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As we approach the 21st century，it is clearer than ever that science and technology are changging the way we live and work．The breakthroughs in bioengineering science are helping to reveal the mysteries of life，holding out new hope for lifesaving cures to some of our most dreaded diseases．
In 1997，the great news shocked the whole world that the British scientists created a lamb, named Dolly from a single cell．Miraculously，the cell had been taken from the under of an adult sheep，which marks the first time an adult animal had been successfully cloned．
But it soon caused worldwide concern over its ethical，social，and scientific implications．Cloning is especially controversial because it raises the prospect of“making”humans genetically idenfical to an existing man or woman．Some people claim attempting to use these cloning techniques to actually clone a human being is untested and unsafe and morally unacceptable．
How to look upon this new technique?When it comes to a discovery like cloning,we must move with caution，care and deep concern about the impact of our actions．First，cloning should be greatly esteemed and great thanks should be given to its inventors．Meanwhile，great efforts should be made to place this technique under strict control．Especially we should adopt a document against human cloning since past experience tells us a new invention may cause troubles if it is misused．
60．What are changing the way we live and work?
A．Cloning． B．Life saving．
C．Science and technology． D．The mysteries of life．
61．Some people claim attempting to use these cloning techniques to actually clone a human being is ___________.
A．untested B．unsafe
C．morally unacceptable D．above of all
62．How should we look upon cloning?
A．Cloning is terrible．
B．Cloning must be moved with caution，care．
C．Cloning will cause troubles．
D．Cloning is a disease．
63．According to the passage，what should be given to cloning’s inventors?
A．Strict control． B．Great thanks． C．Care． D．Caution．
| Subject | Welcome to our free talk board on the web page of China Daily |
| Table Manners and Hygiene-East vs. West | |
| Mr. Wang 2008.3-15 6:30 PM | I started thinking about this issue at my brother-in law’s 60th birthday party last Saturday. Before we ate the main meal we sat around a table that was loaded with large bowls of snack items, chocolate-covered peanuts, munchies（小吃）, cherries, and a few other things. The eater had to reach into the bowl and grab（抓）a handful of snacks and then convey them to the mouth with the other hand. A lot of people were strangers to me and I observed a cat being carried around, a dog being petted, and a number of noses being rubbed, between eating handfuls of snacks. Ughh! I started thinking about Chinese table manners. My wife and I will share things from the same plate or cup but we always put serving spoons out with the dishes on the table. Often we don’t use them though. In my family we use our personal chopsticks to take food from the serving dishes. But we are careful and only touch food we will eat ourselves. |
| Miss Brown 2008-3-15 7:50 PM | I hate that too. It’s not like it happens everywhere you know. At least in the ‘Netherlands you’re not supposed to touch other people’s food. And if you touch something, you have to eat it. Basically a Dutch setup: 3 pans/bowls, 1 with meat, 1 with rice or potatoes and 1 with vegetables. Every pan/ bowl has its own “opscheplepel”(big spoon) and you’re not allowed to touch it with your mouth/ hands/ whatever. Only put the food on your own plate. Everyone has their own plate with their own set of spoon/ knife/fork. |
| Mrs. Black 2008-3-15 8:30 PM | In an English restaurant everything you eat comes ready allocated（分配）onto your plate. Usually you do not need to transfer things onto your plate, for the kitchen did that already. In the flu and cold season even touching a spoon handle or chopstick that others have used to transfer food will dirty your fingers with these viruses, so English restaurant style is the most hygienic(unless the waitress had flu, but then the manager will not allow a waiter or waitress with a raging cold to serve.) |
| Ms. Butterfly 2008-3-15 9:30 PM | If the communal（共用的）bowls contain foods you help yourself to by picking them up with a pair of chopsticks that no one uses for the purpose of eating, then communal bowls are not bad. Use communal chopsticks to transfer food from the communal bowl into your own bowl, and voila…. Sometimes people will use their own chopsticks to help themselves to items from communal bowls, thus transferring bacteria from their own body to the communal vessels. This can be seen in lots of hole-pin-the-wall restaurants. I personally favor silverware over chopsticks but that has nothing to do with hygiene（卫生保健）.One drawback of the use of chopsticks is: an inordinate（过多）amount of timber（木材）is misused in making disposable chopsticks. But I don’t like Mc-Donald’s dining style where you must pick up your French fries with your fingers! Nothing can be more elegant（高雅）and hygienic than using knives, spoons and forks properly. |
1．In Mr. Wang’s opinion, all the following are unhealthy bad table manners with the exception of .
