●首页 加入收藏 网站地图 热点专题 网站搜索 [RSS订阅] [WAP访问]  
语言选择:
英语联盟 | www.enun.cn
英语学习 | 英语阅读 | 英语写作 | 英语听力 | 英语语法 | 综合口语 | 考试大全 | 英语四六 | 英语课堂 | 广播英语 | 行业英语 | 出国留学
品牌英语 | 实用英语 | 英文歌曲 | 影视英语 | 幽默笑话 | 英语游戏 | 儿童英语 | 英语翻译 | 英语讲演 | 求职简历 | 奥运英语 | 英文祝福
背景:#EDF0F5 #FAFBE6 #FFF2E2 #FDE6E0 #F3FFE1 #DAFAF3 #EAEAEF 默认  
阅读内容

大学英语六级考试试题(2010年1月A下)

[日期:2006-06-15]   [字体: ]
Westhusin's experience with cloning animals leaves him upset by all this talk of human cloning. In three years of work on the Missy project, using hundreds upon hundreds of dog's eggs, the A&M team has produced only a dozen or so embryos (胚胎) carrying Missy's DNA. None have survived the transfer to a surrogate (代孕的) mother. The wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses (胎) may be acceptable when you're dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans. "Cloning is incredibly inefficient, and also dangerous," he says.

  Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff. Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, Westhusin's phone has been ringing with people calling in hopes of duplicating their cats and dogs, cattle and horses. "A lot of people want to clone pets, especially if the price is right," says Westhusin. Cost is no obstacle for Missy's mysterious billionaire owner; he's put up $3.7 million so far to fund A&M's research.

  Contrary to some media reports, Missy is not dead. The owner wants a twin to carry on Missy's fine qualities after she does die. The prototype is, by all accounts, athletic, good-natured and supersmart. Missy's master does not expect an exact copy of her. He knows her clone may not have her temperament. In a statement of purpose, Missy's owner and the A&M team say they are "both looking forward to studying the ways that her clones differ from Missy."

  Besides cloning a GREat dog, the project may contribute insight into the old question of nature vs. nurture. It could also lead to the cloning of special rescue dogs and many endangered animals.

  However, Westhusin is cautious about his work. He knows that even if he gets a dog pregnant, the offspring, should they survive, will face the problems shown at birth by other cloned animals: abnormalities like immature lungs and heart and weight problems~ "Why would you ever want to clone humans," Westhusin asks, "when we're not even close to getting it worked out in animals yet?"

  36. By "stupid endeavor" (Line 2, Para. 1), Westhusin means to say that ________.

  A) animal cloning is not worth the effort at all

  B) animal cloning is absolutely impractical

  C) human cloning should be done selectively

  D) human cloning is a foolish undertaking

  37. What does the first paragraph tell us about Westhusin's dog cloning project?

  A) Its success is already in sight.

  B) Its outcome remains uncertain.

  C) It is doomed to utter failure.

  D) It is proGREssing smoothly.

  38. By cloning Missy, Mark Westhusin hopes to ________.

  A) study the possibility of cloning humans

  B) search for ways to modify .its temperament

  C) examine the reproductive system of the dog species

  D) find out the differences between Missy and its clones

  39. We learn from the passage that animal clones are likely to have ________.

  A) a bad temper C) defective organs

  B) immune deficiency D) an abnormal shape

  40. It can be seen that present cloning techniques ________.

  A) still have a long way to go before reaching maturity

  B) have been widely used in saving endangered species

  C) provide insight into the question of nature vs. nurture

  D) have proved quite adequate for the cloning of humans
Part III Vocabulary(20 minutes)

  Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

  41. My grandfather, a retired worker, often ________ the past with a feeling of longing and respect.

  A) considers C) contrives

  B) contemplates D) contacts

  42. Medical students are advised that the wearing of a white coat ________ the acceptance of a professional code of conduct expected of the medical profession.

  A) supplements C) signifies

  B) simulates D) swears

  43. The doctors ________ the newly approved drug into the patient when he was critically ill.

  A) injected C) projected

  B) ejected D) subjected

  44. Apart from philosophical and legal reasons for respecting patients' wishes, there are several practical reasons why doctors should ________ to involve patients in their own medical care decisions.

  A) enforce C) endeavor

  B) endow D) enhance

上一页1234下一页  GO
   免责声明:本站信息仅供参考,版权和著作权归原作者所有! 如果您(作者)发现侵犯您的权益,请与我们联系:QQ-50662607,本站将立即删除!
 
阅读:

推荐 】 【 打印
本文评论       全部评论
发表评论

点评: 字数
姓名:
内容查询

热门专题
 图片新闻