Test 6

Passage 1

Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）

What comes to your mind when thinking about the Nobel Prize? “They must be about great things that we _______1 people don't have the chance to see, ” some of you will say. But look at the winners in 2016 and you'll see otherwise（并非如此）.

Three scientists from France,Britain and the Netherlands（荷兰）won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They made the world's _______2 machines, which are a thousand times thinner than hair!

The _______3 will open a whole new world for us. Here's an example.

When we get sick we go to the hospital and have lots of tests. The doctor needs to _______4 why we are sick. Thanks to this Nobel Prize winning research, doing that will be easier in the future.

A doctor could put a tiny（微小的）robot into our body.It could search for the illness and send the medicine 5 there!

This year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine is from Japan. He also looks at small things.He finds that cells（细胞）can 6 old ones and use the useful parts to make new cells,or fight off viruses（病毒）.How 7 our body is!Scientists hope this new finding can help prevent many diseases.

The Japanese scientist also gave some advice to the next 8. “I'd like to tell young people that not all can be successful in science, but it's important to rise to the challenge.” he said.