高二英语外研版选修六习题单元卷五 Word版含答案Word格式文档下载.docx

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

AtesttotellifyouareatriskfromAlzheimer'

sdisease（阿尔茨海默氏病）anddozensofotherconditionsgoesonsaleinBritaintodaycosting￡125.

Thetestusesasalivasampletoprovidemorethan100piecesofgeneticinformationincludingwhetherusersaremorelikelythannormaltosufferParkinson'

sdisease（帕金森病）,somecancersorbaldness.

ItcanalsopredictwhethertheylikecoffeeorhateBrusselssprouts（甘蓝）,whichtypeofexerciseislikelytosuitthembestandgiveinformationaboutaperson'

sancestry（家族）．

Thetest,alreadyavailableintheUS,isbeingmarketedonlineby23andMe,afirmpartfundedbyGoogle.Acustomerspitsintoatube,sealsitandsendsitbackto23andMe'

slabsforanalysis.Fourtosixweekslater,theyreceiveadetailedreportinthepostwrittenineverydaylanguage.

Itwilltellthem,forexample,whethertheirriskofAlzheimer'

sdiseaseishigherorlowerthanaverage.23andMe—runbyAnneWojcicki,wifeofGooglecofounderSergeyBrin—saysitsmissionistoensurethatindividualscanpersonallyaccess,understandandbenefitfromthehumangenome（基因组）．

Itsaysthatarmedwiththeinformation,peoplecantakebettercareoftheirhealth.Forinstance,theprintoutmaygivesomeonetheimpetus（动力）theyneedtogiveupsmokingoritcouldmeantheyreceiveregularhealthcheckssothatanillnesscanbecaught—andtreatedearly.

GenetictestsarealreadyavailableinBritainbutgenerallyprovidelessinformationandaremoreexpensive.

1．Atesttotellifyouareatriskfromsomediseases________．

A．costs￡125everyday

B．costsabout￡125

C．isoflittleuse

D．canhelpsickpeoplerecover

2．Whatdoesthetestmakeuseoftoprovidegeneticinformation?

A．Thebloodinaperson'

sbrain.

B．Theliquidproducedinaperson'

smouth.

C．Theskininaperson'

sbreast.

D．Aperson'

shair.

3．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A．23andMedependsonGooglefinancially.

B．23andMeisrunbySergeyBrinandhiswife.

C．SergeyBrinfoundedGoogleonhisown.

D．23andMeispopularnow.

B

TherearethreereasonswhyIdon'

tthinkthatwearereadyforcloning.Firstly,wedon'

tknowexactlywhattheconsequencesofcloningwouldbe.Forexample,ifscientistsclonedaman,theymightknowwhathewouldlooklike,buttheywouldn'

tknowhisquality.WhatwouldhappenifscientistsclonedanotherHitlerorotherslikehim?

Doyoureallythinkwewouldsurviveifthisbecameareality?

Secondly,cloningraisesmanyethicalquestions.Lookbackattheclonedmanthathasbeenpresentedandaskyourselfthesequestions：

“Doyoureallythinkthathewouldbeaman？

”

“Whowouldberesponsibleforhim？

“Doyouthinkheshouldhavethesamerightsaswehave？

Idon'

tthinkthatwecananswerthesequestionsnow.

Lastly,wedon'

tknowexactlywhatthemeaningoflifeis.Inmyopinion,creatinglifeisthedutyofnature,andwemustnotinterfere（干预）withthattaskbecausewecan'

tunderstandtheextremelycomplicatedrelationshipsamonglivesthataredefinedbynature.Usuallytheserelationshipsareextremelycomplex.Sometimes,theyseemtobesountouchablethattheycannotbechanged.Frommypointofview,wehavetolookatthenaturalenvironmentaroundus.Wecanseethatanecosystem（生态系统）ismadeupofalotofdifferentkindsoflife,andeachlifehasitsownfunctionwithinthesystem.Ifwedisturbthat,Ithinkitcouldleadtoourextinction（灭绝）．

Eventhoughcloningmayhavealotofbenefitsforhumans,Ithinkweshouldstopcloningbecausewedonotunderstanditandcan'

tcontrolallofitseffects.Maybeinthefuture,wewillbereadytodoit,butthattimehasnotyetarrived.

4．Accordingtotheauthor,wearenotreadyforcloningbecause________．

A．twoormorepeoplemayhavethesameappearance

B．scientistsarenotsureaboutthepersonalitiesoftheclonedpeople

C．peoplemaynotfunctionproperlyiftherearemoreclonedhumanbeings

D．cloninghasnotbeenpermittedbythegovernment

5．Inthethirdargumenttheauthorfearsthatwewill________ifwecreatelifeatwill.

A．changethenaturalenvironmentaroundus

B．disturbtheecosysteminnature

C．sufferfromoverpopulation

D．acceleratetheextinctionofanimals

6．Accordingtothepassage,what'

stheauthor'

sattitudetowardscloning?

A．Positive.　　　　　　B．Critical.

C．Indifferent.D．Supportive.

7．Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A．ToCloneorNot

B．WhyShouldWeStopCloning?

C．ScientificResearchonCloning

D．TheAdvantagesandDisadvantagesofCloning

C

IgrewupinanareawherethenaturaldisasterIwasreallyconcernedaboutwasearthquakes.Besidesthefiredrills（演习）wehadeachyearatschool,wealsohadearthquakedrills.Luckily,thereareafewthingswecandot