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【题目】Born in England in 1944, Ian Wilmut 【1】(know)as the leader of the research group that first cloned a female lamb 【2】(call)Dolly in 1996. Dolly became famous and pictures of her appeared on the 【3】(cover)of magazines all over the world. The 【4】(possible)of reproduction without a male and female being involved also made her the focus of a moral debate. For scientists, however, the cloning of dolly using the DNA of an adult cell was a breakthrough 【5】showed the cloning of special animals was possible.

However, 【6】Wilmut thinks unlikely is human cloning. He says 【7】(undertake)the procedure with humans would require 29 surrogate(替代的)mothers and 300 eggs. Of those 29,28 would be bound 【8】(experience)failure and suffer physically and emotionally. He says he is also concerned about the psychological and 【9】(society)consequences a cloned might have to go through. For these reasons, he is not 【10】favor of it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】is known

【2】called

【3】covers

【4】possibility

【5】that/which

【6】what

【7】undertaking

【8】to experience

【9】social

【10】in

【解析】本文介绍科学家Ian Wilmut。他第一个克隆了一只被称作Dolly的雌性羔羊。

【1】固定词组：be known as作为---而著名，句子主语是Ian Wilmut，故答案为is known。

【2】此处是过去分词做后置定语，故答案为called。

【3】句意：全世界的杂志封面。可知名词用复数形式，故答案为covers。

【4】The用在名词前面，故答案为possibility可能性。

【5】此处a breakthrough是先行词，指物，在后面的定语从句中做主语，故答案为that/which。

【6】句意：Wilmut认为不可能的是克隆人。此处是what引导的主语从句，既引导主语从句，又在主语从句中做thinks的宾语，故答案为what。

【7】此处是动名词短语做主语，故答案为undertaking。

【8】固定搭配：be bound to do sth.必定，一定，故答案为to experience。

【9】此处是形容词修饰名词，故答案为social。

【10】固定词组：in favour of支持，故答案为in。