Question

Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed tragically. Some parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and not the lost child. Here lies the difficulty, for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests, would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would develop quite differently. Is it fair for the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?

Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interest. But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance (基因遺傳), conflicts would be sure to come up if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success also depends upon fortune. What if the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of the parents simply because of bad luck?

Every baby should be wanted for itself, as an individual. In making a copy of oneself or some famous person, a parent is carefully specifying (詳細說明) the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years, particularly in the United States, much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. So I suggest there is a greater need to consider the interest of the child and to refuse these suggested uses of cloning.

1.According to the author, in cloning a lost child parents ___________.

A. lose the talents of the lost child

B. expect too much from the copy

C. are sure to have an identical copy

D. are sure to have a baby of their dreams

2.What, in the author’s opinion, affects the success of parents’ dreams?

A. The efforts of the parents.

B. The cloned child’s personality.

C. The cloned child’s interest in Einstein.

D. The cloned child’s natural talent.

3.In the last paragraph, the author implies that ________.

A. the cloned child is viewed as independent

B. parents carefully protect the rights of the cloned child

C. parents are eager to wish the cloned child to be somebody.

D. the right of growing in his own way is taken away from the cloned child

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：有人建議把克隆技術(shù)作為一種帶回失去的孩子的途徑。但是，父母必須認識到的是，通過克隆得到的孩子是一個全新的生命，他可能不具備原來的孩子所具有的天賦和愛好，也可能無法按照父母的期望成長。

1.for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one...having particular talents and interests”可知，對于失去孩子的父母來說，他們希望看到的是死去的孩子帶著他原有的天賦、才能和愛好回到他們身邊，而不是一個只有樣貌相同的另一個孩子，說明，父母的期望近于苛刻，這對復制的孩子不公平，故選B。

2.But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance, conflicts would be sure to come up if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original...Success also depends upon fortune.”可知，父母的期望能否實現(xiàn)，主要取決于克隆孩子的性格，因為性格只是部分地由遺傳決定，另外還有運氣的成分在里面，故選B。

3.a parent is carefully specifying (詳細說明) the way he or she wishes that child to develop”可知，父親或母親希望克隆的孩子按照他們的愿望來成長和發(fā)展，根據(jù)“much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish”可知，最近，特別是在美國，人們強調(diào)克隆的孩子有權(quán)作為獨立的個體并按照自己的愿望來發(fā)展自己，說明克隆孩子被他們的父親或母親剝奪了作為個體自由發(fā)展的權(quán)利，故選D。

考點：社會類短文閱讀