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(为……杀菌) a surface just by wiping it off.
His team pared the bacteria on the hands of 273 people with the bacteria found on each person's puter 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．
【小题1】According to the passage, microbes on people's hands A．do more harm than goodB．are easy to get rid ofC．are almost the sameD．might help find crimes【小题2】The underlined word forensics in Paragraph 5 probably refers to .A．the scientific test used by policeB．a new kind of fingerprintC．a kind of bacteria'in people's handsD．a kind of newly invented keyboard【小题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 puter.C．Computer keyboards couldn't keep people's microbe fingerprints.D．People's characters could be identified by the keyboards they used.【小题4】We can learn from the passage that .A．your microbes may give you awayB．scientists will e to a clear conclusion soonC．many scientists think microbe fingerprints uselessD．the microbe fingerprint has been used in many cases【小题5】The main idea of the passage is about .A．the importance of fingerprintsB．how to clean our handsC．the usefulness of microbesD．different germs on our handsD
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(答案→)D
解析：本文叙述了人们手上的细菌有好处，现在警察利用人们手上的细菌可以帮助破案，因为人的指纹有可能被破坏了，看不清了，但是人们接触过的东西上面的细菌却还有，并且人与人是不同的，所以可以根据这个来找到警察要找的罪犯。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据according to a recent study, investigators could even use microbes to help break a criminal case.指纹来帮助破案，故选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据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.故选A。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据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.通过看键盘很容易的辨别谁用了这个电脑。故选B。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据你的细菌能够泄漏秘密，故选A。
【小题5】主旨大意题。根据C