(一)TheGeneIndustry根据材料,回答下列问题。Majorcompaniesarealreadyinpursuitofcommercial

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共享题干题                                         (一)The Gene Industry根据材料,回答下列问题。    Major panies are already in pursuit of mercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes(酶) in the automobile to monitor exhausts and send data on pollution to a microprocessor(微处理机) that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what the New York Times calls "metal-hungry microbes(渴望吃金属的微生物)that might be used to mine valuable trace metals from ocean water". They have already demanded and won the right to patent newlifeforms.   Nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientifiC.rivalry in the entire biotechnological(生物工艺学) field. They create images not of oil spills, but of "microbe spills'" that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and accidental release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and respectable scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger the imagination.     Should we breed people with cow-like stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby relieving the fOod problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the joB.requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction times or assembly-line workers designed to do our monotonous work for us? Should we attempt to eliminate "inferior" people and breed a "super-race"? (Hitler tried this, but without the genetic.weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories. ) Should we produce soldiers to do our fighting? Should we use genetiC.forecasting to pre-el!minate "unfit" babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a "savings bank" full of spare kidneys, livers or hands?     Wild as these notions may sound, every one has its advocates (and opposers) in the scientifiC.munity as well as its striking mercial application. As two critics of genetiC.engineering,Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God? "Broad scale genetiC.engineering will probably be introduced to _America much the same way as assembly lines, auto-mobiles, vaccines, puters and all the other technologies.. As each new genetiC.advance bees mercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created. "1.[不定向选择题]According to the passage, Hitler attempted to________A.changed the pilots biologically to win the war B.develop geneti Cfarming for foodsuppiy C.kill the people he thought ofas inferior D.encourage the development of geneti C.weapons for the war 2.[不定向选择题]Which of the following notions is NOT mentioned?A.Developing a "gavings bank" of one's organs. B.Breeding soldiers for a war. C.Prodqcing people with cow-like stomachs. D.Using geneti Cforecasting to cure diseases.

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1.参考答案:C
参考解析:第三段中“Should we attempt to eliminate‘inferior’people and breed a‘super race’? (Hitler tried this,but without the geneti C. weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories.)”所以,正确答案应是C,
2.参考答案:D
参考解析:从第三段中第一句话“Should we breed people with COW.1ike stomachs…”,可排除c项,从第四句话“Should we produce soldiers to do our fighting?”,可排除B项,从第六句话 “Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves?”可排除A项。这里只有选项D项没有提及,所以选项D符合题目要求。3.[不定向选择题]What dose Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard's statement imply?A.The mercial applications of genetiC engineering are inewtable. B.America will depend on other countries for biological progress. C.Americans are proud of their puters, automobiles and genetiC  technologies. D.The potential application of each new geneti C.  advance should be controlled.
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