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1、单元质量检测(五)(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATherearethreereasonswhyIdon’tthinkthatwearereadyforcloning.Firstly,wedon’tknowexactlywhattheconsequencesofcloningwouldbe.Forexample,ifscientistsclonedaman,theymightknowwhat
2、hewouldlooklike,buttheywouldn’tknowhisquality.WhatwouldhappenifscientistsclonedanotherHitlerorotherslikehim?Doyoureallythinkwewouldsurviveifthisbecameareality?Secondly,cloningraisesmanyethicalquestions.Lookbackattheclonedmanthathasbeenpresentedandaskyourself
3、thesequestions：“Doyoureallythinkthathewouldbeaman？”“Whowouldberesponsibleforhim？”“Doyouthinkheshouldhavethesamerightsaswehave？”Idon’tthinkthatwecananswerthesequestionsnow.Lastly,wedon’tknowexactlywhatthemeaningoflifeis.Inmyopinion,creatinglifeisthedutyofnatu
4、re,andwemustnotinterfere(干预)withthattaskbecausewecan’tunderstandtheextremelycomplicatedrelationshipsamonglivesthataredefinedbynature.Usuallytheserelationshipsareextremelycomplex.Sometimes,theyseemtobesountouchablethattheycannotbechanged.Frommypointofview,weh
5、avetolookatthenaturalenvironmentaroundus.Wecanseethatanecosystem(生态系统)ismadeupofalotofdifferentkindsoflife,andeachlifehasitsownfunctionwithinthesystem.Ifwedisturbthat,Ithinkitcouldleadtoourextinction(灭绝)．Eventhoughcloningmayhavealotofbenefitsforhumans,Ithink
6、weshouldstopcloningbecausewedonotunderstanditandcan’tcontrolallofitseffects.Maybeinthefuture,wewillbereadytodoit,butthattimehasnotyetarrived.语篇解读：本文主要从三个方面讲述了我们为什么不要克隆。1．Accordingtotheauthor,wearenotreadyforcloningbecause________.A．twoormorepeoplemayhavethes
7、ameappearanceB．scientistsarenotsureaboutthepersonalitiesoftheclonedpeopleC．peoplemaynotfunctionproperlyiftherearemoreclonedhumanbeingsD．cloninghasnotbeenpermittedbythegovernment解析：选B 细节理解题。从第一段“Forexample,ifscientistsclonedaman,theymightknowwhathewouldlookli
8、ke,buttheywouldn’tknowhisquality.”可知答案。2．Inthethirdargumenttheauthorfearsthatwewill________ifwecreatelifeatwill.A．changethenaturalenvironmentaroundusB．disturbtheecosysteminnatureC．sufferfromover
