上海市青浦区2021届高三下学期第二次模拟英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛.docVIP

第 PAGE 16 页 共 NUMPAGES 17 页 上海市青浦区2021届高三下学期第二次模拟英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 简答题 xx题 xx题 xx题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 第 1 题：Scientists say cure for baldness could be close Help may soon be at hand for those who are losing or have lost their hair. A team of Japanese scientists has discovered stem cells ____21____ are vital in the hair regeneration process. This is promising news for the millions of people worldwide who suffer from baldness. A cure has escaped ____22____ (understand) by scientists for decades, ____23____ extensive research and significant investment in research. The scientists are now setting out on clinical research and laboratory trials. They hope to adapt the stem cells to finally create a therapy for hair loss. Baldness principally affects men. By the age of 35, around two-thirds of men will experience some degree of hair loss and by the age of 50, up to 85 per cent will experience significantly thinning hair. The scientists took fur cells from mice and cultured them in the lab. They shared an observation ____24____ hair growth was a cyclical process within the follicle (毛囊). They analysed the stem cells and used 220 combinations of chemicals ____25____ (make) the hair regrow naturally. Lead scientist Takashi Tsuji said, “Our culture system establishes a method for cyclical regeneration of hair follicles from hair follicle stem cells and will help make hair follicle regeneration therapy a reality in the near future.” He added, “Losing hair is not life-threatening, ____26____ it negatively affects the quality of life.” Sam Baker, a 52-year-old bank worker, hopes the therapy ____27____ work. He said, “Having a full head of hair again will make me look ten years ____28____ (young)”. It has to pass clinical trials ____29____ this baldness cure becomes commercially available. So far, the researchers _____30_____ (demonstrate) stem cell therapy in preclinical lab tests. Tsuji said they were looking