高中英语Unit2Cloning单元综合测新人教版选修8.docx

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高中英语Unit2Cloning单元综合测新人教版选修8

Unit2Cloning-单元测

一、单词拼写（根据中文提示拼写单词）（共8小题；共8分）

1.The （步骤）ofcloninganimalsisquitedifficulttoundertake.

2.Whenaskedwhatledtohissuccess,theactor （归功于）hisachievementtohiswife'ssupport.

3.Shesaidshecould （仅仅）understandafewwordswhenhespokeJapanese.

4.Hehadmarriedseveraltimesandhadforty-sixchildren （总共）.

5.Thisisasecond-handcar,butitisstillingood （条件）.

6.Somesubjects,suchasmath,physicsandEnglish,are （强制的）forthestudents.

7.Wefindthattelevisionandtheradiogaverisetofarfewercomplaintsthantheprinted （媒体）.

8.Ihadalotoftrouble （抵制）thetemptationtoopenthebox.

二、单词拼写（单句首字母填空）（共7小题；共7分）

9.Don'tloseheart.Allyourhardshipsareb topayoff.

10.Toma readingclassicnovelsanddreamsofbeingawriter.

11.Allhedidwasinv .Nobodywantedtolistentohim.

12.I'msorrytob you,butcouldyoudirectmetothestation?

13.Assoonastheearthquakes thevillage,thevillagersrushedoutoftheirhouses.

14.Onlyaminorityofpeopleo ,whilethemajoritywereinfavorofbanningsmoking.

15.Whenher ,hewillmovetoasmalltowninthecountrytoenjoytherestofhislife.

三、单项选择（共10小题；共10分）

16.Thefarmerswere whentheysawtheirfishdeadasaresultofthepollution.

A.castdownB.breakdownC.calmdownD.settledown

17.Hecan'tanswerthequestion hegotsuchalargeamountofmoneyovernight.

A.whenB.thatC.howD.what

18.---Idon'tthinkhehasfoundajobyet.

--- .

A.NoproblemB.GoaheadC.ExactlyD.Goodidea

19.Anychoicewemakeshouldn'tbe ;theymustbebasedoncertaininformation.

A.conservativeB.arbitraryC.reasonableD.innocent

20.Doyouhaveanyidea onearthhashappenedtoourfriend?

A.thatB.whatC.asD.which

21.Agoodideacametoher shecouldlivewithherbestfriendinthatcityduringtheholiday.

A.ifB.whenC.thatD.which

22.Whenyou myage,you'llunderstandwhatImean.

A.attainB.achieveC.acquireD.obtain

23.Wearestronglyagainstthecompany'sdecision itwillfirehalfofitsstaffinthefollowingyears.

A.whichB.thatC.whatD.when

24.Aftermanyyears'hardworking,hisparentsmanagedto thedebtsforhiseducationatuniversity.

A.payforB.paybackC.payoffD.payout

25.Thetheoryisbasedonaseriesofwrong ,soit'sawasteoftimetryingtoproveit.

A.breakthroughsB.objectionsC.regulationsD.assumptions

四、完形填空（共20小题；共30分）

Acloneisanexactcopyofaplantoranimal26 fromanyonecell.SinceScottishscientistsreportedthattheyhad27 tocloneasheepnamedDollyin1997,researchintocloninghasgrownrapidly.InMay1998,scientistsinMassachusettsmanagedtocreatetwoidenticalcalves（牛犊）28 cloningtechnology.Amousehas29 beenclonedsuccessfully,butthedebateovercloninghumansreallystartedwhenChicago30 RichardSeedmadeasurprisingannouncement."Wewillhavemanagedtocloneahumanbeingwithinthenexttwoyears,"hetoldtheworld.

Seed'sannouncement31 alotofmediaattention.InEurope,nineteennationshavealready32 anagreementbanninghumancloningandintheUSthePresident33 :

"Wewillbeintroducing34 lawtobanhumancloningandmanystatesintheUSwillhave35 anti-cloninglawsbytheendoftheyear."

Manyresearchersarenotsonegative36 cloning.Theyareworriedthatlaws37 humancloningwillthreatenimportantresearch.InMarch,theNewEnglandJournalofMedicinecalledanyplantobanresearchoncloninghumans38 mistaken.Manyresearchersalsobelievethat39 attemptstobanit,humancloningwillhavebecomeroutineby2010becauseitis40 tostoptheprogressofscience.

Isthereareasontofearthatcloningwill41 anightmareworld?

Thepublichasbeenbombarded（轰炸）withnewspaperarticles,televisionshowsandfilms,42 cartoons.Suchinformationisoftenmisleading,andmakespeople43 whatonearththescientistswillbedoingnext.

44 thenextfivetotenyearsscientistswillprobablyhavefoundawayofcloninghumans.Itcouldbethat45 soonwewillbeabletochoosethepersonthatwewantourchildtolooklike.

