1、Module 5 Cloning.完形填空Once upon a time，there was a poor man.His 1 was also very poora small and empty house，which was 2 with spider webs (蜘蛛网)People tried to 3 coming into his house as they didnt want to come to such a 4 place.And the poor man thought that poverty(贫困) was the 5 for his unlucky life.T
2、hen，the poor man 6 a wise man and told him about his poverty.The man felt sorry for the poor man and gave him a vase.“This will save you from 7 ，” the wise man 8 .The poor man took the 9 from the wise man and wanted to 10 it at first and then spend the money on drinking, as usual.Besides，why would h
3、e 11 such a beautiful thing？But then he started 12 the vase carefully and decided not to take it to the market.He brought the vase back to his 13 ，put it on the table and started watching it again.“Its not 14 for such a beautiful thing to be 15 ，” the poor man thought.So he 16 some flowers and put t
4、hem into the vase.It became even 17 .“Not good that such a beautiful thing stands next to a spider web，” the poor man 18 again.So the poor man started 19 his house.He cleaned the dust，washed the floor and whitened the walls.And it became clear that his house wasnt poor， 20 rather warm and comfortabl
5、e.And the poor man wasnt a poor man anymore，but a hardworking host，who had no time to think about poverty. 本文讲的是一个智者送了一个花瓶给一个穷人，最终帮助这个穷人成了一个勤奋的人。1A.home Bchild Chealth Dvillage答案：A解析：根据破折号后的内容“a small and empty house”可知他的家也很穷。home家；child孩子；health健康；village村子。故选A。2A.treated Bfilled Cbuilt Dcovered答案：
6、B解析：treat对待；fill填充；build建设；cover覆盖。固定词组：be filled with.充满了，故选B。3A.consider Bforget Cenjoy Davoid答案：D解析：句意：人们尽量避免来他的家，因为他们不想来这样一个脏的地方。consider认为；forget忘记；enjoy喜爱；avoid避免。故选D。4A.dirty Bquiet Ccold Dwet答案：A解析：由上文屋里布满了蜘蛛网可知屋里很脏。dirty脏的；quiet安静的；cold冷的；wet湿的。故选A。5A.problem Bresult Creason Dchange答案：C解析：句
7、意：这个穷人认为贫穷是他不幸生活的原因。problem问题；result结果；reason原因，理由；change变化。故选C。6A.helped Bmet Cthanked Dprotected答案：B解析：句意：这个穷人遇见了一个智者，并把自己的贫穷告诉了他。help帮助；meet遇见；thank感谢；protect保护。故选B。7A.poorness Bdeath Cdanger Dtrouble答案：A解析：句意：它将把你从贫穷里挽救出来。poorness贫穷；death死亡；danger危险；trouble麻烦。poorness与上文反复出现的poverty相一致。故选A。8A.sa
8、id Bshouted Ccried Dwrote答案：A解析：“This will save you from 7 ”是这位智者说的话。故选A。9A.money Btable Cvase Dflower答案：C解析：根据上文可知，这里应该是指穷人从智者那里接过花瓶。故选C。10A.draw Bstudy Cthrow Dsell答案：D解析：句意：穷人起初想把花瓶卖掉，然后像平常一样买酒喝。由“and then spend the money”可知，应是先把花瓶卖掉换成钱。故选D。11A.bring Bbuy Cneed Dlike答案：C解析：句意：另外，他为什么需要这样一个美丽的东西呢？
9、bring拿来，带来；buy买；need需要；like喜欢。故选C。12A.washing Bshowing off Crepairing Dlooking at答案：D解析：句意：他开始仔细地看花瓶。wash洗；show off炫耀；repair修理；look at看。由本段最后一句中的“and started watching it again”可知look at与其中的watch相对应。故选D。13A.school Bfarm Cshop Dhouse答案：D解析：由下文“put it on the table”可知他把花瓶带回了他的房子里。故选D。14A.right Bimportan
10、t Cpossible Deasy答案：A解析：由下文“some flowers and put them into the vase”可知，开始花瓶应是空的，而他认为这样美丽的东西是空的，这有点不合适。所以他才会摘花放进去。right正确的，合适的；important重要的；possible可能的；easy容易的。故选A。15A.big Bempty Cold Dsafe答案：B解析：见上题解析。16A.planted Bpicked Cstole Dborrowed答案：B解析：由“and put them into the vase”可知，他摘了一些花放进了花瓶里。plant种植；pic
11、k摘，捡；steal偷；borrow借。故选B。17A.more expensive BstrangerCmore beautiful Dstronger答案：C解析：句意：它变得更美丽了。more expensive更贵的；stranger更奇怪的；more beautiful更美丽的；stronger更强壮的。故选C。18A.expected Bthought Cbelieved Ddoubted答案：B解析：由上文“the poor man thought”可知选B项。19A.cleaning Bchecking Cmoving Dchoosing答案：A解析：由下文“He cleane
12、d the dust，washed the floor and whitened the walls.”可知，这个穷人开始打扫房子。clean打扫；check核对，检查；move移动；choose选择。故选A。20A.or Bfor Cbut Dand答案：C解析：句意：他的房子不再脏而是温暖、舒适的。or或者，否则；for为了；but而是，但是；and和。故选C。.阅读理解Human cloning technology could be used to reserve heart attacks.Scientists believe that they may be able to tre
13、at heart attack by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that have been damaged, and other problems may be solved if human cloning and its technology are not forbidden.With cloning，infertile couples could have children.Current treatments for infertility, in
14、 terms of percentages, are not very successful.Couples go through physically and emotionally painful procedures for a small chance of having children.Many couples run out of time and money without successfully having children.Human cloning could make it possible for many more infertile couples to ha
15、ve children than ever before.We should be able to clone the bone marrow(骨髓) for children and adults suffering from leukemia (白血病)This is expected to be one of the first benefits to come from cloning technology.We may learn how to switch cells on and off through cloning and thus be able to cure cance
16、r.Cloning technology can be used to test for and perhaps cure generelated diseases.The above is just a few examples of what human cloning technology can do for mankind.This new technology promises unprecedented (前所未有的) advancement in medicine if people will release their fears and let the benefit be
17、gin.这篇文章主要讲述了人类克隆技术对于心脏病、不孕不育、白血病以及遗传疾病等方面预防和治疗的美好前景。1Heart attacks can be treated with human cloning technology by .Aremoving the damaged part of the heartBreplacing the old heart with a cloned oneCgiving the patients injections of various medicinesDrepairing the heart with cloned heart cells from
18、healthy ones答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“Scientists believe that they may be able to treat heart attack by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that have been damaged. ”可知，答案为D项。 2.What does the underlined word “infertile”in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?AUnable to
19、 give birth to a child.BWith physical and emotional problems.CShort of time and money.DSeparated from each other for long.答案：A解析：词义猜测题。通过第二段“With cloning，infertile couples could have children.”以及“Many couples run out of time and money without successfully having children.”可知，infertile是不孕不育之意。 3.Acco
20、rding to the text, one of the first expected benefits from cloning technology may be in .Athe treatment of heart attacksBthe bearing of babiesCthe cure of leukemiaDthe detection of generelated diseases答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的第一和第二两句可知C项正确。4What can be inferred according to the last paragraph?AMany people show their fears of cloning.BCloning technology can not be used to cure generelated diseases.CHuman beings cant benefit from cloning at all.DCloning technology promises unprecedented advancement in medicine.答案：A解析：推理判断题。由第四段最后一句话可知A正确。