题目内容
I’m sure many of you have seen Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Multiplicity, or many of the other movies that describe cloning. Most of what you see in these movies is false. What you don’t know is that cloning could be dangerous, to the clone and to our society as a whole. I think human cloning is wrong mainly for four reasons.
What about identity? Humans are promised the right to their own personalities. What would happen if we ignore those rights by giving them someone else’s genetic identity? True, Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identities.
Also, these is a large power struggle here. Cloning means a degree of power and controls over another person’s physical identity and that ignores their rights and their only personalities. The person doing the cloning would have more power than any parent would have.
Cloning would also deal with killing embryos (胚胎). You might not have known, but Dolly, the sheep that was cloned in 1996, was one of over 200 sheep embryos and hers was the only embryo that survived. The rest died or were thrown away. Imagine if the failure rate was that high when we started to clone humans. cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort
Cloning someone, at this present time, would be extremely dangerous to the birth mother and the clone. In studies done on cows, 4 out of 12 birth mothers died. There is a very high failure rate, which is shown in the cloning of Dolly. Even if you had a few good embryos, failures have been noticeable in animal tests.
So, should we work ahead in the world of cloning? I say no. the risks are greater than the benefits. It’s dangerous to the clone and to the birth mother. We would be killing human lives in the process. It would also be a violation(侵害) of the clone’s right to its own genetic identity and personality.
【小题1】The author thinks human cloning is wrong mainly for ______ reasons.
A.4 | B.3 | C. 2 | D.5 |
A.Cloning itself gives parents great power over identity. |
B.People’s identity is completely determined by their genes. |
C.Government has the rights to confirm people’s identities. |
D.Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identities. |
A.human cloning is much more difficult than animal cloning |
B.there are 200 sheep successfully cloned. |
C.cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort |
D.numbers of baby animals are likely to be created by cloning |
A.To introduce the topic of the article. |
B.To present his idea about the movies. |
C.To state the conclusion first. |
D.To make the article unusual. |
A.What Is Human Cloning |
B.Human Cloning Is Wrong |
C.How Does Human Cloning Happen |
D.Discussion On Human Cloning |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
【小题5】B
解析试题分析:【小题1】细节题:从文章第一段的句子:I think human cloning is wrong mainly for four reasons.可知答案是A
【小题2】细节题:从第二段的句子:Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identities.说明
D正确。
【小题3】细节题:从第四段的句子:cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort
可知答案是C
【小题4】写作意图题:第一段提到的电影只是为了引出话题,选A
【小题5】主旨题:文章第一段的主题句What you don’t know is that cloning could be dangerous, to the clone and to our society as a whole. 告诉我们克隆是错误的。选B
考点:考查交际用语
点评:对于交际用语,要放在具体的语境中串联上下文。
After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.
During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dick,
My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.
I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.
Your friend,
Matthew
【小题1】 The boy looked forward to meeting the author because _________.
A.he was also good at weight lifting | B.he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal |
C.he was one of the author’s students | D.he admired the author very much |
A.the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this disease |
B.the boy never complained about not being able to go to school |
C.the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him before |
D.the boy never complained about not getting a medal |
A.Matthew was an athlete | B.Matthew was an optimistic and determined boy |
C.The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had | D.Matthew became a champion before he died |
A.he thought it was too expensive | B.he was sure that he could win one in the future |
C.he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon | D.he would not be pitied by others |
A.A sick boy. | B.A special friend. | C.A real champion. | D.A famous athlete. |