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Cloning: F uture Perfect?
1 A clone is an exact copy of a plant or animal produced from any one cell. Since Scottish scientists reported that they had m a n aged to clone a sheep n a m e d Dolly in 1997，research into cloning has grown rapidly. In M a y 1998，scientists in Massachusetts managed to create two identical calves using cloning technology. A mouse has also been cloned successfully. But the debate over cloning humans really started w h e n Chicago physicist Richard Seed made a surprising announcement: “W e will have managed to clone a human being within the next two years,” he told the world.
2 Seed ’s announcement provoked a lot of media attention, most of it negative. In Europe, nineteen nations have already signed an agreement banning h u m a n cloning and in the U S the President announced: “W e will be introducing a law to ban h u m a n cloning and m a n y states in the U S will have passed anti-cloning laws by the end of the year”.
3 M a n y researchers are not so negative about cloning. They are worried that laws banning h u m a n cloning will threaten important research. In March, The N e w England Journal of Medicine called any plan to ban research on cloning humans seriously mistaken. M a n y researchers also believe that in spite of attempts to ban it, h u m a n cloning will have b ecome routine by 2010 because it is impossible to stop the progress of science.
4 Is there reason to fear that cloning will lead to a nightmare world? The public has been bombarded ( 轟炸) with newspaper articles, television shows and films, as well as cartoons. Such information is often misleading, and makes people wonder what on earth the scientists will be doing next.
5 Within the next five to ten years scientists will probably have found a w a y of cloning humans. It could be that pretty soon w e will be able to choose the person that w e want our child to look like. But h o w would it feel to be a clone a m o n g hundreds, the anti-cloners ask Pretty cool, answer the pro-cloners ( 贊成克隆的人).
A Strong Reactions
B Anxiety about the Future of Cloning
C The Right to Choose
D What is Cloning?
E Arguments in Favor of Cloning
F A Common Sight
23. Paragraph 1
24. Paragraph 2
25. Paragraph 3
26. Paragraph 4
27. Richard Seed claimed to be able to clone______ .
28. Richard Seed’s announcement received______ .
29. The United States will introduce______ .
30. Within ten years scientists will probably have______ .
A the nucleus of a cell
B cloned human beings
C a human being in two years
D a law to ban human cloning
E a report on human cloning
F heavy media coverage
第 3 部分： 概括大意與完成句子
23. D 文章第1 段主要講的是什么是克隆，即克隆的基本概念， 故 選 D 。
24. A 文章第2 段主要講S e e d的言論引起媒體激烈的反應(yīng)， 故選A 。
25. E 文章第3 段主要講一些科學(xué)家對克隆的正面反應(yīng)， 認為人們無法阻擋科技的進步。
26. B 文章第4 段主要談公眾對未來克隆技術(shù)的擔(dān)心， 故選B 。
27. C 文中提到S e e d的言論， 他認為未來兩年內(nèi)就會有克隆人出現(xiàn)， 故選C 。
28. F 文章第2 段談到S e e d的言論引起了激烈的反應(yīng)， 故選F 。
29. D 文章第2 段最后一句提到美國通過了禁止克隆人的法律， 故 選 D 。
30. B 文章最后一段提到未來5 到 1 0 年內(nèi)人們可能會找到克隆人的辦法，即會有克隆人出現(xiàn) ， 故 選 B 。
Cloning: F uture Perfect?
1 A clone is an exact copy of a plant or animal produced from any one cell. Since Scottish scientists reported that they had m a n aged to clone a sheep n a m e d Dolly in 1997，research into cloning has grown rapidly. In M a y 1998，scientists in Massachusetts managed to create two identical calves using cloning technology. A mouse has also been cloned successfully. But the debate over cloning humans really started w h e n Chicago physicist Richard Seed made a surprising announcement: “W e will have managed to clone a human being within the next two years,” he told the world.
2 Seed ’s announcement provoked a lot of media attention, most of it negative. In Europe, nineteen nations have already signed an agreement banning h u m a n cloning and in the U S the President announced: “W e will be introducing a law to ban h u m a n cloning and m a n y states in the U S will have passed anti-cloning laws by the end of the year”.
3 M a n y researchers are not so negative about cloning. They are worried that laws banning h u m a n cloning will threaten important research. In March, The N e w England Journal of Medicine called any plan to ban research on cloning humans seriously mistaken. M a n y researchers also believe that in spite of attempts to ban it, h u m a n cloning will have b ecome routine by 2010 because it is impossible to stop the progress of science.
4 Is there reason to fear that cloning will lead to a nightmare world? The public has been bombarded ( 轟炸) with newspaper articles, television shows and films, as well as cartoons. Such information is often misleading, and makes people wonder what on earth the scientists will be doing next.
5 Within the next five to ten years scientists will probably have found a w a y of cloning humans. It could be that pretty soon w e will be able to choose the person that w e want our child to look like. But h o w would it feel to be a clone a m o n g hundreds, the anti-cloners ask Pretty cool, answer the pro-cloners ( 贊成克隆的人).
A Strong Reactions
B Anxiety about the Future of Cloning
C The Right to Choose
D What is Cloning?
E Arguments in Favor of Cloning
F A Common Sight
23. Paragraph 1
24. Paragraph 2
25. Paragraph 3
26. Paragraph 4
27. Richard Seed claimed to be able to clone______ .
28. Richard Seed’s announcement received______ .
29. The United States will introduce______ .
30. Within ten years scientists will probably have______ .
A the nucleus of a cell
B cloned human beings
C a human being in two years
D a law to ban human cloning
E a report on human cloning
F heavy media coverage
第 3 部分： 概括大意與完成句子
23. D 文章第1 段主要講的是什么是克隆，即克隆的基本概念， 故 選 D 。
24. A 文章第2 段主要講S e e d的言論引起媒體激烈的反應(yīng)， 故選A 。
25. E 文章第3 段主要講一些科學(xué)家對克隆的正面反應(yīng)， 認為人們無法阻擋科技的進步。
26. B 文章第4 段主要談公眾對未來克隆技術(shù)的擔(dān)心， 故選B 。
27. C 文中提到S e e d的言論， 他認為未來兩年內(nèi)就會有克隆人出現(xiàn)， 故選C 。
28. F 文章第2 段談到S e e d的言論引起了激烈的反應(yīng)， 故選F 。
29. D 文章第2 段最后一句提到美國通過了禁止克隆人的法律， 故 選 D 。
30. B 文章最后一段提到未來5 到 1 0 年內(nèi)人們可能會找到克隆人的辦法，即會有克隆人出現(xiàn) ， 故 選 B 。