The recent swelling of the list of Americanisms used in French advertising and in French speech has (31) many Frenchmen. A series of committees composed of highly placed French scientists and language
experts were thus charged with the task of finding Gallic equivalents for popular (32) terms, but these (33) do
not seem to have taken root.
【題組】33. (A)committees (B)replacements (C)tasks (D)Americanisms
A person’s genetic make-up certainly has something important to do with his subsequent behavior. But genes (26)
their effects through the brain. If you want to predict and control a person’s behavior, the (27) is the place to start.
Over the course of the next decade, scientists may be able to predict, (28) examining a scan of a person’s brain,
not only whether he will tend to mental sickness or health, but also whether he will tend depression or violence.
Neural implants may within a few years be able to increase intelligence or (29) speed up reflexs. Drug companies
are hunting
(30) molecules to assuage brain-related ills, from paralysis to shyness.
【題組】26. (A)exert (B)assure (C)counteract (D)encounter
The human body, along with its structure, function, illnesses, and characteristic behaviors, is only one of a multitude
of living organisms in the world. (22) , we have a special interest in it -- a fact that is, as we shall see shortly,
reflected in our educational system.
(23) all living things except viruses, the human body (24) cells. These cells are arranged into tissues, (25)
an understanding of the body can be sought. We can look at the biochemistry of single cells or tissues, at individual
organs, or at the system as a whole. Modern medical science functions at all these levels.
【題組】25. (A)which (B)that (C)in which (D)at which
In ancient China, a lady’s tiny shoes and unsteady walk, (19) she could walk at all, were pride of her wealthy
husband who saw that she was carried about and (20) hand and foot. When a man chose a wife with “lily feet”,
he sometimes took a second wife to act as her (21) .
【題組】21. (A)mistress (B)servant (C)lady (D)daughter
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