A．reaching into the bowl, grabbing a handful of snacks and conveying them into the mouth
B．carrying about a cat and petting a dog while eating snacks
C．rubbing noses while having a handful of snacks
D．using personal chopsticks to take food from the serving dishes and being careful not to touch what we won’t eat
2．Which of the following is Not true in both Netherlands and England?
A．You must not touch other people’s food.
B．The food in English restaurants is the most hygienic.
C．If you have dinner with your friends in Dutch and English style restaurants, each person will have 3 pans and 3 bowls.
D．In both Dutch and England, people have their own plates/ bowls.
3．Which of the following statements is probably against Ms. Butterfly’s opinion?
A．People should use knives, spoons and forks instead of chopsticks.
B．People use their own chopsticks to pick food from the communal bowls.
C．Use communal chopsticks to transfer food into your own bowl.
D．Using knives, spoons and forks is the most elegant and hygienic dining style in the world.
4．The underlined word “hole-pin-the-wall” probably means .
A．small but clean B．faraway and dirty
C．small but cheap D．small and dark
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?________.
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A．To seek help for Nauru’s problems. |
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B．To give a warning to other countries |
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C．To show the importance of money |
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D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. |
2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? ________.
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A．Rich and powerful |
B．Modern and open |
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C．Peaceful and attractive |
D．Greedy and aggressive |
3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.
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A．soil pollution |
B．phosphate overmining |
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C．farming activity |
D．whale hunting |
4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem? ________.
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A．Its leaders misused the money |
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B．It spent too much repairing the island |
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C．Its phosphate mining cost much money |
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D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. |
5.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?________.
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A．The phosphate mines were destroyed |
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B．The ecological damage is difficult to repair. |
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C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans |
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D．The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously. |
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place．Now it is an ecological disaster area．Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good consequence-other countries might learn from its mistakes．
For thousands of years，Polynesian people lived in the remote island of Nauru，far from western civilization．The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798．He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship．He called the island Pleasant Island．
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first．The whaling ships and other traders began to visit，bringing guns and alcohol．These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island．A ten-year civil war started，which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru's real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐)on the island．In fact，it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate，which was a very important fertilizer for farming．The company began mining the phosphate．
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground；it is a strip mine．When a company strip-mines，it removes the to player of soil．Then it takes away the material it wants．Strip mining totally destroys the land．Gradually, the lovely island or Nauru started to look like the moon．
In 1968，Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world．Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate．
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars．In addition，they used millions more dollars for personal expenses．Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem—their phosphate was running out．Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing．By 2000，Nauru was financially ruined．Experts say that it would take approximately$433，600，000 and more than 20 years to repair the island．This will probably never happen．
【小题1】What might be the author's purpose in writing the text?
| A．To seek help for Nauru's problems． |
| B．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war． |
| C．To show the importance of money |
| D．To give a warning to other countries |
| A．soil pollution | B．phosphate overmining |
| C．farming activity | D．whale hunting |
| A．Its phosphate mining cost much money |
| B．It spent too much repairing the island |
| C．Its leaders misused the money |
| D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. |
| A．The leaders will take the experts' words seriously |
| B．The ecological damage is difficult to repair. |
| C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans |
| D．The phosphate mines were destroyed |
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