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4."Over the years the unthinkable has become thinkable and today we sense we are close to being able to alter human heredity(遗传)."These were the words of David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology,on December 1st,when he opened a three-day meeting in Washington to discuss the morality and use of human gene editing.Dr Baltimore is an old hand at these sorts of discussions,for he was also a participant in the Asilomar conference,in 1975,which brought scientists together to discuss a safe way of using the then-new tcchnology of recombinant DNA,and whose recommendations influenced a generation of biotechnology researchers.
Four decades on,the need for a similar sort of chin-wag has arisen.The International Summit on Human Gene Editing has been held by the national scientific academies of three countries-America,Britain and China.They are particularly concerned about whether gene editing should be used to make heritable changes to the human germ line,something Dr Baltimore described as a deep and troubling question.Like those of Asilomar,the conclusions of this meeting will not be binding.But the hope is that,again like Asilomar,a mixture of common sense and peer pressure will create a world in which scientists are trusted to regulate themselves,rather than having politicians and civil servants do it for them.The meeting is being held against a backdrop of rapid scientific advance,Since 2012 research into a new,easy-to-use editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9 has blossomed.This technique involves a piece of RNA (a chemical messenger,which can be used to recognise a target section of DNA) and an enzyme (酶) called a nuclease that can snip unwanted genes out and paste new ones in.
Public interest was aroused in April,when Chinese scientists announced they had edited genes in non-viable ( 无活力的) human embryos,and again in November when British researchers said they had successfully treated a one-year-old girl who had leukaemia ( 白血病),using gene-edited T-cells.T-cells are part of the immune system that attack,among other things,tumour cells.The researchers altered T-cells from a healthy donor to encourage them to recognise and kill the patient's cancer,to make them immune to her leukaemia drug,and to ensure they did not attack her healthy cells.
In another recent development,a firm called Edit as Medicine,which is based in Cambridge,Massachusetts,has said it hopes,in 2017,to start human clinical trials of CRISPR-Cas9 as a treatment for a rare genetic form of blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis (伯氏先天性黑蒙).Though other companies are already testing gene-editing therapies,these employ older,clunkier forms of the technology that seem likely to have less commercial potential.Moreover,researchers at the Broad Institute,also in Cambridge,said this week that they had made changes to CRISPR-Cas9 which greatly reduce the rate of editing errors-one of the main obstacles to the technique's medical use.
On the subject of germ-line editing,Eric Lander,the Broad's head,told the meeting it would be useful only in rare cases and said it might be a good idea to"exercise caution?before making permanent changes to the gene pool.The need for caution is advice that might also be heeded by those pursuing work in animals other than people,and in plants-subjects not being covered by the summit.
61.Which ofthe following is TRUE about CRISPR-Cas9?B
A.It has fewer side effects.
B.It can modify human gene.
B.It can protect immune system.
D.It has less commercial potential.
62.The underlined word"chin-wag"in Paragraph 2 can be replaced byA
A.discussion    B.negotiation  C.argument D.comparison
63.What can be inferred from the passage?D
A.Dr.Baltimore started his research on modiffing gene in 1975.
B.Scientists'opinions about the use of gene editing are consistent.
C.CRISPR-Cas9 has been applied to cure Leber congenital amaurosis.
D.More research should be made before the technology comes into wide use.
64.This passage is most probably aB.
A.science fiction  
B.scientific report
C.conference summary 
D.commercial advertisement.

分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了能修改人类基因的CRISPR-Cas9,它能剪掉多余的基因并粘贴新的基因,因此科学家们可以利用这个修改人们的致病基因,治愈人们的一些疾病.

解答 61.B  细节理解题,根据第二段This technique involves a piece of RNA (a chemical messenger,which can be used to recognise a target section of DNA) and an enzyme (酶) called a nuclease that can snip unwanted genes out and paste new ones in.可知CRISPR-Cas9能剪掉多余的基因并粘贴新的基因,因此它能修改人类基因,故选B.
62.A  词义猜测题,根据第二段Four decades on,the need for a similar sort of chin-wag has arisen.可知四十年后,闲谈的一种近似的需求出现了,故选A.
63.D  推理判断题,根据第三段Public interest was aroused in April,when Chinese scientists announced they had edited genes in non-viable ( 无活力的) human embryos,and again in November when British researchers said they had successfully treated a one-year-old girl who had leukaemia ( 白血病),using gene-edited T-cells.T-cells are part of the immune system that attack,among other things,tumour cells.可知CRISPR-Cas9在投入使用之前科学家们做了很多的研究,并且用它拯救了一个白血病女孩的生命,因此可以推知在技术进入广泛应用之前,应该做更多的研究,故选D.
64.B  文章出处题,通读全文可知这篇文章是对一项新的科学技术CRISPR-Cas9的说明,因此可能是一个科学报告,故选B.

点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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