2018年英语同步优化指导（人教版选修8）练习：Unit 2 section 2 Warming Up Reading—Language Points（活页作业） Word版含解析.docxVIP

活页作业(五)Ⅰ.阅读理解ANot long ago，making a baby boy or a baby girl was pretty much a hit-or-miss affair， but not any more now.Parents who have access to the genetic testing techniques(基因检测技术)can now predetermine their baby’s sex with great accuracy，as Monique and Scott Collins learned to their delight two years ago，when their long-wished-for daughter Jessica was born after genetic pre-screening at a fertility clinic in Fairfax，Virginia.And baby Jessica is just the beginning.Within a decade or two，it may be possible to screen kids almost before pregnancy(怀孕)，such as how tall they are likely to be，what body type they will have，their hair and eye color，and even their IQ and personality type.In fact，if gene therapy lives up to its promise，parents may some day be able to go beyond weeding out undesirable trials and start actually inserting the genes they want，perhaps even genes that have been crafted in a lab.Parents may be going to fertility clinics and picking from a list of choices the way car buyers order air-conditioning or wheels.“It’s the most exciting shopping experience designing your baby，”says biotechnology(生物工艺学)critic，Jeremy Rifkin，who is concerned about the prospect(前景)．“In a society that is used to cosmetic surgery(整形手术)，this is not a big step.”The prospect of designer babies，like many of the ethical(伦理)problems caused by the genetic revolution，is causing the doctors，ethicists，religious leaders and politicians of the whole world to start a fierce conflict，who are trying to decide how they feel about it all.They still have a bit of time.Apart from gender(性别)，the only trails that can now be identified at the earliest stages of development are about a dozen of the most serious genetic diseases.Gene therapy in embryos(胚胎)is at least a few years away.And the gene or combination of genes responsible for most of our physical and mental attributes hasn’t even been identified yet，so the idea of engineering genes in or out is of no practical meaning.1．What is gene therapy