Question

【题目】Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned like Dolly the sheep in the not too distant future?

The news that a human embryo(胚胎)has been____cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions.

The____was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT), in Massachusetts, US. The group____the news on November 25.

This is____human being. A clone is alive, it walks, it breathes, said Jamie Grifo, a(n)____on the study of cloning at New York University School of Medicine.

“This is a set of cells in a lab that will be used to____someone's life.”

Such research could lead to treatment for____such as heart diseases, AIDS and even cancer, ____scientists.

Despite high hopes from other scientists, the news raised concerns immediately from religious and political leaders. Several____in the US do not allow human cloning. President George W. Bush also made it clear that he is____any type of human cloning. However, the scientists at ACT said they have no interest at present in____an early embryo into____.

Animals have been cloned repeatedly since Dolly the sheep____in 1997. And there were no real technical____to stand in the way of scientists making a cloned human embryo.

This time the research group used traditional cloning technology with a human____. ____it was given DNA from an adult cell, the egg began to____. ____it was stopped from becoming a baby—at a stage in which it was____a ball of cells. The ____technology has been used to clone sheep, cattle and monkeys.

【1】A. in failure B．never

C．successfully D．not

【2】A. research B．report

C．works D．task

【3】A. made known B．made

C．said D．had

【4】A. a cloned B．a manmade

C．a D．not a cloned

【5】A. worker B．head

C．expert D．assistant

【6】A. save B．rescue

C．cure D．treat

【7】A. patients B．health

C．diseases D．things

【8】A. according to B．including

C．besides D．argued

【9】A. countries B．nations

C．peoples D．states

【10】A. for B．against

C．researching for D．praising

【11】A. developing B．building

C．inventing D．discovering

【12】A. a baby B．a man

C．a woman D．a white man

【13】A. died B．appeared

C．turned up D．was no more

【14】A. questions B．affairs

C．business D．problems

【15】A.egg B．bless

C．meat D．cell

【16】A. Before B．After

C．While D．And

【17】A. grow B．die

C．change D．grow up

【18】A. And B．But

C．However D．Yet

【19】A. yet B．still

C．not D．also

【20】A. different B．usual

C．ordinary D．same

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【11】A

【12】A

【13】B

【14】D

【15】A

【16】B

【17】A

【18】B

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】【1】从本句后面的“...has caused mixed reactions.”可知，克隆人类胚胎已经成功了。

【2】根据题意此处应为“研究”，carry out research是固定搭配。

【3】make known the news是由make the news known倒装而来，意思是“发布消息”。

【4】根据上下文可知所要表达的意思是“这不是克隆人”。

【5】根据常识可知，从事研究的应是专家。

【6】save one's life意为“挽救某人的生命”，rescue意为“援救；营救；挽救”，其宾语一般为人或物。

【7】从下文列举的各种疾病可知正确答案是disease。

【8】本处意为“根据科学家的观点”。

【9】在美国，省一级机构为“州”，因此选择states。

【10】由句中also一词可知Bush不支持human cloning，因此选择against。

【11】developing意为“发展；开发”；其他选项不符合句意。

【12】据文章的意思可知此处应为“婴儿”之意。

【13】克隆羊多利于1997年“诞生”了。appear在此处可引申为“诞生”之意。

【14】此题考查词义辨析。problem通常指等待解决或决定的问题，尤其指比较困难的问题；question通常指由于对某事疑惑不解而提出问题等待回答。

【15】根据下文内容可知要用egg一词。

【16】此处意为“egg加入一个人的DNA后就开始生长”，因此答案为after。

【17】由上文可知答案。

【18】按一般人的发育形成规律，egg开始生长后应长成一个baby，而下文说it被阻止长成baby，故答案为But。

【19】据题意，此处应为“仍然；依然”。

【20】本句意为：同样的技术已被应用于克隆羊、牛与猴子。