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1、第一部分 选修八 Unit2Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2016·上饶市二模)Ifyou'veeverhadadog,youknowjusthowdeepaconnectionyoucandevelopwith“man'sbestfriend”.Butadoghasamuchshorterlifespan(长度)—about12to15yearslong—thanhumans,whichmeanseverydogownerhastogothroughtheheartbreakingmomentwhentheir
2、lovingpetpassesaway.Whynotmakeacloneofthatdogthen?ThisisthesolutionofferedbyaSouthKoreancompany,SooamBiotechResearchFoundation.Thecompanyhassuccessfullyclonedatleast400dogs,mostlyforU.S.customers,eversinceitpioneeredthetechniquein2005.Now,SooamBiotechi
3、splanningtointroducetheirbusinesstoU.K.dogowners,offeringthemdogsthatlookjustliketheirlostones.Meanwhile,anotherdogisselectedtosupplyanegg.ResearchersthenreplacetheDNAintheeggwiththatfromtheskincellandimplanttheeggintothewomb(子宫)ofafemaledog.Theegggrow
4、sintoapuppyoverthefollowingtwomonths.Tocloneadog,researchersfirstneedtotakeaskincellfromalivingdogoronethathasjustdied.Thewholeprocesstakeslessthanaday,butitcomesatashockinglyhighprice,around£63,000(614,000yuan).Butifyoucan'tafforditnow,youcanalsosavet
5、hecellsinalaboratoryandaccessthematalaterdate.Justlikeidenticaltwinsofhumans,theysharetheexactsameDNAbuttherewillstillbesmalldifferencesbetweenthem.“ThespotsonaDalmatianclonewillbedifferent,forexample,”InsungHwang,headofSooamBiotech,toldTheGuardian.How
6、ever,asmagicalascloningmightsound,thereisnoguaranteethatthecloneddogwillbeaperfectreplica(复制品)oftheoriginalone.Dogownerswillalsohavetoacceptthefactthatpersonalityisnot“cloneable”.Apartfromgenes,personalityisalsodeterminedbyupbringing(培养)andenvironment,
7、whichareboth“randomelements(因素)thatcloningtechnologiessimplycannotovercome”,ProfessorTomKirkwoodatNewcastleUniversity,theU.K.,toldTheTelegraph.Perhapsbringingourdogsbackbycloningisnotthebestwaytorememberthemafterall.Kirkwood,adogownerhimself,pointedout
8、:“Animportantaspectofourrelationshipwiththemiscomingtotermswiththepainoflettinggo.”文章大意:当你的狗去世的时候,你是否愿意用克隆的方法来得到一只和它一模一样的狗呢?韩国的一家公司现在就在为人们提供这样的服务.1.Accordingtothearticle,SooamBiotechResearchFoundationis__C__.A.workingonplanstohelpdogown