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Rome-Doctors and medical groups around the
world last weekend reacted with strong opposition to the news that an Italian
specialist is on the point of cloning the first human baby.
Dr.Severino Antinori, who is the head of a hospital in Rome, has been
referred to in an Arab newspaper as claiming that one of his patients is eight
weeks pregnant (怀孕的)with a cloned baby.
Antinori refused to comment on the reports,
but in March 2001 he said he hoped to produce a cloned embryo (卵)for implantation within two
years.So far seven
different kinds of mammals have already successfully cloned, including sheep,
cats and most recently rabbits.
Doctors showed their doubt and were
strongly opposed although they admit that human cloning would finally come true
unless there was a world wide ban on the practice.
Professor Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead
Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
said: “I find it astonishing that people do this where the result can be foretold
that it will not be a normal baby.It is using humans as guinea pigs.It makes people feel sick.” But Ronald Green, director of
the Ethics institute at Darmouth College in the US, said it is unlikely that an
eight-week-old pregnancy would lead to a birth.
So far all cloned animals have suffered
from some different serious disorders, many of them dying soon after their
births .
Doctors are opposed to human cloning
because they are worried about the welfare of the cloned child if there is one.
“There are no benefits of cloned human
beings, just harm,”said Dr.Michael Wilks of the UK.
45.What is the doctors’ general attitude to cloning of humans according
to the passage?
A.They are against it.
B.They support it.
C.They welcome it.
D.They pay no
attention to it.
46.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.Doctor Severino
Antinori is strongly opposed to cloning human beings.
B.Up to now, seven
kinds of animals have been cloned, including sheep, cats, humans and rabbits.
C.Professor Rudolf
Jaenisch is carrying on an experiment on cloning an eight-week-old embryo.
D.Ronald Green
doubts about the future successful birth of the so-called cloned embryo.
47.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.The Success of
Cloning Humans B.The Anger at Cloning Humans
C.Failure of
Cloning Humans
D.First Cloned
Human?