单元检测卷40.doc

Ⅰ.单句填空 1.Unfortunately, he was caught in an accident and he lost his sight. However, his other senses grew more . 2.Many people a that wearing masks could ease the threat posed by the polluted air. 3. of where we are, we are always concerned about our motherland. 4.We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other a . 5.The next round of talks is t （初步） scheduled to begin on October 21st in Washington. 6.Unable to resist the i , he glanced at the sea again. 7.The truck’s wheels skidded on the snow as the driver a forward. 8.Smoking at an early age is thought to a growth in children. 9.In those days, dental equipment was （简陋的） and a visit to the dentist was a painful experience. 10.He was given a opportunity to express his opinion. Ⅱ.阅读理解 Scientists think it will be possible to record people’s dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report. They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record higher level brain activity. Dr. Moran Cerf told the journal Nature: “We would like to read people’s dreams.” Previously the only way to access people’s dreams is for psychologists to ask about them after the event and try to interpret them. Dr. Cerf hopes to eventually compare people’s memories of their dreams with an electronic visualisation（影像） of their brain activity. He told the BBC: “There’s no clear answer as to why humans dream. And one of the questions we would like to answer is when do we actually create this dream?” The scientist believes his latest research shows that certain neurons（神经元） or individual brain cells are linked with specific objects or concepts. He found that a particular neuron lit up when a volunteer thought about Marilyn Monroe. If a database was built up identifying various neurons with concepts, objects and people it would allow them to “read the subject’s minds”, according to Dr. Cerf. However, Dr. Roderick Oner, a clinical psychologist and drea