26.A.producesB.produceC.producingD.produced

27.A.triedB.succeededC.attemptedD.managed

28.A.takingB.teachingC.usingD.learning

29.A.tooB.eitherC.alsoD.aswell

30.A.reporterB.physicistC.writerD.artist

31.A.arousedB.roseC.roseupD.wasraised

32.A.signedB.wroteC.drewD.arrived

33.A.spokeB.toldC.reportedD.announced

34.A.theB.aC.anD./

35.A.allowedB.agreedC.passedD.approved

36.A.inB.forC.beyondD.about

37.A.forbiddenB.permittingC.banningD.referring

38.A.seriouslyB.personallyC.partlyD.possibly

39.A.despiteofB.thoughC.althoughD.inspiteof

40.A.possibleB.impossibleC.likelyD.probably

41.A.leadtoB.sticktoC.cometoD.addupto

42.A.asmuchasB.asmanyasC.aswellasD.asgoodas

43.A.puzzleB.worryC.wanderD.wonder

44.A.UponB.WithinC.OutofD.At

45.A.muchB.prettyC.tooD.more

五、阅读理解（共16小题；共32分）

A

AuthorsKyleKurpinskiandTerryD.Johnsonprettymuchhavemeconvincedthathumancloningisquitepossibleandisafuturecertainty.KurpinskiandJohnsonarebothbioengineeringexperts;unlikesimilarscientistsyouhaveseeninthemovies,theybothhaveasenseofhumor.WhatsurprisesmeisthatKurpinskiandJohnsonareabletotakesomethingascomplicatedasDNAandmakeitunderstandable.

ThebookHowtoDefeatYourOwnCloneteachesuswhatisnowknownasDNA-encoded,howthathappens,andwhypeoplewithsimilarDNAdon'tlookoractthesame.ThebooknotonlyhelpsusgetabasicunderstandingofwhatDNAanditspurposeare,butalsoexplainscloningandstemcell（干细胞）research.Itoccurstomethatalotofpeoplewhoareagainststemcellresearchdon'tknowwhattheyareprotestingabout.Theauthorsprovideahistoryofcloning,aswellasinformationaboutstemcells.

Therealfunstartswhentheauthorsattackvariousmythsaboutcloning.Obviously,toomanypeoplehavebeenwatchingtoomanybadmoviesandtelevisionprograms.Rememberthey'rejustfictionalstories.If,somehow,scientistsmanagetocloneyou.Twentyyearsfromnowyourcloneisn'tgoingtokillyou.Amongthemythsexploredandexplodedarethataclonewillknoweverythingyouknowandwillactasyoudo,thatheadswhicharecutoffcanbekeptalive,andthataclonehasnobellybutton（肚脐）.Manyofthemythsareridiculousbutmanypeoplebelievethem.

KurpinskiandJohnsonalsodetailsomebio-improvements"thatreallywork".Yousee,genescanbecontrolledtohelpyousleepbetterandbecomesmarter,healthier,andtaller.Well...notexactlyyou,butfuturegenerations.

Ifyoudowindupinabattlewithyourownclone,whowillbeconsiderablyyoungerthanyou,rememberthatitisnotyouandthatitdoesn'tknowwhatyouknow.

46.Manybioengineeringexpertsinthemoviesare .

A.humorousB.wealthyC.seriousD.crazy

47.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatbiotechnology .

A.hasbeenbannedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld

B.isbeingusedtoimproveone'sintelligencerightnow

C.canhelpimprovethephysicalconditionoffuturegenerations

D.issuretocureanydiseaseinthenearfuture

48.Accordingtothepassage,acloneofyou .

A.willwanttokillyouB.knowswhateveryouknow

C.hasnobellybuttonD.willbeyoungerthanyou

49.Thepassagewaswrittenmainlyto .

A.predictthefutureofcloning

B.introducetwobioengineeringexperts

C.reviewabookoncloning

D.protestagainstmoviesaboutcloning

B

In1822GregorMendelwasbornonafarminAustria.HisfatherfoundthatMendelwasinterestedinplants.Heknewthathissonwasclever,andhesentMendeltohighschool.Atthattimefewpeopleattendedhighschool,andthosewhodidlivedthere.However,sincehisfathercouldnotgivehimenoughmoney,healwaysfelthungry.Luckily,theotherstudentsalwaysgavehimfoodfromtheirplates.

LaterMendelbecameamonk（和尚）andcontinuedhisstudies.Hetookcareofthegardensatthetemplewhereheandtheothermonkslived.Hedidexperimentswithpea（豌豆）plantsforeightyears.Hewantedtoprovethatparentspassedfeaturestotheirchildren.Around1860Mendeldiscoveredthatplantshaverecessiveanddominantgenes（隐性和显性基因）.

Hegrewatallpeaplantwithashortpeaplant.Everyoneofthefirstgeneration（培育后代）offourpeaplantswastall.Thismeantthattallwasthedominantgene.Yetinthenextgenerationoffourpeaplants,oneplantwasveryshort.Therecessiveshortgenesitreceivedfrombothofitsparentplantshadmadeitshort.

Fromtheseexperiments,heunderstood:

Dominantgenesshowedupthemostofteninthechildren.Recessivegenesonlyshowedupsometimesandonlywhenbothparentscarriedthegeneforthefeatures.

Tosharehisfindingwithothers,hewroteapaper.Butduringhislifetimenoonecaredaboutwhathehaddiscovered.Atthetimeofhisdeath,hestillfeltverysad.

Finally,hisimportantdiscoverywasacceptedin1990.Weknowthatbothplantsandanimalshavegenesandthatgenesplayamajorroleinhowwelook,howweact,andwhetherornotwearelikelytogetcertaindiseases.

50.Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectorderoftheeventsmentionedinthetext?

a.GregorMendelbecameamonk.

b.GregorMendelwenttohighschool.

c.GregorMendeldidlotsofplantexperiments.

d.GregorMendelwroteapapertosharehisdiscovery.

A.b-c-d-aB.b-a-c-dC.a-c-b-dD.a-d-b-c

51.Thethirdparagraphmainlytellsus .

A.t