4、Human Cloning Is Wrong

I’m sure many of you have seen Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Multiplicity, or many of the other movies that describe cloning．Most of what you see in these movies is false．What you don’t know is that cloning could be dangerous, to the clone and to our society as a whole．It’s immoral to have a human clone．

What about identity? Humans are promised the right to their own personality．What would happen if we ignore those rights by giving them someone else’s genetic identity? True, personality is not fixed in someone’s genes, but the clone would share any physical appearance or genetic fault of the cloned．

Also, there is a large power struggle here．Cloning means a degree of power and control over another person’s physical identity and that ignores their rights and their only personality．The person doing the cloning would have more power than any parent would have．

Cloning would also deal with killing embryos．You might not have known, but Dolly, the sheep that was cloned in 1996, was one of over 200 sheep embryos and hers was the only embryo that survived．The rest died or were thrown away．Imagine if the failure rate was that high when we started to clone humans．More than 200 embryos, the start of 200 human beings, would die for the sake of just one embryo that would have the same DNA as someone else．

Cloning someone, at this present time, would be extremely dangerous to the birth mother and the clone．In studies done on cows, 4 out of 12 birth mothers died．There is a very high failure rate, which is shown in the cloning of Dolly．Even if you had a few good embryos, failures have been noticeable in animal tests．

So, should we work ahead in the world of cloning? I say no．The risks are greater than the benefits．It’s dangerous to the clone and to the birth mother．We would be killing human lives in the process．It would also be a violation(侵害) of the clone’s right to its own genetic identity and personality．

60．The author thinks human cloning is wrong mainly for _________ reasons．

A．2                            B．3                            C．4                            D．5

61．According to the article, what is the author’s opinion about identity?

A．Cloning itself gives parents great power over identity．

B．People’s identity is completely determined by their genes．

       C．Governments have the rights to confirm people’s identities．

       D．Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identity．

62．From Paragraph 4 we can infer that _________．

       A．human cloning is much more difficult than animal cloning

       B．Dolly is the most successful one among 200 sheep embryos

       C．cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort

       D．numbers of baby animals are likely to be created by cloning

63．Why does the author mention some movies in the first paragraph?

       A．To introduce the topic of the article．

       B．To present his idea about the movies．

       C．To state the conclusion first．

       D．To make the article unusual．

3、John H．Johnson was born in a family in Arkansas City in 1918．His father died in an accident when John was six．He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high schools for the blacks．

Fortunately he has a strong-willed and caring mother．John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe．” She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother．“You have to earn success”, said she, “all the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard．”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education．She also knew that believing and working hard don’t mean everything．So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son to Chicago．

Chicago in 1933 was not the Promised Land that black southerners were looking for．John’s mother could not find work．But here John could go to school, and learned the power of words―as an editor of a newspaper．His wish was to publish a magazine for the blacks．

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try．” She also let him sell her furniture to get the 500 dollars he needed to start the Negro magazine．

It’s natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful．He always keeps his mother’s words in mind．“Son, failure is not in your dictionary．” Now John H．Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America―worth 150 million dollars．

56．Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because _____ ．

A．life in Chicago would be better for the blacks than for the whites

B．John’s father died in his hometown when John was very young

C．there were no schools for the blacks in their hometown

D．John needed education and he could go to high school there

57．The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________ ．

A．if you try , you will surely succeed

B．a try is always followed by a failure

C．only by trying can you get out of failure

D．a failure is difficult to beat , even if you try

58．We can learn from this passage that John’s mother ________ ．

A．didn’t depend on others or give up easily

B．thought success only lied in a strong faith

C．thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

D．believed one would succeed without working hard

59．What can be inferred from this passage?

A．If someone wants to be successful, he should always stand firm．

B．Chicago was not the Promised Land for the black southerners in 1933．

C．John’s father died in an accident during the war．

D．John’s mother was caring for him．

2、John H．Johnson was born in a family in Arkansas City in 1918．His father died in an accident when John was six．He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high schools for the blacks．

Fortunately he has a strong-willed and caring mother．John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe．” She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother．“You have to earn success”, said she, “all the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard．”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education．She also knew that believing and working hard don’t mean everything．So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son to Chicago．

Chicago in 1933 was not the Promised Land that black southerners were looking for．John’s mother could not find work．But here John could go to school, and learned the power of words―as an editor of a newspaper．His wish was to publish a magazine for the blacks．

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try．” She also let him sell her furniture to get the 500 dollars he needed to start the Negro magazine．

It’s natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful．He always keeps his mother’s words in mind．“Son, failure is not in your dictionary．” Now John H．Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America―worth 150 million dollars．

56．Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because _____ ．

A．life in Chicago would be better for the blacks than for the whites

B．John’s father died in his hometown when John was very young

C．there were no schools for the blacks in their hometown

D．John needed education and he could go to high school there

57．The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________ ．

A．if you try , you will surely succeed

B．a try is always followed by a failure

C．only by trying can you get out of failure

D．a failure is difficult to beat , even if you try

58．We can learn from this passage that John’s mother ________ ．

A．didn’t depend on others or give up easily

B．thought success only lied in a strong faith

C．thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

D．believed one would succeed without working hard

59．What can be inferred from this passage?

A．If someone wants to be successful, he should always stand firm．

B．Chicago was not the Promised Land for the black southerners in 1933．

C．John’s father died in an accident during the war．

D．John’s mother was caring for him．

1、Eight years ago, my family spent a long time in naming my dog．We finally  36  that we would call her Kang-Yang．In Korea, Kang  37   a puppy while Yang refers to Miss．It is a name we give to a(n)  38  ．At that time her name had no  39  meaning, but now it has become a very beautiful and meaningful name to me．

   I  40   when she first came to my house．She was very  41  ．She would not eat anything, so I took care of her very carefully．A few weeks later, she was getting  42  ．

   One day when I came home, my dog looked  43  ．That day, she did not welcome me as she   44  did．Not until the next morning did I  45  that she had been hit by a car．46  ,she was alive, but her leg was broken．47  our good care of her, later her leg got better  48  she was getting weaker．Finally she got a secondary  49  ．She couldn’t eat anything, and she couldn’t walk．50  ,the animal doctor said that my dog would die．When we saw our dog’s eyes, she looked like she might say something like “Please, don’t  51  ! I want to live with you!” We did everything that we could to help her．Finally, our efforts paid off―she  52  ．

  Through all that  53  ,we realized that my dog was  54  more than an animal．We found out that she was a member of our family．Also, we learned the value of  55  ．

11、I wonder why you won’t do it as ________ and it’s the third time you _______ so.

   A. I told you; do     B. be told; have done C. told to; have done   D. told; do