川汇区师院附中高中英语Unit2Cloning单元质量检测二新人教版选修.docVIP

单元质量检测（二） eq \a\vs4\al(?时间：100分钟　满分：120分?) Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Research advances over the past decade have told us that, with a little work, we humans can clone just anything we want, from frogs to monkeys and probably even ourselves! So, we can clone things, but why would we want to? Lets look at some of the reasons people give to justify cloning. 1．Cloning for medical purposes Of all the reasons, cloning for medical purposes has the most potential to benefit a large number of people. Cloning technologies might reduce the time needed to make a transgenic animal model, and the result would be a population of genetically identical animals for study. 2．Cloning stem cells for research Stem cells are the bodys building blocks which might be used to repair damaged or diseased organs and tissues. Researchers are currently looking on cloning as a way to create genetically defined human stem cells for research and medical purposes. 3．Reviving endangered or extinct species The dinosaur was an extinct species. Could we really clone dinosaurs? In theory? Yes. What would you need to do this? A well-preserved source of DNA from the extinct dinosaur, and a closely related species, currently living, that could serve as a surrogate (代用的) mother. In reality? Probably not. Its not likely that dinosaur DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. However, scientists have tried to clone species that became extinct more recently, using DNA from well-preserved tissue samples. 4．Cloning humans? Why would anyone want to clone humans? Some reasons are to help infertile_couples have children or to replace a deceased child. However, there are the risks involved. For example, how sure can we be that a cloned baby will be healthy or what might go wrong? 语篇解读：人们认为通过克隆可以复制一切生物，并提出了几个理由来支持克隆，如出于医疗目的的克隆、克隆干细胞进行研究、拯救濒危的或灭绝的物种。有人甚至希望通过克隆来使不能生育的夫妇实现拥有自己孩子的梦想。 1．Whats the main idea of the whole passage? A．Why people want to use cloning. B．How to clone a