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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

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Albert Einstein said, "In the middle of every difficulty lies op?portunity."Once discovered,such opportunities are like valuable dia?monds 1       in the sand.

Several years ago I 2        at church about how we are surroun?ded by "diamonds" , 3        we could recognize them. A man stopped by to see me. I4      him as somebody who had suffered through a painful divorce and was exam?ining his life's priorities (最重要的事) .I saw his hand containing a small,plastic precious 5       .

"I stepped on this precious stone when I was leaving 6        last Sunday," he explained.

  "It found its 7        in the sole (鞋底) of my shoe. You had talked about recog?nizing 8       一diamonds. I put the plastic stone in my pocket to remind me to look for those diamonds that I 9      .”

 "I have been trying to sgll my business," he 10       . "On Monday morning,a man stopped by who seemed 11        in purchasing some of my stock (库存) .I thought,here's my 12       . Don't let it get away!I sold the entire stock to him by noon."

"Now," he said with a 13       ,"my next diamond is to find a new job!"Soon afterwards,he did find a new and better job. He was 14        to keep his gem stone with him from then on as a 15       to look for diamonds as he digs through the difficulties of life.

  Richard DeVos is 16        when he points out, "This is an exciting world. It is 17        with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner."

Those 18       are diamonds that,if left unrecognized,will be 19        lost.

  Are you looking for diamonds every day? If not,you may 20        pass them by!Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in that difficulty you're expe?riencing now.

1. A. planted   B. mixed   C. stored   D. hidden

2. A. spoke   B. waited   C. begged   D. listened

3. A. as   B. until   C. if   D. though

4. A. considered   B. remembered   C. respected   D. treated

5. A. record   B. album   C. fan   D. stone

6. A. church   B. shop   C. office   D. school

7. A. value   B. use   C. way   D. home

8. A. difficulties   B. opportunities   C. enemies   D. problems

9. A. exchange   B. buy   C. miss   D. need

10. A. continued   B. hesitated   C. nodded   D. whispered

11. A. experienced   B. concerned   C. interested   D. absorbed

12. A. luck   B. diamond   C. bargain   D. check

13. A. worry   B. sigh   C. tear   D. smile

14. A. determined   B. excited   C. prepared   D. encouraged

15. A. sign   B. lesson   C. reminder   D. memory

16. A. honest   B. right   C. wrong   D. clever

17. A. equipped   B. faced   C. covered   D. packed

18. A. moments   B. dreams   C. plans   D. chances

19. A. often   B. yet   C. forever   D. still

20. A. slightly   B. easily   C. immediately   D. suddenly

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