完形填空Sensing sepsis(败血症) Sepsis is a toxic(中毒的) condition resulting from the spread of infection,
英语试题 05-17
完形填空(共 20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Sensing sepsis(败血症)
Sepsis is a toxic(中毒的) condition resulting from the spread of infection, which causes 270,000 deaths a year in the US. While scientists and doctors have been trying to___21___the situation, a group of students at Spanish River High in Florida, US, have invented a piece of wearable technology to monitor sepsis in hospital___22___.
The idea for the project came from their biotechnology teacher, Mary Fish, whose father___23___ sepsis while in the hospital. “This got me___24___. I want to help the patients with sepsis with a tunic (短上衣)-something the patient could wear that would monitor the symptoms of sepsis,” Fish said.
___25___their teacher, the students are___26___developing “the sensors for the detection of sepsis for the___27___monitoring of a patient,” explained Eesha Shah, a team member.
Their challenges also___28___finding a fabric (布料) that is both comfortable and conductive, and figuring out how to___29___sepsis symptoms in a(n)____30____way.
However, the biggest challenge is that the students cannot test it on ____31____ . “We are not lab-certified(授予实验许可的),” said Brayant Polanco,16,another team member. So the group is ____32____with inventing an artificial system on which to test it.
All of the 22 students have a deep passion for____33____. Lauren Bishop, 17, hopes to study biomedical engineering in college. “This ____34____ will greatly help since it's truly what biomedical engineering is, an ____35____of the problem- solving technique of engineering to medicine,” she said.
Senior Daniella Bard, 18,thinks highly of her teams’ effort. “If everyone on the team weren’t so ____36____,this would be near impossible to come true.”
Like the rest of the team members, she____37____ the leadership of the teacher who worked ____38____
and brought them all together. “Ms. Fish is always looking to help us,____39____we really appreciate that. I am proud of my team and excited to see the result____40____next June,” Bard said.
21. A. predict B. sense C. improve D. evaluate
22. A. doctors B. nurses C. directors D. patients
23. A. died of B. took over C. turned down D. held up
24. A. hesitating B. whispering C. moving D. thinking
25. A. But for B. Free from C. Along with D. Regardless of
26. A. currently B. doubtfully C. honestly D. generally
27. A. occasional B. sudden C. passive D. continuous
28. A. miss B. include C. delay D. allow
29. A. instruct B. detect C. follow D. explain
30. A. safer B. bigger C. older D. slower
31. A. medicines B. chemicals C. plants D. humans
32. A. accompanied B. tasked C. satisfied D. provided
33. A. art B. education C. culture D. science
34. A. treatment B. power C. experience D. incident
35. A. application B. appointment C. assumption D. analysis
36. A. independent B. stubborn C. curious D. committed
37. A. explores B. grasps C. values D. reminds
38. A. freely B. proudly C. tirelessly D. slowly
39. A. if B. and C. or D. but
40. A. presented B. reserved C. corrected . D. ignored
【答案】
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Sensing sepsis(败血症)
Sepsis is a toxic(中毒的) condition resulting from the spread of infection, which causes 270,000 deaths a year in the US. While scientists and doctors have been trying to___21___the situation, a group of students at Spanish River High in Florida, US, have invented a piece of wearable technology to monitor sepsis in hospital___22___.
The idea for the project came from their biotechnology teacher, Mary Fish, whose father___23___ sepsis while in the hospital. “This got me___24___. I want to help the patients with sepsis with a tunic (短上衣)-something the patient could wear that would monitor the symptoms of sepsis,” Fish said.
___25___their teacher, the students are___26___developing “the sensors for the detection of sepsis for the___27___monitoring of a patient,” explained Eesha Shah, a team member.
Their challenges also___28___finding a fabric (布料) that is both comfortable and conductive, and figuring out how to___29___sepsis symptoms in a(n)____30____way.
However, the biggest challenge is that the students cannot test it on ____31____ . “We are not lab-certified(授予实验许可的),” said Brayant Polanco,16,another team member. So the group is ____32____with inventing an artificial system on which to test it.
All of the 22 students have a deep passion for____33____. Lauren Bishop, 17, hopes to study biomedical engineering in college. “This ____34____ will greatly help since it's truly what biomedical engineering is, an ____35____of the problem- solving technique of engineering to medicine,” she said.
Senior Daniella Bard, 18,thinks highly of her teams’ effort. “If everyone on the team weren’t so ____36____,this would be near impossible to come true.”
Like the rest of the team members, she____37____ the leadership of the teacher who worked ____38____
and brought them all together. “Ms. Fish is always looking to help us,____39____we really appreciate that. I am proud of my team and excited to see the result____40____next June,” Bard said.
21. A. predict B. sense C. improve D. evaluate
22. A. doctors B. nurses C. directors D. patients
23. A. died of B. took over C. turned down D. held up
24. A. hesitating B. whispering C. moving D. thinking
25. A. But for B. Free from C. Along with D. Regardless of
26. A. currently B. doubtfully C. honestly D. generally
27. A. occasional B. sudden C. passive D. continuous
28. A. miss B. include C. delay D. allow
29. A. instruct B. detect C. follow D. explain
30. A. safer B. bigger C. older D. slower
31. A. medicines B. chemicals C. plants D. humans
32. A. accompanied B. tasked C. satisfied D. provided
33. A. art B. education C. culture D. science
34. A. treatment B. power C. experience D. incident
35. A. application B. appointment C. assumption D. analysis
36. A. independent B. stubborn C. curious D. committed
37. A. explores B. grasps C. values D. reminds
38. A. freely B. proudly C. tirelessly D. slowly
39. A. if B. and C. or D. but
40. A. presented B. reserved C. corrected . D. ignored
【答案】
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