Recently there was a major discovery in the scientific research — the mapping of all DNA in a human gene(基因) is complete. Couple of years ago, this seems an impossible task for scientist to accomplish. All this progress in science leads us to believe that the day, when the human being will be cloned, is not far away. Human cloning has always been a topic of argument, in terms of morality(道德) or religion.
Taking a look at why cloning might be beneficial, among many cases, it is arguable that parents who are known to be at risk of passing a genetic limitation to a child could make use of cloning. If the clone was free of genetic limitations, then the other clone would be as well. The latter could be inserted in the woman and allowed to ripen to term. Moreover, cloning would enable women, who can’t get pregnant, to have children of their own.
Cloning humans would also mean that organs could be cloned, so it would be a source of perfect transfer organs. This surely would be greatly beneficial to millions of unfortunate people around the world that are expected to lose their lives due to failure of single (or more) organ(s). It is also arguable that a ban on cloning may be unlawful and would rob people of the right to reproduce and limit the freedom of scientists.
Arguments against cloning are also on a perfectly practical side. Primarily, I believe that cloning would step in the normal “cycle” of life. There would be a large number of same genes, which reduce the chances of improvement, and, in turn, development — the fundamental reason how living things naturally adapt to the ever-changing environment. Life processes failing to do so might result in untimely disappearance. Furthermore, cloning would make the uniqueness that each one of us possesses disappear, thus leading to creation of genetically engineered groups of people for specific purposes, and chances are that those individuals would be regarded as “objects” rather than people in the society.
Scientists haven’t 100% guaranteed that the first cloned humans will be normal. Thus, this could result in introduction of additional limitations in the human “gene-pool”.
Regarding such arguable topics in “black or white” approach seems very innocent to me personally. We should rather try to look at all “shades” of it. I believe that cloning is only legal if its purpose is for cloning organs; not humans. Then we could regard this as for “saving life” instead of “creating life”. I believe cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable.
小題1:   Which of the following is true according to the passage？
A．Genetic limitation will be beneficial for some women
B．A large number of genes will prevent us from developing
C．Prohibition(禁止) of cloning might limit the freedom of scientists
D．First cloned humans might be normal according to scientists
小題2:What’s the author’s opinion on cloning?
A．Cloning should be entirely banned
B．Cloning should be used in creating life
C．Cloning will take away the right to reproduce
D．Cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs
小題3:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage

小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:A
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Perhaps that is why he struggles with the term "recreational tree climbing," saying, "I prefer to call it inspirational tree climbing."
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A．They take people a long time.B．They are related to the eco-tourism industry.
C．They advocate protecting nature.D．They cost people little money
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A．People compete to see who can climb to the top first.
B．It favors the experience of enjoying nature.
C．It is a kind of extreme sport and needs a lot of effort.
D．People view it as a challenge to climb the tallest tree in a forest.
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C．Show respect for the treeD．a(chǎn)sk for permission of her husband
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A．provide people with more chances to play outside
B．bring a lot of pleasure to life
C．Deepens personal love between each other
D．Makes people realize they should protect trees
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B．They watch each other’s behaviors.
C．They learn to speak each other’s language.
D．They know something from each other’s voices.
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小題2: According to Paragraph 1, the kids are given much homework because ________.
A．schools are evaluated in terms of students’ achievement.
B．the government doesn’t take the problem seriously
C．it is a good way to improve the students’ ability
D．time will be made full use of in this way
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B．There is a lack of sleeping time.
C．The chances of learning other skills are lost.
D．Kids are under pressure from their parents.
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B．whether everyone has a daily cycle or not
C．why people have their energy cycle of body at different times
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A．Near and Far Eastern art.
B．Pre-Columbian and African art
C．British art and illustrated books.
D．Works of European and American masters.
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A．Peabody Museum of Natural History.
B．Collection of Musical Instruments.
C．Yale University Art Gallery.
D．Yale Center for British Art.
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A．Yale Center for British Art.
B．Yale University Art Gallery.
C．Peabody Museum of Natural History.
D．A musical instrument named tenor viol.
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B．there are many venues just for exhibitions
C．collections are from art museums in the US
D．exhibitions are frequently mounted on campus
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Result? Those who had been counting money reported less pain than those who had not．Subjects also were asked about their feelings．Those who handled actual money reported feeling stronger even 10 minutes after they put down the cash．
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A．encourage B．remind C．calmD．trust
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A．He found it totally unexpected．
B．He had no doubt about it．
C．He thought it needed further experiments．
D．He thought it was not convincing．
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B．money is both psychologically and socially helpful to us
C．the result of the research hasn’t been confirmed（證實） by experts
D．credit cards have the same effect on us as money
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A．the recent trend in the business world is to give cash as rewards
B．employers should give non-monetary rewards to employees
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Recently there was a major discovery in the scientific research—the mapping of all DNA in a human gene（基因）is complete. Couple of years ago, this seems an impossible task for scientist to accomplish. All this progress in science leads us to believe that the day, when the human being will be cloned, is not far away. Human cloning has always been a topic of argument，in terms of morality or religion.
Taking a look at why cloning might be beneficial, among many cases, it is arguable that parents who are known to be at risk of passing a genetic limitation to a child could make use of cloning. If the clone was free of genetic limitations. Then the other clone would be as well. The latter could foe inserted in the woman and allowed to ripen to term. Moreover，cloning would enable women, who can’t get pregnant, to have children of their own.
Cloning humans would also mean that organs could be cloned, so it would be a source of perfect transfer organs. This, surely would be greatly beneficial to millions of unfortunate people around the world that are expected to lose their lives due to failure of single(or more) organ(s）.It is also arguable that a ban on cloning may be unlawful and would rob people of the right to reproduce and limit the freedom of scientists.
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Scientists haven’t 100 percent. guaranteed that the first cloned will be normal. Thus this could result in introduction of additional limitations in the human “gene-pool”.
Regarding such arguable topics in “black or white” approach seems very innocent to me personally. We should rather try to look at all “shades: of it. I believe that cloning is only legal if its purpose is for cloning organs, not humans. Then we could regard this as for “saving life” instead of “creating life”. I believe cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable.
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A．Genetic limitation will be beneficial for some women
B．A large number of genes will prevent us from developing
C．Prohibition of cloning might limit the freedom of scientists
D．First cloned humans might be normal according to scientists
小題2:What’s the author’s opinion on cloning?
A．Cloning should be entirely banned
B．Cloning should be used in creating life
C．Cloning will take away the right to reproduce
D．Cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs
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