Although 80% of the public have stated their opposition to cloning pet animals such as cats and dogs,companies still try to make a business out of selling cloned pets. These petcloning companies make use of the grief of people who have lost their beloved pets,leading them to believe that their pets can be "brought back to life" or "copied" through new cloning technology.

  However,there is no assurance that a cloned animal will be the v same as the original physically,let alone in terms of behaviour or per?sonality. In addition,more than 96 per cent of cloning attempts fail,and according to the CEO of one pet cloning company,15% % of cloned cats will die within 30 days. The Roslin Institute,which produced the first cloned animal,posted a state?ment on its website stating,"…the supposed benefit of cloning a pet is an illusion (假象) and the harm to the other animals involved would be real".”Behind each cute picture of a cloned cat or dog lie hundreds of animals that were kept in laboratory cages,receiving bad treatment during various experiments. For all that,you end up with a cloned animal that may experience serious health problems.

  While pet cloning companies are charging customers up to $ 150,000 for a cloned pet,millions of homeless animals of the same species are available in animal shelters for around $ 100. Unfortunately,most of these animals are killed for no one brings them home.

  With our No Pet Cloning movement,we seek to protect both animals and peo?ple from harm. We worked hard until the only US companies that sold cloned ani?mals closed their doors. Currently,cat and dog cloning experiments for pet sales are only being conducted in Korea.

1. What's the Roslin Institute's opinion on pet cloning?

   A. The Roslin Institute thinks it is harmless.

   B. The Roslin Institute thinks it cannot be avoided.

   C. The Roslin Institute does not support it.

   D. The Roslin Institute refuses to make comments.

2. We can learn from the third paragraph that the writer thinks         .

   A. pets from shelters usually have health problems

   B. buying cloned pets is a waste of money

   C. cloned pets are better than the ones from shelters

   D. pets from shelters should be used for experiments

3. The No Pet Cloning movement has succeeded in         .

   A. asking the US pet cloning companies to move to Korea

   B. stopping some businessmen earning money by selling cloned pets

   C. educating the public on the disadvantages of the cloning technology

   D. persuading 80 %of the public to protest against pet cloning

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Animal cloning technology is not perfect

   B. Pet cloning is a profitable industry

   C. Animals shouldn't be used for experiments

   D. Pet cloning should be stopped

v.閱讀理解

[文章大意]克隆寵物的壞處遠大于好處,作者極力反對克!寵物。

  1. C推理判斷題。第二段中the Roslm Institute官網(wǎng)上的話主要是說克隆寵物的好處都是假的,對動物的傷害卻是真實的,由此可知他們并不贊同此舉。

  2. B推理判斷題。從第三段的"While pet cloning companies are charging customers up to $ 150.000 for a cloned pet,millions of homeless animals of the same species are available in animal shelters for around $ 100."可知,比起領(lǐng)養(yǎng)寵物,作!者認為花錢買克隆寵物是很不值得的。

3. B細節(jié)理解題。該活動的成就列于最后一段中,由"Wc worked hard until the only US companies that sold cloned an?imals closed their doors."可知答案。

4. D主旨大意題。由全文內(nèi)容可得知答案選D.

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