59. Which is the best title for this news report?

　　 A. Dr. Panayiotis Zavos’ Plan

　　 B. Nothing Harmful in Human Cloning

　　 C. First Human Clone May Arrive Soon

　　 D. Good News for Childless People

58．What can we learn from the story?

　　　　 A．Giving is always a pleasure.

　　　　 B．People should respect each other.

　　　　 C．An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

　　　　 D．People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

　B

When researchers made their first clone of an animal, Dolly the Sheep, in 1997, one doctor said， “The genie (妖怪) is out of the bottle.” But then he tried to actually create the “genie” by making a human clone.

Dr. Panayiotis Zavos told the public on October 5 that he could create the first cloned human before the end of the year. He is an expert on human copying and raising from the University of Kentucky in the United States.

His workers have been stopped from carrying out research in most European Union countries, but Zavos said that fact was not slowing progress.

“It is going well enough so we may try the first production of cloned embryos (胚胎) in the very near future. That is, three or four months from now,” Cypriot-born Zavos said. He moved to the United States over 30 years ago.

Human cloning could, in effect, create a copy of another living or dead person.

But Zavos insisted there was nothing harmful in the project. As an expert on human reproduction, he said he is only interested in helping couples who cannot naturally have babies to have a child. “We are not interested in cloning people like Bin Laden, Michael Jackson or Michael Jordan,” the doctor added.

“We are only interested in helping a father who does not have the ability to have a biological child of his own.”

Zavos said thousands of childless people from all over the world are helping in their research. He would not say where the research is under way, but indicated that it is in more than one country.

57．The author chose to invite the old man to fishing in order to ______．

　　　　 A．do him a favor

　　　　 B．learn the skill of fishing from the old man

　　　　 C．please his boss

　　　　 D．earn more money

56．The grandson didn’t go fishing with his grandpa because　 ______．

　　　　 A．he thought his grandpa was childish

B．he was in a hurry to do work

　　　　 C．his grandpa changed his mind

　　　　 D．he didn’t want to take the trouble

54．A．make　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．get　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．do　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．take

53．A．announced　　　　　　　 B．delivered　　　　　　　　 C．stated　　　　　　　　　　　 D．whispered

52．A．by　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．on　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．over

51．A．something　　　　　　　 B．everything　　　　　　　 C．anything　　　　　　　　　 D．nothing

50．A．feeling　　　　　　　　　　　 B．behavior　　　　　　　　　 C．event　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．action