GCT英语模拟试题-09PartC

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　　Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage:

　　As people continue to grow and age, our body systems continue to change. At a certain point in your life your body systems will begin to weaken. Your joints may become stiff. It may become more difficult for you to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this process that leads us toward the end of our lives.
　　Many factors contribute to your health. A well-balanced diet plays an important role. The amount and type of exercise you get is another factor. Your living environment and the amount of stress you are under is yet another. But scientists studying 　　　senescence (衰老) want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by examining the aging process on a cellular level medical science may be able to extend the length of life.

21. When people become aging, they will lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury, "bounce back" here means______.
(A) to improve in health after one s disease and injury
(B) to recover from disease and injury
(C) to jump after recovering
(D) to run fast

22. In order to live longer, ______.
(A) we have to try to be on a diet
(B) we should keep in high spirits
(C) we should try to do more exercise
(D) we should postpone the process of aging

23. Why are some scientists interested in studying senescence?
(A) They want to increase the general ability of our bodies.
(B) They may be able to find a better way to our life.
(C) If they can pin down the biochemical process that makes us age, there will be hope for extending the length of life.
(D) They want to find out if there is a link between how efficiently a cell could repair itself and how long a creature lives.

24. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to one s health?
(A) The right food you eat.
(B) Lots of exercise you get.
(C) Your living conditions.
(D) The amount of stress you are under.

25. This passage is mainly concerned with______.
(A) man s aging process
(B) man s life span
(C) man s health
(D) man s medical care


Questions 26-30 are based on the following passage:

Wall Street is the name of a street in New York and very famous in the whole world. It is the financial center of the USA, exerting a significant influence upon the world s economy. Hetty Green, who was born in 1835, was nicknamed the Wizard (奇才) of Wall Street. She became almost a legendary figure in Wall Street, because she made a lot of money buying and selling shares in companies.
Hetty Green began making money when her father died and she inherited all his money. By investing it wisely, she soon built up her fortune to over 100 million dollars. However, she hated spending money on herself or on her family. Actually, she hated spending money on everything except buying shares. She was so mean that when her son Edward broke his leg, she would not send for a doctor. She did not want to have to pay a doctor s bill. She refused to send her son to a good hospital. Instead, she took the boy to a free charity hospital. There he did not get very good treatment and, to save his life, he had to have his leg cut off. Still his mother would not pay for proper hospital treatment. She sent for a doctor who cut off the boy s leg in her sitting room. It s incredible, isn t it?

26. Wall Street is______.
(A) the name of Chinatown in New York
(B) the nickname of New York
(C) the financial center of America
(D) the tourist center of USA

27. Hetty Green was nicknamed the Wizard of Wall Street because she______.
(A) inherited a large sum of money
(B) made a large sum of fortune with shares
(C) built up a large company on shares
(D) was very queer and cruel

28. The underlined word "mean" in the second paragraph probably can be replaced by______.
(A) vulgar (B) cross (C) wicked (D) ungenerous

29. When her son broke his leg, Hetty Green______.
(A) sent him to a large hospital
(B) sent for a doctor
(C) didn t pay the bill for the doctor
(D) took him to a charity hospital

30. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
(A) Hetty Green hated her son and refused to take him to a good hospital.
(B) Hetty liked to earn a lot of money so as to live a good life.
(C) Hetty Green preferred money to anything else.
(D) Hetty Green died a poor old woman.