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To live forever was the dream of many emperors in ancient China. People was ordered to call them Wansui, which means 10 000 year
To live forever was the dream of many emperors in ancient China. People was ordered to call them Wansui, which means 10 000 year
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2013-01-28
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To live forever was the dream of many emperors in ancient China. People was ordered to call them Wansui, which means 10 000 years, but no human could live that long. How long can humans really live? According to the latest scientific discovery, humans are able to live up to the age of 120 or perhaps even longer.
Several recent studies showed that our life span can be extended far beyond normal limits. Cynthia Kenyon, a professor at the University of California in San Francisco, doubled the life of a worm from two weeks to a month. By changing the function of a single gene, known as daf-2, the scientist not only added extra days to the worm’s life but also kept it as healthy as worms which were half its age.
There are two similar genes in the bodies of mammals. By changing the function of one gene, scientists extended the life of a mouse by 18 per cent (or 4. 5 months). Another gene is called IGF-1. Researchers still don’t know how it affects our body. But by reducing its functions, the life of a mouse increases by 33 per cent (or 8. 6 months). The average life span of a mouse is 26 months.
In the experiment of extending life,
an ancient saying
, ’’you are what you eat," also seems to be true. Vegetables contain fewer calories than meat, and help to prolong life, scientists say. Research has found that taking in fewer calories affects our lives in a similar way to reducing IGF-1.
US biologist John Phelan suggests low calorie diets could increase human life span, but there is no proof yet.
Researchers are still waiting for the results of a study started in 1987. Monkeys are fed with low calorie food to see what happens. A monkey’s typical life span is 40 years, so there is a little while to wait.
In China, average life expectancy has now reached 70, double that of 1949. Increasing the length of our lives may bring us closer to the dreams of our ancient emperors. But it may also cause social problems such as housing and employment, social scientists have warned. (360 words)
From the passage, we can see______.
选项
A、scientists have also found out how to increase our life span by changing the gene.
B、the results of a study show that monkey can live longer through taking less fat.
C、extending life is by no means a 100% good thing.
D、the experiment on the worm is most successful.
答案
C
解析
文章中最后一段说的是,人类寿命的延长会带来其他一些问题,这就是说“延长人的寿命不是一件百分之百的好事”,故选C。由于猴子的试验要到2027年才能看到结果,所以B和D都不对。
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