高中英语外刊阅读语法填空（MayⅦ）

高中英语外刊阅读语法填空（MayⅦ） 1.Surprise as giant tortoise declared extinct 100 years ago found alive and well 令人惊讶的是，100 年前被宣告灭绝的巨龟竟然还活得好好的 A giant tortoise 1______(consider) extinct a whole century ago has now been discovered very much alive - and in Ecuador. （厄瓜多尔） The giant female turtle 2_____(find) on the Fernandina island, part of Ecuador's western region of the Galapagos Islands, two years ago. But only now the massive reptile has been identified 3____ a species thought to have been extinct more than 100 years ago. The female tortoise thought to be more than 100 years old and is 4_____(current) being kept in a breeding centre on the Santa Cruz island. Galapagos National Park is now preparing an expedition to see if more of the species can be found and prevent them from going into 5_____(extinct). It is believed the last sighting of the species took place in 1906, the BBC reports. Samples from the female animal were reportedly compared with the remains of a male before it could be confirmed they were indeed from 6____ same family. In the Galapagos Islands, 7_____ served as the basis for the British scientist Charles Darwin's theory of the evolution of species in the 19th century, many 8_____(vary) of tortoises live together with other species. The current population of giant tortoises from various species is estimated at 60,000, according to data from the Galapagos National Park. One was known as “Lonesome George”, a male Pinta Island tortoise, the last known of the species, who died in 2012 without leaving any offspring(后代). 9_____(scientist) believe that tortoises first arrived in the Galapagos two to three million years ago after drifting 600 miles from the South American coast on vegetation rafts(筏) or of their own accord. They were already large reptiles before arriving on the Islands. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos for five weeks on his second voyage and they appeared in his writings, 10_____(play) a key role in the development of the theory of evolution. Key : 1 considered 2 was found 3.as 4 currently 5 extinction 6 the 7 which 8 varieties 9 Scientists 10 playing 2.Humans probably can't live longer than 150 years, new research finds 最新研究发现，人类可能活不过 150 岁 Science is once again casting doubt on the notion 1____ we could live to be nearly as old as the biblical（圣经的）Methuselah or Mel Brooks' 2,000-year-old man. New research from Singapore-base biotech company Gero looks at how well the human body bounces back from disease, accidents or just about anything else that puts stress on 2___(it) systems. This basic resilience declines as people age, with an 80-year-old 3______(require) three times as long to recover from stresses as a 40-year-old on average. This should make sense if you've ever known an elderly person 4_____ has taken a nasty fall. Recovery from such a spill can be life threatening for a 5_______(particular) frail（虚弱 的） person, whereas a similar fall might put a person half as old out of commission for just a short time and a teenager might simply dust themselves off and keep going. Extrapolate this decline further and human body resilience is completely gone at some age between 120 and 150, according to new analysis 6______(perform) by the researchers. In other words, at some point your body loses all ability to recover from pretty much any potential stressor. The researchers arrived at this 7______(conclude) by looking at health data for large groups from the US, UK and Russia. They looked at blood cell counts as well as step counts recorded by wearables（可穿戴设备）. As people experienced different stressors, fluctuations in blood cell and step counts showed that recovery time grew longer as individuals grew older. "Aging in humans exhibits universal features common to complex systems operating on the brink(边缘) of disintegration （崩溃）," Peter Fedichev, co-founder and CEO of Gero, said in a statement. The new research 8_____(contain) a certain amount of validation(验证，核实) for the idea that humans start dying from 9_____ moment we are born, but the process seems to speed up significantly some where in the mid-thirties to mid-forties when the body's resilience starts to decline more steeply. The study's conclusion that the body loses all ability to cope -- or at least to recover -- from stress before age 150 is line with the conclusions of similar studies, including one from last year that pegged the maximum possible human age at 138 years. "This work... It explains why even most 10_____(affect) prevention and treatment of age-related diseases could only improve the average but not the maximal lifespan unless true antiaging therapies have been developed," adds co-author Andrei Gudkov, PhD, from the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York. This is the hope of the researchers -- that it might light the way when it comes to not only maximizing life span, but also a higher quality of life across that span. Key : 1 that 2 its 3requiring 4 who 5 particularly 6 performed 7 conclusion 8 contains 9 the 10 effective 3.One Major Effect Drinking Coffee Has on Your Longevity, New Study Says 一项新研究表明，喝咖啡对长寿有重要影响 The 1______(benefit) of your coffee habit go beyond that morning perk you crave. Not only is coffee said to be good for your liver (yes, really), now brand new research is suggesting that coffee may also add years 2____your life. Researchers at Korea's Chung-Ang University, in collaboration with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, conducted a new study that's been published in the 3____ issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Looking specifically at their population, the study aimed to better understand the association between coffee 4____(consume) and its health effects related to mortality(死亡率). The study involved 110,920 5_____(participate) over age 40 6____ had not been diagnosed with diabetes, cancer, or cardiovascular disease. The researchers tracked the participants' daily coffee intake and 7_____(they) death rate for an average of 9.1 years. The results of the study, according to the Korean Herald, suggested that "death risks from all causes dropped by 21 percent for participants who drank more than three cups of coffee a day." Further, "Coffee was significantly associated with a reduction of cardiovascular(心血管的) diseases. One cup of coffee a day 8____(link) with a reduction in deaths from heart related illnesses by 42 percent." And with more of us 9_____(get) experimental with our coffee preparation thanks to more time at home during the pandemic, one point of interest about this study is that the researchers gave weight to one particular type of coffee—from the Korean Herald: "Coffee's health benefits were identical in instant coffee 10_____ includes sugar and creamer." Key : 1 benefits 2 to 3 latest 4 consumption 5 participants 6 who 7 their 8 was linked 9 getting 10 that 4. Can a country with no livestock become a meat producer? Singapore is going to try 一个没有牲畜的国家成为肉类生产国？新加坡将尝试 They are, without question, the 1_____(fancy) chicken nuggets(小块) I have ever eaten. There are two plates on my kitchen table. On one the nuggets are diced, mixed with finely shredded carrot, cabbage and mushroom, and encased in a velvety dumpling drizzled with chili oil. On 2_____ other, they are cut into crispy cubes over a salad of kale and orange topped with edible blue flowers. But 3____ makes them fancy isn't so much the presentational flourishes as the chicken itself. It didn't come from an animal. It was grown in a vat( 大 桶 ) in Singapore. The nuggets are a little 4_____(spongy) (海绵状的，柔软的) than regular chicken but crispy and delicious, just like the real things produced by Eat Just. The American company that also makes plant-based "egg" has a facility in Singapore to manufacture 5_____(culture)（培养，培育）meat, which involves propagating (繁殖) cells in a factory 6______ than slaughtering animals. Eat Just is the 7_____(one) company in the world to have a cultured meat product approved for sale. Certified by the Singapore Food Agency last December, the chicken is now available to Singaporeans via delivery from Madame Fan, a Chinese restaurant at the Marriott hotel. Earlier this month, Eat Just 8_____(raise) $170 million in new funding, much of which it is plowing into a larger factory in Singapore to produce meat for the Asian market. It is not alone: over the last couple of years, around 20 companies developing lab-grown meat and plant-based protein 9_____(set) themselves up in Singapore, which is fast becoming Asia's most important food-technology hub. In time, this tiny island with no livestock and hardly any agricultural land may become a meat 10______(produce). Key : 1 fanciest 2 the 3 what 4 spongier 5 cultured 6 rather 7 first 8 raised 9 have set 10 producer