【优化方案】高二英语（人教版必修8）单元过关检测（二） .docVIP

单元过关检测(二)(时间：120分钟满分：150分)第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　阅读理解[共两节满分60分]第一节(共15小题；每小题3分满分45分)阅读下列短文从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。A (2014·长沙重点中学高三第四次月考) When you look at yourself in the mirror(遗传学) obviously play a major role—no two faces share the same DNA.But even in identical twins, l small differences in their appearances. So what is it that makes each face different? The answer lies in a small piece of your DNA called a “gene enhancer”， according to a study published in Science. “There are thousands of enhancers in the human genome，” study leader Axel Visel，a researcher with Berkeley Lab. US. told Discovery. According to Visel, these DNA pieces act like switches, turning genes on and off and therefore determining whether a certain facial feature develops in a fetus(胎儿) while it is still in the womb(子宫)．To test how powerful these special DNA pieces are in shaping the face，researchers deleted three of the gene enhancers in mice and compared them with normal mice at 8 weeks of age. The results showed that each enhancer deletion caused a distinct set of differences in the shape of the face—for example, causing an increase or decrease in facial length or width. In fact, scientists first noticed the existence of gene enhancers long ago, but they called them 搄unk DNA?back then because they didn抰 prodlopuce proteins and were thought to have no biological function. But now “it’s increasingly clear that important functions are embedded in this junk” Visel told New Scientist. Understanding this may help scientists learn why and how things go wrong as a fetus develops, leading to facial birth defects(缺陷) such as cleft lips.Maybe gene enhancers also play a role.【语篇解读】　为何每个人都长得不一样？文章介绍了科学家们研究基因对于人们长相的影响的实验解释了这一个问题。A．How gene enhancers help shape the appearance of the face. B．How gene enhancers affect the growth of the fetus. C．A new cure for facial birth defects. D．The connection between gene enhancers and genetic mutations(变异)．解析：选A。主旨大意题。本文主要回答的是第二段提出的问题：So what is it that makes each face differe