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1、最新教学资料人教版英语活页作业(五).阅读理解ANot long ago，making a baby boy or a baby girl was pretty much a hitormiss affair， but not any more now.Parents who have access to the genetic testing techniques(基因检测技术)can now predetermine their babys sex with great accuracy，as Monique and Scott Collins learned to their delig

2、ht two years ago，when their longwishedfor daughter Jessica was born after genetic prescreening at a fertility clinic in Fairfax，Virginia.And baby Jessica is just the beginning.Within a decade or two，it may be possible to screen kids almost before pregnancy(怀孕)，such as how tall they are likely to be，

3、what body type they will have，their hair and eye color，and even their IQ and personality type.In fact，if gene therapy lives up to its promise，parents may some day be able to go beyond weeding out undesirable trials and start actually inserting the genes they want，perhaps even genes that have been cr

4、afted in a lab.Parents may be going to fertility clinics and picking from a list of choices the way car buyers order airconditioning or wheels.“Its the most exciting shopping experience designing your baby，”says biotechnology(生物工艺学)critic，Jeremy Rifkin，who is concerned about the prospect(前景)“In a so

5、ciety that is used to cosmetic surgery(整形手术)，this is not a big step.”The prospect of designer babies，like many of the ethical(伦理)problems caused by the genetic revolution，is causing the doctors，ethicists，religious leaders and politicians of the whole world to start a fierce conflict，who are trying t

6、o decide how they feel about it all.They still have a bit of time.Apart from gender(性别)，the only trails that can now be identified at the earliest stages of development are about a dozen of the most serious genetic diseases.Gene therapy in embryos(胚胎)is at least a few years away.And the gene or comb

7、ination of genes responsible for most of our physical and mental attributes hasnt even been identified yet，so the idea of engineering genes in or out is of no practical meaning.1What is gene therapy supposed to do if it lives up to its promise?AScreen a baby for sex.BChoose a babys eye color.CImplan

8、t genes. DIdentify genetic disorder.解析：细节理解题。从第三段第一句可知答案是C“移植基因”。答案：C2According to the passage，what scientists can do with the genetic testing technology now is to _.Ascreen a babys sexBscreen babies for desirable qualitiesCput in genes parents wantDcraft genes in a lab解析：细节理解题。从第一段第二句可知答案。答案：A3What

9、 can best describe Jeremy Rifkins attitude toward designing babies through gene therapy?AStrongly supportive. BWarmly welcome.CUninterested. DCritical.解析：推理判断题。从第三段第三句中“Jeremy Rifkin，who is concerned about(担心的，忧虑的)the prospect.”可知答案。答案：D4From the passage we know that _.Adesigning babies is purely sc

10、ientific not to cause ethical problemsBdesigning babies may bring people a lot of ethical concernsCscientists are now working against time to design babiesDpeople are concerned about the harm clone to science by designing babies解析：推理判断题。从第四段“like many of the ethical.world to start a fierce conflict”

11、可知答案。答案：BBThere are many ways in which human cloning is expected to benefit humans.Dr Richard Seed，one of the leading supporters of human cloning technology，suggests that it may someday be possible to completely change the aging process because of what we learn from cloning.Scientists believe that t

12、hey may be able to treat heart attack victims by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that have been damaged.Heart disease is the number one killer in the US and several other industrialised countries.There has been a breakthrough with human stem cells.Emb

13、ryonic stem cells can be grown to produce organs to repair or replace damaged ones.Skin for burn victims，brain cells for the brain damaged，hearts，lungs，and kidneys could be produced.By combining this technology with human cloning technology，it may be possible to produce needed organs for suffering p

14、eople that will be free of rejection by their immune systems.Conditions such as Alzheimers disease，Parkinsons disease，heart failure，and other problems can be cured if human cloning and its technology are not banned.Though current treatments for infertility (不生育) are getting a fair amount of publicit

15、y in the news，they，in terms of percentages，are not very successful.Some data shows that current infertility treatments are less than 10 percent successful.Couples go through physically and emotionally painful procedures for a small chance of having children.Many couples run out of time and money wit

16、hout successfully having children.Human cloning could make it possible for many more infertile couples to have children than ever before possible.5According to Dr Richard Seed，we can use cloning technology to _.Aproduce more animalsBmake people live happilyCmake people look youngerDcure people of ma

