2015年职称英语考前复习指导重难点集训（40）
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What Is Cancer?
Cancer is actually a group of many related diseases that all have to do with cells.Cells are the very small units that make up all______（1）things，including the human body.There are billions of cells______（2）each person's body.Cancer happens when cells that are not normal grow______（3）spread very fast.Normal body cells grow and divide and know when to stop growing.Over time，they also die.______（4）these normal cells，cancer cells just continue to grow and divide out of control and don't die.Cancer cells usually group together to form tumors（肿瘤）。
A growing tumor be#es a lump of cancer cells______（5）can destroy the normal cells around the______（6）and damage the body's healthy tissues.This can make someone very______（7）。
Sometimes cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel to other areas of the______（8），where they keep growing and can go on to form new tumors.This is how cancer______ （9）。The spread of a tumor to a new place in the body is______（10）metastasis（转移）。
People with cancer may feel pretty sick at times—but Call usually still do lots of normal things.——（11）they are very sick，kids and teenagers with cancer may still be able to go to school.They may be tired Or bruise（出现青肿）easily，but they______（12）sometimes go to camp，movies，and sleepover（在外过夜的）parties.People with cancer still like the same things they did______（13）they got sick.
Cancer in kids is rare—but today, many kids who do get cancer go on living normal lives.The number of kids who beat cancer goes______（14）every year because of new cancer treatments.So a lot of kids with cancer will some day drive cars，go to college，have careers，and even get______（15）and have families of their own.
1. A. living B. nice C. big D. whole
2. A. by B. in C. with D. at
3. A .or B. but C. and D. though
4. A. Unlike B. Like C. After D. Without
5. A. who B. what C.where D. which
6. A .shape B. tumor C. thing D. group
7. A. sick B. rich C. mild D. active
8. A. country B. body C. Cell D. place
9. A. spreads B. turns C. moves D. travels
10. A. said B. supposed C. known D. called
11.A. In case B. Because C. Unless D. If
12. A. can B. must C. should D .need
13. A. before B. after C. once D. While
14. A .down B. by C. up D. forward
15. A. fired B. married C. joined D. upset
参考答案：1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.D 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. C 15.B
答案解析：
1 A. 众所周知，细胞是构成所有生物的极小单位。
2 B. 表示“在每个人的体内”，介词应用“in”。
3 C. 句子中的“grow”与“spread”应当是并列关系。
4 A. 根据上下文，癌细胞与正常细胞不一样，因此应选“Unlike”。
5 D. 空格后面跟的是一定语从句，前面是“a lump of cancer cells”，因此只能选“which”.
6 B. 空格处的词语指的仍是句子中提到的“tumor”一词。
7 A . 一个人若体内的正常组织遭受到癌细胞的破坏，那他一定会感到“very sick”。
8 B. 有时癌细胞离开原发肿瘤，肯定是转移到“身体”的其他部位。
9 A. 癌细胞离开原发肿瘤，转移到身体的其他部位，继续生长并形成新的肿瘤，这正是癌“扩散”的方式。空格后句子的开头“The
spread of a tumor”也提示空格处应选“spreads”一词。
10 D . 表达“被称为”之意，英语用“called”一词。
11 C. 根据句子的内容，空格处应填“除非”一词。
12 A. 根据上下文，空格处表示“能够”之意。
13 A. 句子的意思是：患有癌症的人们仍旧喜欢做生病前喜欢做的事情。
14 C. 由于新的癌症治疗方法的出现，战胜癌症的孩子们的数量一定是“上升”的。
15 B. 根据空格后面的内容，即“建立自己的家庭”，可以推断空格处应填“结婚”一词
