15、m Silcock to the grocery（杂货） store. He spent $880 on food for one week. Every month they spend $2,000 to run five cars, $15,000 for the fourteen paid helpers, and more than $10,000 on medical costs（医药费）. The family receives $26,000 a month from the state government, and makes some money from a famil 。

16、y business. All the money is spent on the children;
having new clothes and fancy cars isnt important to Belles.How do the kids feel? 17-year-old Anthony says, “The family is there whenever I need something . I feel like I am loved.”“Everything Im doing now is what I wanted to happen in my life,” say 。

17、s Anne Belles. “So, no regrets（后悔）;
this is perfect. I couldnt ask for it to be better maybe a bigger house, you know, would be nice.” 14. The underlined word “intrigued” in the first paragraph means “_____”.A. fooledB. attracted C. frightenedD. disappointed15. The boys Anne has raised _____.A. are。

18、all ready to accept a challenge B. all like Oliver TwistC. all have disabilities D. are all teenagers16. For Anne and her husband, raising 30 boys _____.A. is their dream B. is no small taskC. is a piece of cake D. is their family tradition17. What do 17-year-old Anthonys words mean?A. He is satisfi 。

19、ed with his family.B. He has learnt how to love others.C. He wants to get more care and love.D. He is still looking for his own family.CWhat will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question ， you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in biot 。

20、echnology. With the help of new medicine ， the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents ， murder and war. Todays leading killers ， such as heart disease ， cancer ， and aging itself ， will become distant memories.In discussion of technological changes ， the Internet gets most of 。

21、 the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological（技术的） event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells（细胞） are the basic units（单位） of all living things ， and until recently ， scientists were sure that the life of ce 。

22、lls could not go much beyond（超过） 120 years because the basic materials of cells ， such as those of brain cells ， would not last（持续） forever（永远）. But the upper limits（上限） will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100 ， medicine will have advanced（发展） to the point at which every 10 years or 。

23、 so ， people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs（器官）. The medicine ， made up of the basic building materials of life ， will build new brain cells ， heart cells ， and so onin much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.It is exciting to imagine that the advan 。

24、ce in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence（生存） ， but many technical（科技的） problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.18According to the passage ， human death is now mainly caused by ________.Adiseases and aging（老化） Baccidents and warCaccidents。

25、and aging Dheart disease and war19In the authors opinion ， todays most important advance（进步） in technology（技术） lies in（在于） ________.Amedicine Bthe Internet Cbrain cells Dhuman organs20Humans may live longer in the future because ________.Aheart disease will be far away from usBhuman brains can decide。

26、the final deathCthe basic materials of cells will last foreverDhuman organs can be repaired by new medicine21How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?AOver 100 years. BMore than 120 years.CAbout 150 years. DThe passage doesnt tell us.DHow to improve our life? Many people think 。

27、 that they have to accept whatever life throws at themTheyll say, my destiny（命运）I cannot change itOf course not! You dont have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on any other external（外部的）factor（因素）I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done eve 。

28、rything she can to improve itGuess what her lifestyle isShe wakes up in the morning, goes to work comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleepNext day, the same routine （例行的）cycle followsHuh! Is this what she calls doing her best? She believes she has tried her bes 。

29、t and just accepts for her heart that this is the life that has been intended（打算） for her, and that her luck can only change if God wills itShe hasnt realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to（努力） live the life of our dreamsRemember that you harvest（收获） what you sow（播种）You have to 。

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