17、ny diseases6We can learn from the passage that _.Acloning has already been used to treat heart diseaseBwe can treat a mans heart disease by cloning heartsCmost people in industrial countries suffer from heart diseaseDmore people die of heart disease than of other diseases in the US7What is the main

18、idea of the last paragraph?AWith cloning infertile couples could have children.BTreatment of infertility is not successful.CInfertile couples suffer a lot physically and mentally.DIt is difficult for couples to have more children now.8What is the authors attitude towards human cloning?ASupportive.BD

19、oubtful.CCautious. DCurious.语篇解读：本文作者从几个方面介绍了克隆人技术给人类带来了利益。5解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中的“to completely change the aging process”可知，Richard Seed认为克隆技术可以彻底改变变老的进程。因此推知，克隆技术可以使人们看上去更年轻。答案：C6解析：细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，心脏病是美国和其他工业化国家的头号杀手，因此在美国死于心脏病的人要比死于其他疾病的人多。答案：D7解析：段落大意题。联系全文可知，本文的主题是人类克隆技术。最后一段点明了现在治疗不孕的成功率很低，许多夫妇饱受

20、煎熬，最后说明了利用人类克隆技术可以使不孕的夫妇有自己的孩子，因此A项正确。答案：A8解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一句，特别是关键词benefit及第二至五段(都是讲人类克隆技术会给人类带来益处)可推知，作者对人类克隆技术持支持的态度。答案：A.语法填空(2016高考四川卷)The giant panda 1._(love) by people throughout the world.Chinese scientists 2._(recent)had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby.She was a ver

21、y 3._ _(care)mother.For 25 days，she never left her baby，not even to find something 4._(eat)！She would not let any other pandas come near.She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean.Any smell might attract natural 5._(enemy)that would try to eat the little panda.The mother held the baby in her fr

22、ont paws much the way a human does.6._ it cried，she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats.The mother continued to care for the young panda 7._ more than two years.By that time，the panda no longer needed 8._(it)mother for food.However，it stayed with her and learned about the way

23、s of the forest.Then，after two and a half years，the mother 9._(drive)the young panda away.It was time for her to have a new baby,10._ it was also time for the young panda to be independent.语篇解读：熊猫是全世界的人们都喜欢的动物。文章介绍了一只野生大熊猫照顾小熊猫的情况。1解析：考查动词的时态和语态。句子主语为The giant panda，与love之间是被动关系，且表示客观事实，故用一般现在时的被动语态

24、。答案：is loved2解析：考查副词。根据句子结构可知，此处用副词作状语。答案：recently3解析：考查形容词。根据句子结构可知，此处用形容词作定语。caring“关心他人的”；careful“谨慎的，小心翼翼的”。答案：caring/careful4解析：考查不定式。根据句子结构可知，此处用动词不定式作定语修饰不定代词something。答案：to eat5解析：考查名词的数。根据语境可知，此处用名词的复数形式。答案：enemies6解析：考查连词。当熊猫宝宝哭泣的时候/如果熊猫宝宝哭泣，熊猫妈妈会前后摇晃熊猫宝宝，而且会轻轻地拍它。语境表明，此处用连词When或If引导状语从句。答

25、案：When/If7解析：考查介词。表示一段时间用介词for。答案：for8解析：考查代词。根据句子结构可知，此处应用形容词性物主代词。答案：its9解析：考查时态。此处讲过去发生的事，所以用一般过去时。答案：drove10解析：考查连词。根据语境可知此处应用and连接两个并列分句。答案：and.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()画掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的

26、词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。As the development of modern science and technology，our life is more and more convenient.An Internet is widely used and played a more and more important part in our daily life.In the net，we can learn news both at home and abroad as well all kinds of infor

27、mation.We can also make phone call or send messages by an email.If we want to learn more，we can go to net school，read various books and search more useful materials.Besides，we can enjoy music but watch sports and games in our spare time.On the Internet，we can also do shopping.In a word，the Internet

28、has made our life rich and more beautiful.答案： the development of modern science and technology，our life is more and more convenient. Internet is widely used and a more and more important part in our daily life. the net，we can learn news both at home and abroad as well all kinds of information.We can

29、 also make phone or send messages by email.If we want to learn more，we can go to net school，read various books and search more useful materials.Besides，we can enjoy music watch sports and games in our spare time.On the Internet，we can also do shopping.In a word，the Internet has made our life and more beautiful.