2024届上海市部分区高三下学期二模英语试题汇编：六选四含答案）

2024届上海市部分区高三下学期二模英语试题汇编 六选四 2024届上海市青浦区高三下学期二模英语试题 Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. A. The reaction is caused by nerves that reach into the airway. B. Scientists know about many different stimuli that can cause cough. C. Many infections involve dry coughs that don’t produce phlegm (痰) at all. D. We can’t really detect virus any more in these individuals, and yet they’re still coughing. E. But at least temporarily, they can send us into coughing even when we’re no longer sick. F. Scientists still aren’t sure exactly why otherwise healthy people experience this kind of persistent cough. Why Are You Still Coughing Have you caught a cold recently — but can’t get rid of the cough You’re not alone. The symptom can stick around for weeks after our bodies have cleared a virus. Michael Shiloh, a physician specializing in infectious disease research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, says coughing patients often report that they were sick as many as eight weeks prior to seeing him. He says, “____67____” The United States saw a sharp rise in cases of influenza in late 2023 that’s dragged on into 2024. And though positive tests for the illness have leveled off or decreased countrywide over the past weeks, the number of people seeking healthcare for respiratory (呼吸的) diseases is still elevated across much of the U.S. ____68____ But research on how infections affect nerves in the airway is revealing new clues. Coughing is an important reaction that protects the airway from dangers like water or bits of mis-swallowed food, says doctor and researcher Lorcan McGarvey of Queen’s University Belfast. ____69____ These nerves are decorated with receptor (受体) proteins that react to everything from cold air to hot pepper. When a stimulus causes those receptors, nerves send signals to the brain that we experience as the urge to cough. While it may seem obvious that coughing is meant to clear our throats, it’s also possible that viruses cause the reaction to help themselves spread. ____70____ And if we do ultimately cough to clear out our airway during an infection, that still wouldn’t explain what exactly our nerves sense during an infection that causes a cough. “We don’t know,” says electrophysiologist Thomas Taylor-Clark of the University of South Florida. “But what we can say is that we do know some things, one being that viruses cause infection.” 2024届上海市金山区高三下学期二模英语试题 Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. A. Young consumers no longer blindly chase trendy or luxury items. B. They excel in using mobile devices and social media for getting information. C. Their ... ...