2018届高考英语一轮复习 Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe Cloning课时作业提升练 外研版选修6.docVIP

Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe Cloning (建议用时40分钟) Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A (2017·亳州模拟) Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. That’s nothing more than a fiction. But could we really clone endangered animals? 　　To date, the most successful attempt to do so was the cloning of a gaur, a rare ox-like animal from southeast Asia. Scientists used a cow to bring the cloned baby gaur, named Noah. Two days after birth, however, Noah died from a common bacterial infection. Other endangered species that may be cloned include the African bongo antelope(羚羊), the Sumatran tiger, the cheetah(猎豹), and the giant panda. Next, could we really clone extinct animals? In theory? Yes. To do this, you need a well-kept source of DNA from the extinct animals such as a woolly mammoth(毛象), a Tasmanian tiger, or even a dinosaur, and a closely related species, still living, which could serve as a surrogate mother. 　　In reality? Probably not. On the one hand, it’s not likely that extinct animals’ DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. Cloning extinct animals as a woolly mammoth, a Tasmanian tiger, or a dinosaur is much more difficult due to the lack of properly well-preserved DNA. On the other hand, for example, a gaur can have a cow as a surrogate mother, definitely not a monkey. But what about an extinct animal as unique as the panda? What species could possibly serve as a surrogate mother? Cloning presents many exciting possibilities. However, even if extinct animals are brought back, they could not survive in today’s world. Not only do most extinct animals have no habitat to live in, but the other plants and animals they depended on for food may also be gone as well. 【文章大意】本文主要讲了作者对克隆动物的看法。 1. It can be learned from the text that______. A. scientists have cloned the African bongo antelope B