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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 上半年翻译资格二级笔译冲刺模拟试题8  欢迎来到翻译资格考试，今天为大家分享是二级笔译冲刺题，随着翻译资格考试时间的临近，备考冲刺环节显的格外重要。不知道大家是否已经有了自己的学习计划，如果你还在困惑，不让一起来看看本文分享的冲刺模拟试题练习。  Dont Blame DNA  The really critical implication of the discovery still lies with the door that geneticists have opened on the environmental influences of our behavior, our personalities and our health, l and with the critical blow it strikes on the idea of biological determinism. 2  For the past decade, the public has witnessed a rising epidemic of tales of discoveries of genes that dispose humanity to homosexuality, to alcoholism, to political persuasion, to running ability, and to artistic taste. 3  But even before yesterdays revelations by Venter 4, scientists had stopped believing in the gay gene. Yet belief in its existence still persists among the public. The assault on biological determinism that geneticists have now triggered will be timely, and will prove that human nature is a lot more complex and intriguing than determinists have given it credit for. 5 Even more importantly, the discovery has critical implications for our understanding of idea of free will. 6  It has become increasingly fashionable for individuals particularly in the United States to blame actions and crimes on the influence of their genes. Consider the following story. 7 A young American woman, Glenda Sue Caldwell, was convicted of killing her child and was jailed for life. Only later did she begin to display the symptoms of Huntingtons Disease, 8 an inherited brain disorder that produces horrific delusions and uncontrolled movements. Claiming she was a victim of her genes, the woman was cleared on appeal. 9  Since then, several other U. S. defendants accused of violent crimes have argued that they too were innocent victims of their genes. They were not responsible for their actions. Their genes were. None of these people have yet succeeded in persuading courts of their innocence and