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  Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative,usu?ally a child? killed unfortunately. Some parents can understand that wish,but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new ba?by and not the lost child. Here lies the difficulty,for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests,would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible?however?that the copy would develop quite differently. Is it fair to the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatu?ral expectations.

  Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star,baseball player or scientist,depending on their interests. But because personality is only partly the re?sult of genetic inheritance,conflicts would be sure to arise if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success also depends on fortune. What if the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of their parents simply because of bad luck?

  Every child should be wanted for itself,as a person. In making a copy of oneself or some famous person,a parent is purposely specifying the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years,particularly in the US,much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. So I sug?gest there should be a greater need to consider the interests of the child and to reject these suggested uses of cloning.

1. The underlined part "the difficulty" in Paragraph 1 means "       ”.

   A. cloning a baby is difficult

   B. it's difficult to give birth to a new baby

   C. the dead child can't come back again

   D. the cloned baby can't replace the lost child

2. According to the pa.ssage,one of the reasons why couples usually decide to clone babies is that         .

   A. they want to bring back a child killed unfortunately

   B. they want to exchange their children

   C. they want to develop the same interests as their children

   D. they want to succeed in making a fortune

3. The sentence "Success also depends on fortune. " implies that       .

   A. the result may be unpredictable

   B. the child does not live up to the parents' hopes

   C. the cloned child fails to develop the same interests as the original

   D. the baseball player turns to acting

4. According to the observations made by the author we can't conclude that      

   A. it's important to consider the interests of the child rather than the suggested uses of cloning

   B. parents can't expect to get the lost child back by cloning a new baby

   C. much importance should be placed on the right of parents to reproduce ba?bies in ways that they wish

   D. every child should be wanted as a unique individual

Answer 1

[文章大意]克隆技术现在得到了很好的应用，但能不能克隆小i 孩呢？本文对这个问题进行了探讨，认为克隆小孩有很多困难，关键是克隆技术再好，也代替不了原来的孩子。

1. D词义猜测题。克隆小孩的困难在于"克隆小孩代替不了死去的小孩"。

2. A细节理解题。根据第一段的首句可知答案选A.

3. A推理判断题。成功还要靠运气，暗示着结果不可预知。

4. C推理判断题。根据最后一段"…much importance has!been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways;that they wish. So I suggest there -"可知答案。