2018_2019学年高中英语module5cloning课下能力提升（二十）外研版

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1、Module5课下能力提升（二十）Ⅰ.阅读理解Theideaofcloningyourpetsoundslikealaughablewasteofmoney,becauseitis.Butitstartstoseemalittlelesslaughablewhenyourownbelovedpetstartsgettingolder.IfIhadhadafewhundredthousanddollarstospare,IknowIwouldhavehalfseriouslyconsidereditformydearlittlecat,whodiedlastyear.On

2、ecouplethatdoeshappentohaveafewhundredthousanddollarstospareisBarryDillerandDianevonFurstenberg,whohavereportedlyclonedtheirbelovedJackRussellTerrier(akindofdog),Shannon,andnowhavetwoidenticalJackRussellTerriers,namedDeenaandEvita.Whenyourpetdies,youjustwantyourpetback,oratleastascloseac

3、opyasyoucanget.Soit’sreallynosurprisethatofthearound600dogsclonedbySooamBiotechResearchFoundationmostwereclonedforsadpetowners.ThelabinSeoul,SouthKorea,isnowtheonlyplaceontheplanetinthebusinessofcloningpetdogsforowners.But,infact,thetechnologywon’tgiveyouyourpetback.Theredon’tyetappearto

4、beanystudiesonthebehaviorofclonedpets,butresearchonclonedcowsandpigshassofarshownmarkeddifferencesinbehaviorandevenlooksinclonedanimals.TheDNAisexactlythesame,buttherearestilldifferencesinpersonalityandappearance.EvenifDillerandvonFurstenburgraisetheirnewdogsintheexactsameenvironmentinth

5、eexactsamewaythattheyraisedShannon,thenewdogswillstillbehavedifferently.“Thepromiseofpetcloningisthatyourclonedpetisgoingtobehaveandlookliketheoneyoualreadyhave—andthatwillnotbethecase(情况)，”saidProfessorJorgePiedrahitaatN．C.State.“We’veclonedanimalsthatwereraisedinthesameenvironment,butt

6、heystilldidn’tactthesame.”语篇解读：尽管宠物克隆技术已经比较成熟，但克隆出来的宠物并不会与原来的宠物一模一样。1．WhatcanwelearnaboutthelabinSeoul?A．Itwassetupbysomepetowners.B．Ithasclonedhundredsofpetdogs.C．Itchargesnothingforitsservices.D．Ithasclonedacatfortheauthor.解析：选B　细节理解题。由第二段中的“Soit’sreallynosurprisethatofthearound600dogs

7、clonedbySooamBiotechResearchFoundationmostwereclonedforsadpetowners”可知，这家实验室已经克隆了几百只宠物狗。2．Whydoestheauthormentionthestudiesonclonedcowsandpigs?A．Toexplainwhyfarmanimalsarecloned.B．Todiscusswhypetcloningissopopular.C．Toshowclonedanimalsareverydifferentfromeachother.D．Topro