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Tony: These days, the word "clone" has been seen very often in the newspapers. Do you know
its meaning?
Lana: I read a report. It said that Dr. Ian Wilmut successfully cloned a lamb named Dolly from
a grown-up sheep. So people call him the "father" of Dolly.
Tony: In fact, the word "clone" means to produce the "same" animal by taking cells from a
grown-up one. I think, if we know how to do cloning, we need only to keep a small number
of sheep, cows or horses.
Lana: What's more, these days some people even want to clone humans. They have asked: Can
we clone ourselves?
Tony: It seems interesting. But do you think it possible to do that?
Lana: No, impossible! First, I think we cannot clone a dead person, because the cells in his body
are dead already.
Tony: Then can we clone a living person?
Lana: Again no! You might clone yourself one after another, but it is only a copy, not a real you.
It is only something, not a "human".
Tony: Well, you mean that it is not a real human.
Lana: True enough! I think Dr. Wilmut would most like to make better animals, and it has nothing
to do with human cloning.
1. The word "clone" means ___________.
A. to give birth to a new life
B. to make a new thing according to the sample
C. to make a new animal
D. to make a new living thing by taking cells from an old one
2. Dolly was the name of _________.
A. the father of a sheep
B. a famous scientist
C. a sheep that was cloned
D. a grown-up sheep
3. Lana says Dr. Ian Wilmut is the "father" of Dolly. Here, she means _______.
A. Dr. Ian Wilmut gave Dolly a new life
B. Dr. Ian Wilmut was the first man to clone a sheep in his lab
C. Dr. Ian Wilmut takes care of Dolly like a father
D. Dr. Ian Wilmut has a daughter whose name is Dolly
4. What are Tony and Lana talking about? They are talking about _________.
A. a newspaper
B. sheep
C. Cloning technique
D. humans
5. According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Scientists have successfully cloned humans.
B. Dr. Wilmut likes to do human cloning.
C. Cloned animals are better than grown-up ones.
D. Lana thinks humans shouldn't be cloned.
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