.the study also partly explains increasing diabetes. betwe

46、en 1970 and 1996 the proportion of children born to mothers aged between 30 and 34 increased to 28 percent from 15 percent and this could account for rising numbers of childhood diabetes patients, the scientists said in the alarming increase in the rate of (insulin-dependent) diabetes among children

47、 in recent years. “this study may well provide a clue to the understanding of this problem. it is most likely that there are a number of factors to explain the increase,” diabetes uk said. there are some 1.4 million diagnosed diabetes sufferers in britain, the charity diabetes uk said. of these 1.4

48、million sufferers there are 20,000 people under age 20 who suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes.how many diagnosed diabetes patients are there in britain? （ ）a.about twenty thousand.b.about one million and four thousand.c.about one million and four hundred thousand.d.about one million and four hun

49、dred.6、the gene industrymajor companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. they dream of placing enzymes in the automobile to monitor exhaust and send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. they speak of what the new york times call

50、s “metalhungry microbes that might be used to mine valuable trace metals from ocean water”. they have already demanded and won the right to patent new lifeforms.nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific rivalry in the ent

51、ire biotechnological field. they create images not of oil spills, but of “microbe spills” that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. the creation and accidental release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. completely rational and respectable scientist

52、s are talking about possibilities that stagger the imagination.should we breed people with cow-like stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby relieving the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for

53、example, creating pilots with faster reaction times or assembly-line workers designed to do our monotonous work for us? should we attempt to eliminate “inferior” people and breed a “ super-race”? ( hitler tried this, but without the genetic weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories. ) shoul

54、d we produce soldiers to do our fighting? should we use genetic forecasting to pre-eliminate “unfit” babies? should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a “ savings bank” full of spare kidney, livers or hands?wild as these notions may sound, every one has its advocate

55、s (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. as two critics of genetic engineering, jeremy rifkin and ted howard, state in their book who should play god? “ broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to america much the same way as ass

56、embly lines, automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. as each new genetic advance becomes commercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created.”according to the passage, the exhaust from a car engine could probably

57、be checked by_. （ ）a.using metal-hungry microbes .b.making use of enzymes.c.adjusting the engine.d.patenting new life forms.7、the gene industrymajor companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. they dream of placing enzymes in the automobile to monitor exhaust and

58、send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. they speak of what the new york times calls “metalhungry microbes that might be used to mine valuable trace metals from ocean water”. they have already demanded and won the right to patent new lifeforms.nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, inter