高考英语总复习Unit2Cloning课时作业（含解析）新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit2 Cloning Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Everypetownerloveshispet.Thereisnoargumenthere. Butwhenweaskedourreaderswhethertheywouldclonetheirbelovedanimals,theresponsesweresplitalmostdownthemiddle.Ofthe228readerswhoansweredit,108wouldclone,111wouldnotandnineweighedeachsidewithoutofferinganopinion. Clearly,fromreaders??response,thisisanissuethatreachesdeeplyintoboththejoyandeventualsadnessofowningapet.Itspeaks,aswell,topeople??swidelydifferingexpectationsoverthedevelopingscientificprocedure. Mostoftherespondentswhofavouredtheideastronglybelieveditwouldproduceatleastaclosecopyoftheoriginal;manyfelttheprocesswouldactuallyreturnanexactcopy.Thoseontheotherside,however,heldlittlehopethataclonecouldnevertrulyrecreateapet,andmanysimplydidn??twishtogoagainstthenaturallawoflifeanddeath. Bothsidesexpressedequallovefortheiranimals.Morethanafewrespondentsowned “thedog/catintheworld”.Theythoughtoftheirpetsastheir “bestfriend”, “amemberofthefamily”, “thelightofmylife”.Theytoldmovingstoriesofpets??heroism,intelligenceandselflessdevotion. Littlewonderedthelossissodisturbing,andthecloningissoattractive. “Peoplebecomeveryclosetotheiranimals,andthelosscanbejustashardtobearaswhenafriendorfamilymemberdies,” saysGaryKowalski,authorofGoodbye,Friend:healingwisdomforanyonewhohaseverlostapet. “Forme,cloningfeelslikeanattempttoturndeathaway…It??sunderstandable.Deathisalwayspainful.It??sdifficulttodealwith.It??shardtoaccept.” Butwouldcloningreducetheblow?Thisquestionseemedtobeattheheartofthisproblem. 1.Sofarasthecloningofpetsisconcerned,arecentsurveyshowsthat,ofallpetowners,　　　　.? A.alotmoreofthemareforit B.alotmoreofthemareagainstit C.veryfewofthemarewillingtotelltheiropinions D.abouthalfofthemareforitandtheotherhalfagainstit 2.Whiletalkingabouttheresponsesfromthereaders,theexpression “eventualsadnessofowningapet” refersto　　　　.? A.thetroublesonehastodealwithinkeepingapet B.thehighcostofowningapet C.thedeathofone??spet D.thedangersinvolvedinthecloningofapet 3.FromwhatGaryKowalskisays,wecanknowthathe　　　　.? A.has