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2019 年英语职称考试理工类 C 级阅读一 Unlocking the Human Genome( 基因组 ) 1A project to unlock secrets-what scientist could resist that challenge?This is what many scientists are doing as they work on the Human Genome Project.The aim of the project is to decode( 破译 )all of the some 100,000 genes in the human body.Scientists are using DNA fingerprinting techniques to do the decoding. 2DNA is the substance found in the chromosomes( a cell.A chromosome is a chain of genes.Each gene carries a piece of genetic information.At any one moment in a  染色体 )of cell,thousands of genes are turned on and off to produce pr