As I understand, if scientists produced a human clone, there would be a great risk of it having a disease. Nobody seems to understand the ageing process of a clone. It would be terrible if a baby was the age of its parent at     31   . Its cells would grow old fast and it would die young.    32    until the technique is perfectly safe, it should be     33   .
I'd love to have a clone of     34   . I often wish I had a twin sister, someone who    35   me in everything. So why not a clone? Well, the idea    36   be fun but I'm not sure if it would be     37   . I think we would be playing with fire if we let scientists go ahead with     38   cloning. There are so many     39   
involved that all research in this area should be strictly controlled.
There are so many arguments     40    cloning that it is difficult to get anyone to consider the possible benefits. I am     41    that it is a technique which could be beneficial. The most obvious use would be for childless     42   . They would be able to have babies with their own genetic material. I don't see what's wrong with that.
Imagine a child     43    up knowing that his or her mother is really a sister or a brother. The emotional     44    on the child would be     45   . Or a child who was cloned from a dead brother or sister. What kind of emotional pressure would they feel, knowing they were made as a replacement for another? The whole idea
    46    me!
It's all very good to ban human cloning but scientists should be allowed to   47   
research. If they don't, we may     48    important benefits for our society, such as producing body organs. A clone is an     49    copy of a person with the same gene. Therefore, it is the     50    donor for an organ(器官) transplant.
小題1:
A．home B．lab C．process D．birth
小題2:
A．Besides B．Therefore C．Although D．Unless
小題3:
A．banned B．a(chǎn)llowed C．encouraged D．forced
小題4:
A．itself B．herself C．myself D．yourself
小題5:
A．overlookedB．contradicted C．a(chǎn)ccumulatedD．resembled
小題6:
A．may B．must C．can D．shall
小題7:
A．messy B．safe C．swift D．a(chǎn)wkward
小題8:
A．human B．a(chǎn)nimal C．plant D．pet
小題9:
A．obligationsB．regulations C．formulas D．risks
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)gainst B．with C．for D．a(chǎn)mid
小題11:
A．vanished B．convinced C．violated D．teased
小題12:
A．couples B．heroines C．dwarves D．elves
小題13:
A．picking B．looking C．getting D．growing
小題14:
A．pressure B．sample C．privilege D．a(chǎn)mbition
小題15:
A．unsinkableB．unimaginable C．unbearable D．unthinkable
小題16:
A．scratchesB．terrifies C．entices D．confronts
小題17:
A．continue B．predict C．tear D．mention
小題18:
A．chase B．contrast C．cure D．miss
小題19:
A．handy B．identical C．contradictory D．transparent
小題20:
A．ideal B．voluntary C．vacant D．inquisitive

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:D
小題10:A
小題11:B
小題12:A
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:B
小題17:A
小題18:D
小題19:B
小題20:A
文章講述的是關(guān)于人類克隆的話題，講述了人類克隆可能會出現(xiàn)的問題和可能對人類社會帶來的益處。
小題1:句意理解，如果一個(gè)嬰兒剛出生就跟他的父母同齡，這將會是很恐怖的事情。
小題2:句意理解，這個(gè)嬰兒的細(xì)胞很快地衰老，并且很早就會死掉，因此，直到這個(gè)技術(shù)完全安全了，它將會被禁止使用。
小題3:同上
小題4:上下文，根據(jù)后面的I often wish I had a twin sister可知，作者想要克隆她自己。因?yàn)樗恢毕胗袀�(gè)雙胞胎姐妹
小題5:上下文，根據(jù)上文可知，作者想要有一個(gè)雙胞胎姐妹，跟自己一樣，即resemble，意為，相像
小題6:情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，這個(gè)想法可能很有趣，但是我不確定這是否安全。May 可能 ，must 必須 can 可能（理論上的可能），shall將要
小題7:同上，在第32空也有體現(xiàn)
小題8:上下文，作者此處講的是克隆自己，所以是人類的克隆
小題9:上下文，根據(jù)后面的all research in this area should be strictly controlled可知，克隆是因?yàn)榇嬖诤芏囡L(fēng)險(xiǎn)，所以要被嚴(yán)格地控制
小題10:上下文，根據(jù)后文的 it is difficult to get anyone to consider the possible benefits可知，這是反對克隆的觀點(diǎn)，所以選擇argue against即反對
小題11:上下文，后面的 it is a technique which could be beneficial是作者個(gè)人的觀點(diǎn)，所以要選擇B，意為我深信，這個(gè)技術(shù)是可以對人類有益的。
小題12:上下文，根據(jù)childless可知，此處指的是沒有孩子的夫妻可以克隆一個(gè)自己的孩子。
小題13:句意理解，此處意為，當(dāng)一個(gè)孩子長大后發(fā)現(xiàn)他的父母是他的兄弟姐妹的話，他精神上的壓力將會是無法承受的
小題14:上下文，根據(jù)后面的What kind of emotional pressure would they feel可知
小題15:同43
小題16:句意理解，這種想法讓我自己都嚇到了。
小題17:上下文，根據(jù)后面的If they don't, we may     48    important benefits for our society可知，作者支持科學(xué)家繼續(xù)研究克隆
小題18:句意理解，如果不繼續(xù)研究的話，我們可能會錯(cuò)過很多對社會有益的東西，
小題19:克隆是對一個(gè)人的完全相同的基因復(fù)制，因此這是器官移植的理想捐贈(zèng)方式 identical意為完全一樣的
小題20:ideal意為理想的
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小題2:
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小題8:
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A．outsideB．expensiveC．informalD．regular
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A．They don’t use teeth to eat.
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Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.
Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher—and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.
Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can.
Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.
小題1:Which of the following statements is true?
A．Every child in hospital receives some teaching.
B．Not enough is known about hospital teaching.
C．Hospital teaching is of poor quality.
D．The special children's hospitals are worst off.
小題2:It can be inferred from the latest survey that________.
A．hospital teaching across the country is similar
B．each hospital has at least one part-time teacher
C．a(chǎn)ll hospitals surveyed offer education to children
D．only one-fourth of the hospital have full-time teacher
小題3:The hospital teachers are found________.
A．not welcomed by the children and their parentsB．unnecessary
C．not quite helpfulD．capable
小題4:In order to catch up with their school work, children in hospital usually turn to________.
A．hospital teachersB．schoolmatesC．parents D．school teachers
小題5:We can conclude from the passage that the author is________.
A．unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals
B．in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitals
C．unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching
D．satisfied with the results of the latest survey

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