What will people die of 100 years from now？ If you think that is not a simple question， you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio­technology(生物技術(shù)). With the help of new medicine， the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents， murder and war. Today's leading killers， such as heart disease， cancer， and aging itself， will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes， the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live？ Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things， and until recently， scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells， such as those of brain cells， would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100， medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so， people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs. The medicine， made up of the basic building materials of life， will build new brain cells， heart cells，and so on－in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imaging that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence， but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future. 
小題1:According to the passage， human death is now mainly caused by____ 　　
A．diseases and agingB．a(chǎn)ccidents and war
C．a(chǎn)ccidents and agingD．heart disease and war
小題2:Humans may live longer in the future because ____　　
A．heart disease will be far away from us
B．human brains can decide the final death
C．the basic materials of cells will last forever
D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine
小題3:We can learn from the passage that ____
A．human life will not last more than 120 years in the future
B．humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now
C．much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life
D．we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析 人類的壽命將在未來有很大的提高，新藥物能再生死去腦細胞，以繼續(xù)生命。
小題1:A細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段Today's leading killers， such as heart disease， cancer， and aging itself， will become distant memories.得出應(yīng)選A項。
小題2:D細節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四行The medicine， made up of the basic building materials of life， will build new brain cells， heart cells，and so on－in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.得知選D項。
小題3:C 推斷題。A項表述錯誤，將來人類壽命可以持續(xù)120年。B項 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第五行 people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs錯誤。D項錯在already一詞上，這項研究正在進行中。由此得出C項正確。
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