Tony: These days, the word “clone” has appeared 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.
小题1:The word “clone” means_________________.
复制 B 克隆 C 抄袭 D 制造
小题2:Dolly was the name of _______.
A. the father of a sheep B. a famous scientist
C. . a grown-up sheep D a sheep that was cloned
小题3:Lana says Dr. Ian Wilmut is the “father” of Dolly. Here, she means __________.
Dr. Ian Wilmut was the first man to clone a sheep in his lab
Dr. Ian Wilmut gave Dolly a new life
Dr. Ian Wilmut took care of Dolly like a father
D. Dr. Ian Wilmut has a daughter whose name is Dolly
小题4: From the conversation, may be clone in our life.
A a tree B a person C an elephant D an orange
小题5:According to the conversation, we know about .
Scientists have successfully cloned humans.
Dr. Wilmut likes to do human cloning.
C. Cloned animals are better than humans.
D. Lana doesn’t think humans shouldn’t be cloned.
