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2016年第一学期南汇一中期中试卷 高三年级　 英语学科 （考试时间120分钟，总分150分） Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%) Section A Directions：After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,?use one word that best fits each blank. A drug has stopped brain deterioration in Alzheimer’s（早老性痴呆病）, patients for the first time, scientists announced yesterday. Mental decline was stopped for 18 months in some patients, in results described as (21)_____________(strong) sign yet that an effective treatment for the disease is near. Researchers said that the drug — (22)____________(take) as a tablet twice a day — could soon become the first medicine given to Alzheimer’s patients to keep the disease at bay for as long as possible. The final-stage trial had at first appeared (23)____________(be) a failure as the drug did not work in patients who were taking other dementia（痴呆，精神错乱）medicines. (24)_____________, among the 15 percent of 891 patients not taking other medicines, the drug appeared to have remarkable effects. These patients say no drop-off in their reasoning and memory skills over 18 months, nor in their ability to carry out everyday tasks. (25)____________key areas of their brain shrank a third less than other patients in the trial, researchers told the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto. “There is a pattern of disease modification here,” Serge Gauthier, of McGill University, (26)___________presented the results, said. “This is the first time it(27)_____________(happen) in our field that a drug reduces the rate of brain atrophy(萎缩）.” At present patients are prescribed drugs such as donepezil, which help to control symptoms for a time but do not stop worsening damage to the brain. Doctor Gauthier said it was a surprise (28) _____________other dementia drugs appeared to cancel out the effec