专题01 语法填空15篇(第二期)-备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(上海专用)

备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(上海专用) 第二期 专题01 语法填空15篇 （2024·上海·高三上海市育才中学校考一模）Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Are you afraid of getting old? 1 we get past the age of 25, many of us immediately feel the urge to stop the signs of ageing — especially the visible ones. Men and women are now using topical “anti-ageing” creams, spa treatments and medical procedures 2 (oppose) many of them. 3 these methods can somewhat affect the way you look, ageing is an internal process. A new study has found exactly when during your lifetime this process peaks. A group scientists based out of the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that 4 being a smooth, continuous process, ageing surges forward at three distinct stages of life: first, at the age of 34, then at age 60, and finally at 78. The study, published in Nature Medicine, 5 (reveal) that scientists can not only predict your age by studying the proteome (protein levels in the blood) but also determine which organs are ageing faster than the others, and which age-related diseases your body is 6 (likely) to develop. The study measured plasma proteins (血浆蛋白) collected from 4,263 adults between the ages of 18-95 years and studied the changes in the proteome that occurred with age. Their ultimate goal was to understand how to identify the changes associated with cardiovascular issues and age-related discases like Alzheimer’s 7 therapeutic treatments can be devised to oppose their attack while there’s still time. Dr Tony Wyss-Coray, one of the leading members of the study, told Stanford Medicine News Center, “We’ve known for a long time that 8 (measure) certain proteins can give you information about a person’s health status — lipoproteins (脂蛋白