Question

Look closely at ,your hands-are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you was  your hands. They're still crowded with microbes, which are also called "germs" or "bacteria". Microbes are everywhere. But don't worry-most microbes don't harm you. and many actually help you stay alive.

Now,  scientists say the microbes that live on our hands could be used in a surprising way: fighting crime.

When police visit the scene of a crime, they often look for fingerprints to try to identifythe criminal.  But according to a recent study, investigators could even use microbes to help break a criminal case.

Every person has his or her own set of microbes that live on their hands, according to scientists at,the University of:Colorado. That means the mix of different kinds of microbes on everybody's hand is unique-much like one's fingerprint.

The scientists wanted to know whether this microbe mix could be used as a new kind of fingerprint-especially in a crime scene where fingerprints might be hard to find.  And policemen use forensics such as studying fingerprints to identify the criminal.

"Microbe fingerprints are harder to hide," said Noah Fierer, one of the scientists.

"You can't sterilize(為……殺菌) a surface just by wiping it off. "

His team compared the bacteria on the hands of 273 people with the bacteria found on each person's computer keyboard. For the study, the keyboards had been used only by the people who were being tested. The study showed that the mix of microbes from each per- son's hands matched the mix of microbes on that person's keyboard. The scientists were easily able to tell the 273 people apart-just by looking at their keyboards.

But there are a lot more than 273 criminals. Other scientists wonder whetherthe microbe fingerprint can really be that useful. 

Fierer agrees that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe fingerprint will be a useful tool．

1.According to the passage,  microbes on people's hands_____

A．do more harm than good                 B．are easy to get rid of

C．are almost the same                     D．might help find crimes

2.The underlined word "forensics" in Paragraph 5 probably refers to________.

A．the scientific test used by police

B．a new kind of fingerprint

C．a kind of bacteria'in people's hands

D．a kind of newly invented keyboard

3.What did Fierer's team find through the study?

A．They found the criminal among the 237 people.

B．They could tell who had used which computer.

C．Computer keyboards couldn't keep people's microbe fingerprints.

D．People's characters could be identified by the keyboards they used.

4.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．your microbes may give you away

B．scientists will come to a clear conclusion soon

C．many scientists think microbe fingerprints useless

D．the microbe fingerprint has been used in many cases

5.The main idea of the passage is about_____.

A．the importance of fingerprints             B．how to clean our hands

C．the usefulness of microbes                D．different germs on our hands

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了人們手上的細菌有好處，現在警察利用人們手上的細菌可以幫助破案，因為人的指紋有可能被破壞了，看不清了，但是人們接觸過的東西上面的細菌卻還有，并且人與人是不同的，所以可以根據這個來找到警察要找的罪犯。

1.細節理解題。根據according to a recent study, investigators could even use microbes to help break a criminal case.指紋來幫助破案，故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據The scientists wanted to know whether this microbe mix could be used as a new kind of fingerprint-especially in a crime scene where fingerprints might be hard to find.  And policemen use forensics such as studying fingerprints to identify the criminal.故選A。

3.細節理解題。根據For the study, the keyboards had been used only by the people who were being tested. The study showed that the mix of microbes from each per- son's hands matched the mix of microbes on that person's keyboard. The scientists were easily able to tell the 273 people apart-just by looking at their keyboards.通過看鍵盤很容易的辨別誰用了這個電腦。故選B。

4.細節理解題。根據你的細菌能夠泄漏秘密，故選A。

5.主旨大意題。根據C

考點：科普類短文閱讀。

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