2016届高考英语二轮复习冲刺练：5 阅读+七选五+完形+书面表达_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语二轮复习冲刺练：5 阅读+七选五+完形+书面表达

　　The average vote on allowing parents of deceased children，who are no longer fertile(能生育的)，to create another using the mother's eggs and skin cells from the first child，thinking the technique was safe and effective，is 60 per cent in favor.The reasons for “no” are usually that the new child would feel they were some sort of a replacement for something.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇科普说明文。主要介绍了克隆人类或在未来50年内变成现实。

　　1．Sir John predicted the human cloning would be a reality in ________ at most.

　　A．100 years

　　B．60 years

　　C．50 years

　　D．10 years

　　答案　C　[细节理解题。根据第一段中的“the successful cloning of a mammal would happen within 50 years，and that ‘maybe the same answer is appropriate’ for the step to human cloning”可知，克隆人类或在未来50年内变成现实。故选C。]

　　2．According to the text，which statement is NOT true?

　　A．Louise Brown is the first “test tube baby”．

　　B．Human cloning is still a controversial topic.

　　C．Sir John is positive about the future of human cloning.

　　D．Human cloning is creating something that didn't exist before.

　　答案　D　[细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的became widely accepted after the birth of Louise Brown，the first ‘test tube baby’”可知，Louise Brown是第一个试管婴儿，所以A项正确；根据第二段第一句中的“Although any attempt to clone an entire human would raise complex moral issues”可知，克隆人类仍然是一个存在争议的话题，所以B项正确；根据第二段Sir John所说的话“Well，it could be anywhere between...how about 50 years？”可知，他对未来克隆人类的发展是肯定的，所以C项正确。根据第二段最后一句“...doctors would therefore simply be ‘copying what nature has already produced’．”可知，克隆人类是复制已存在的人类，所以D项不正确。故选D。]