牛津版高二英语unit3reading

Unit3Scienceversusnature
Theperfectcopy
Lead-in
GaurisakindofendangeredAsianox.Noah,agaur,wasthefirstcloneofanendangeredanimalbornon8January2001.ScientistsatAdvancedCellTechnologysucceededincloningthebabygaur.Unfortunately,Noahdiedtwodayslater.Theexperimentprovedthatitwaspossibletosaveendangeredspeciesthroughcloning.
SkimmingandScanning
Readthearticleandlettersquicklyandanswerthequestions.
1.Doesthearticlegiveananti-or
pro-cloningpointofview,orboth?
2.Whatwasthenameofthefirst
clonedanimal?
3.IsPaulineCarterpro-oranti-cloning?
Both
Dolly
Anti-cloning
TrueorFal
1.Peopleallovertheworldarehappyabouttheideaofcloninghumanbeings.
2.Dolly,thefirstclonedmammal,ixactlythesameasothersheep.
3.Accordingtothearticle,thescientistwhocreatedDollydoesnotagreewithcloninghumanbeings.
4.Cloningcanbeudtocurediasbecauitcanproducenewtissuesandorgans.
5.ColinJakeisagainstcloninghumans,justlikePaulineCarter.
6.Cloninghumanbeingsisillegalinmanycountries,sonoscientistswanttoclonehumanbeings.
F
Notallpeople
F
T
Notexactly
T
F
Notlike
F
Afewscientists
Fillintheform
Pro-cloning
Anti-cloning
1.Producevaluabletissues
andorgansthatcouldbe
udtosavehumanlives
2.Curediaslikecancer
3.Helpthowhoare
unabletohavechildren
4.Helpthowhowantto
clonetheirdeadchildren
1.Mayproduceareal-
lifeFrankenstein’s
monster
2.Createmoredia
intheanimalworld
3.Cloningshowsno
respectforhumans
4.Humanlifewould
nolongerbeunique
5.Havingfewerbabies
toreducepopulation,
notcloningmore
Morequestions
1.Whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumancell?
2.WhatdoesIanWilmut,theScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly,intendtoucloningfor?
3.Whoarethethreepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloning?
1.Whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthe
successofcloningahumancell?
Valuabletissuesandorganscanbeproducedand
beudtosavehumanlives.
Humanbeingsmaybeonthewaytoproducinga
real-lifemonster.
Somepeopleconsidercloninghumanembryos
withtheintentiontodestroythemshowsno
respectforhumanlife.
2.WhatdoesIranWilmut,theScottish
scientistwhocreatedDolly,intendtou
cloningfor?
Hethinksrearcheffortsshouldbe
concentratedoncreatingnewtissuesand
organsthatcouldeventuallybeudtocure
diaslikecancer.
3.Whoarethethreepersonsinthearticlerelated
tocloning?
IanWilmut,aScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly
andwasshockedwhenhearingsomescientists
wereconsideringcloninghumanbeings.Henever
intendstocreatecopyofhumans.Instead,he
thinkstheeffortsofscientistsshouldbedirected
towardscreatingnewcellsandorgansthatcould
eventuallybeudtocurediaslikecancer.