银行系统公开招聘考试英语阅读理解二真题含答案与解析交互Word下载.docx

银行系统公开招聘考试英语阅读理解二真题含答案与解析交互Word下载.docx

《银行系统公开招聘考试英语阅读理解二真题含答案与解析交互Word下载.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《银行系统公开招聘考试英语阅读理解二真题含答案与解析交互Word下载.docx（14页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

.Theyhavealreadydemandedandwontherighttopatentnewlifeforms.

Nervouscritics,includingmanyscientists,worrythatthereiscorporate,national,international,andinter-scientificrivalryintheentirebiotechnologicalfield.Theycreateimagesnotofoilspills,butof"

microbespills"

thatcouldspreaddiseaseanddestroyentirepopulations.Thecreationandaccidentalreleaseofextremelypoisonousmicrobes,however,isonlyonecauseforalarm.Completelyrationalandrespectablescientistsaretalkingaboutpossibilitiesthatstaggertheimagination.

Shouldwebreedpeoplewithcow-withstomachssotheycandigestgrassandhay,therebyrelievingthefoodproblembymodifyingustoeatlowerdownonthefoodchain?

Shouldwebiologicallyalterworkerstofitthejobrequirement,forexample,creatingpilotswithfasterreactiontimesorassemblylineworkersdesignedtodoourmonotonousworkforus?

Shouldweattempttoeliminate"

inferior"

peopleandbreeda"

super-race"

?

（Hitlertriedthis,butwithoutthegeneticweaponrythatmaysoonissuefromourlaboratories.）Shouldweproducesoldierstodoourfighting?

Shouldweusegeneticforecastingtopre-eliminate"

unfit"

babies?

Shouldwegrowreserveorgansforourselves,eachofushaving,asitwere,a"

savingsbank"

fullofsparekidney,livers,orhands?

Wildasthesenotionsmaysound,everyonehasitsadvocates（andopposers）inthe**munityaswellasits**mercialapplication.Astwocriticsofgeneticengineering,JeremyRifkinandTedHoward,stateintheirbookWhoShouldPlayGod?

"

BroadscalegeneticengineeringwillprobablybeintroducedtoAmericamuchthesamewayasassemblylinesautomobiles,vaccines,computersandalltheothertechnologies.Aseachnewgeneticadvance**merciallypractical,anewconsumerneedwillbeexploitedandamarketforthenewtechnologywillbecreated."

1. 

Accordingtothepassage,theexhaustfromacarenginecouldprobablyhecheckedby______.

∙A.usingmetal-hungrymicrobes 

∙B.makinguseofenzymes 

∙C.adjustingtheengine 

∙D.patentingnewlifeforms

A 

B 

C 

D 

分值:

4

答案:

B

[解析]第一段第二句，“Theydreamofplacingenzymesintheautomobiletomonitorexhaust”，大公司梦想在汽车内放置酶来检测汽车尾气，这样做的目的是为了“adjustingtheengine”，所以选B项。

2. 

Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingwouldworrythecriticsthemost?

∙A.Theunanticipatedexplosionofpopulation. 

∙B.Thecreationofbiologicalsolarcells. 

∙C.Theaccidentalspillofoil. 

∙D.Theunexpectedreleaseofdestructivemicrobes.

D

[解析]批评家们担心那些大公司“createimagesnotofoilspills，butof'

microbespills'

thatcouldspreaddisease…”，并非漏油，而是泄露传染疾病的微生物，因此选项D正确。

3. 

WhichofthefollowingnotionsisNOTmentioned?

∙A.Developinga"

ofone'

sorgans. 

∙B.Breedingsoldiersforawar. 

∙C.Producingpeoplewithcow-likestomachs. 

∙D.Usinggeneticforecastingtocurediseases.

[解析]选项A、B和C分别在文章中第三段都提到了，即开发“人体器官银行”、创造出士兵和工人和具有特殊消化能力的人类，但没有提到选项D，利用基因预报来治愈疾病。

4. 

Accordingtothepassage,Hitlerattemptedto______.

∙A.changethepilotsbiologicallytowinthewar 

∙B.developgeneticfarmingforfoodsupply 

∙C.killthepeoplehethoughtofasinferior 

∙D.encouragethedevelopmentofgeneticweaponsforthewar

C

[解析]希特勒试图“eliminate'

inferior'

peopleandbreeda'

super-race'

，Hitlertriedthis，butwithoutthegeneticweaponry”，由于没有基因武器，他没有做到这一点，我们为此感到庆幸。

所以选项C正确。

5. 

WhatdoesJeremyRifkinandTedHoward'

sstatementimply?

∙A.**mercialapplicationsofgeneticengineeringareinevitable. 

B.Americawilldependonothercountriesforbiologicalprogress. 

∙C.Americansareproudof**puters,automobilesandgenetictechnologies. 

D.Thepotentialapplicationofeachnewgeneticadvanceshouldbecontrolled.

A

[解析]两位评论家在他们的书中说到“Aseachnewgeneticadvance**merciallypractical，anewconsumerneedwillbeexploitedandamarketforthenewtechnologywillbecreated”，有了新技术就有了新的消费需求，因此选A项。

BaekelandandHartmannreportthatthe"

shortsleepers"

hadbeenmoreorlessaverageintheirsleepneedsuntilthemenwereintheirteens.Butataboutage15orso,themenvoluntarilybegancuttingdowntheirnightlysleeptimebecauseofpressuresfromschool,work,andotheractivities.Thesementendedtoviewtheirnightlyperiodsofunconsciousnessasbother