2017 年高考英语阅读专练（七选五）
1.Brain Transplants
Research on the human brain has been attracting more and more scientists in recent years.1If we compare a human brain to a hard
disc, what the scientists are doing is to make better use of the hard disc.
The idea that a human brain could be transplanted may come from
Frankenstein. In 1999, an experiment turned a bear into a dolphin.2
They were made of the memory area in the dolphin’ s brain containing information about swimming.They had a series of useful information,
which was saved into a button-sized chip(芯片 ). Later the information
was transplanted into the action memory area in the bear 3 ’ s brain.
It proved to be a highly successful experiment and a bear was turned
into a dolphin.
Recently,another memory transplant was performed at the Motor Nerve Research Institute of the University of California. The experiment
had an entire transplant of the memory area.4The transplant
was performed from a dog named Genius to a dog named Idiot. Genius
could follow up to 100 gestures and orders made by its master. It was a
real genius in memorizing.However,Idiot had no contact with people
since its birth. It became an animal with nothing in its brain, without
any memory.
5 When the two dogs woke up, Idiot had grasped all the abilities
Genius possessed; it was good at memorizing and sensible. It could
follow every gesture and any command given by its master. But Genius
gave no response to its master, and did not recognize him at all.
A. The experiment was a complete success.
B. It included actions, moods, logic, words, images, etc.
C. Then it was released by means of electric power.
D. Different images have different meanings in the memory area.
E. Using the most advanced technology, detailed images were produced.
F. Discoveries show that messages are carried by the central nervous system in
the brain.
G. One of the latest topics is how to change the human brain or combine it with the
computer.
2.W. Lloyd Jerome’ s Dental Surgery
If you walk into W.Lloyd Jerome’ sdental surgery in
You ’ ll see bright paintings and a fashionable blue couch which
patients sit on while he checks their teeth. Jerome says,“ That’ s
__1__ “ That ’ swhy I don ’ t wear a
white coat. I find that’ ones of the things that people associate with
pain. In fact, my philosophy is that dental treatment should take place in
an atmosphere of relaxation, interest and, above all, enjoyment” , is all highly shocking for anyone who associates dental treatment with
pain, or at the very least, formal, clinical visits. He says,“ If p relaxed, entertained and correctly treated, they will forget such previous
“ Virtual -reality headsets are one of his new relaxation techniques.
___2____ The headsets are used for the first check-up, where the patient
sits on the blue couch and watches ar film while I look at their teeth. Then the
headset switches to a special camera, to give the patient a
visual tour around their mouth.”
“ Another key point is that the surgery smells more like a perfume
shop than a dentist ’Todays. there is the smell of orange. ‘ When people walk in, I
want them to realize with all their senses that it
like going to dentist’ s. Smell is very important.3_____”
Known as Glasgow’ s most fashionable dentist, Jerome is keen to
Jerome uses a special instrument which sprays warm water on the teeth
to clean them, rather than scraping them.“ It feels a bit strange, but as
___5___ “ One of the things I found out there was that when you
make it easier for the patient, you make it easier for yoursel f.” He sees
his patient-centred attitude as the start of a gradual movement towards
less formality in the conservative British dentistry profession. At that
moment, a patient arrives. Jerome rushes over, offers him a cup of tea,
asks him what video he’ke dtoliwatch and leads him gently towards
the chair.
B. He has tried to create an environment where people are not afraid.
C. The relaxation techniques are important but the quality of the
F. That dental smell of surgical spirit can get the heart racing in minutes
