1、Module 5 Cloning课时作业19.单句语法填空1People are terrified by terrorist attacks so they live in terror as the situation is terrifying.(terrify)2Where is Jimmy?Just now I saw him sitting under the tree, absorbed (absorb) in his video games.3It was what he meant rather than what he said that annoyed me.4In ou
2、r country the cold weather in the north contrasts sharply with the hot weather in the south.5One of the local banks strongly resisted cutting (cut) interest rates.6While travelling (travel) around the world, he got to know a lot of different friends.7Becket, however, refused to do what his friend de
3、sired and as a result, a quarrel arose (arise) between them.8How I wish I had_passed (pass) the geography exam!So youre sorry that you didnt work hard.9The negotiation (谈判) broke down because one side refused to play the game.10Nowadays parents have done everything for their single children, which m
4、akes the children rely on/upon their parents badly.完成句子1The reason why Im late is that I missed the bus.我迟到的原因是没赶上公共汽车。2Sara wasnt at school last week, with the result that she missed an important test.萨拉上星期没上学,结果错过了一次重要测验。3As a result of the pilots strike, all flights have had to be cancelled.由于飞行员
5、罢工,所有航班取消。4Make sure that you pick me up at five.你一定要在5点开车来接我。5You will soon get used to our way of living.你将很快习惯于我们的生活方式。.模块知识微串联根据提示翻译下列句子并连句成文。1如今健康对每一个人都很重要。我对健康的建议如下。(as follows)2众所周知,平衡饮食对我们的健康很有益处。(beneficial)3很多不能治愈的疾病都是由不好的饮食习惯引起的。(cure, arise from)4我们要抵抗住甜食的诱惑,拒绝垃圾食品,以保持身体健康。(resist, refus
6、e)5其次,在身体垮掉之前,我们要专注于锻炼身体。(be absorbed in, break down)6总之,一个健康的身体依靠健康的饮食和锻炼。(rely on)Nowadays health is important to everyone. My advice on health is as follows. As we all know, a balanced diet is beneficial to our health. Many diseases, which cant be cured, arise from bad eating habits. So we should
7、 resist the temptation of sweets and refuse junk food to keep fit. Secondly we need to be absorbed in physical exercise before we break down. In short, a healthy body relies on a healthy diet and exercises.阅读理解What is Cloning?Which is the most famous sheep in the world? A sheep called Dolly. But why
8、 is Dolly famous? That is because unlike other sheep, Dolly was not born in the usual manner. This means that she is the twin sister of her mother and she does not have a father!Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, the UK, made history on July 5th 1996, when they successfully cloned a sh
9、eep.Our bodies are made up of cells which have information to go about their work in the form of DNA. This is called the genetic code. Every organism gets half of this information from the father and the other half from the mother.We all have grown from a single cell called the egg cell. It divides
10、millions of times to give rise to the millions of cells which form our body.And each cell has a copy of all the genetic information needed by the body. This means that each cell of our body has enough information to create other human beings like us. All we need is an egg cell.In the process of clon
11、ing, the scientists take the DNA from an animal cell and implant it into an egg cell taken from another animal. Before they implant it, the DNA of the recipient (受方) cell is removed.This is how Dollys life beganfrom a single cell taken from the udder of her mother. The DNA in her mothers cell was re
12、moved and transferred into the egg cell of another sheep. Five months later, Dolly was born and then was a healthy lamb, a clone of her mother (from whom her DNA was taken)and without a biological father.It is technologically possible to clone humans as well. What if someone creates a clone of Hitle
13、r? As we have learnt from the story of the Jurassic Park, we might lose control over the situation after a point. Is there a disaster waiting to happen?克隆羊多莉的成功存活引起世界的广泛关注,这是科学史上的重大突破,文章同时暗示作者对克隆人可能存在的风险表示担忧。1According to the passage, every one of us grows up from _.Aa gene Ba motherCan egg cellDa g
14、enetic code答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“We all have grown from a single cell called the egg cell.”可知,我们都是由被叫作卵细胞的单细胞发育成长来的,故答案选C。2Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?ALike us humans, Dolly got her DNA from her parents.BThe DNA of Dollys mothers cell was taken away.CIt is i
15、mplied in the passage that Dolly has one mother.DDolly is famous becuse she was born in the laboratory.答案:B解析:细节理解题。从第六段中的“Before they implant it, the DNA of the recipient (受方) cell is removed.”可知,在克隆过程中,接受者细胞中的DNA在植入卵细胞前已被移除。3In which sentence does the word “implant” have the same meaning as that i
16、n Paragraph 6?AThe egg implants and becomes a foetus (胎儿)BTwo days later, they implanted the egg back inside her body.CThey felt a woman had a right to choose to have a breast implant.DA deep sense of responsibility had been implanted in him by his father.答案:B解析:词义猜测题。画线词 implant 在该语境下意为“将植入”。根据选项各句
17、句意可知,画线词和B项句中 implanted 的意义相同。4What attitude does the author have towards cloning humans?AAnxious.BOptimistic.CUncertain.DObjective.答案:A解析:推理判断题。由最后一段作者提到克隆出希特勒的可能性和俄罗纪公园的故事可知,作者担心克隆人可能会让局势失去控制,因而选A。.读后续写阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。Last Sunday afternoon, Sandra_and_I were eager to meet up with a m
18、an on Detroits east side to help him get ready for a job interview this week. But on the way, we spotted a dog lying near the road next to his owner. We thought hed been hit by a car. My friend, Sandra Abrahamian, and I had assisted animal rescue groups before and we thought there might be something
19、 we could do, so we quickly pulled over to help.His owner, a woman told us the dogs name is Bosco,_and she was walking him over a mile in the heat to her new_home. She said Bosco was an outside dog and no one would give him a ride to her new place. Thats when she and a friend decided to walk the ent
20、ire way. He was going from a life on a chain in one backyard to another. She said Bosco was having trouble breathing along the way, but they thought he could make_it. But just a block away from their destination, Bosco fell down. We could tell he was suffering from heatstroke (中暑). She told us he ha
21、d thrown up and could no longer stand. Bosco was out_of_breath quickly; his drool (口水) was also thick. Boscos owner said she wanted to give him away because she didnt have time for him. She said he would never be allowed into her new “home” because her children have allergies (过敏症) and she worried h
22、e would dirty the carpet.I made a call to Kristina Rinaldi of Detroit_Dog_Rescue to ask if they could help Bosco because it was clear that he was going to die without emergency_care. To our happiness, Rinaldi said they could help. At once she told the people at Oakland Veterinary Referral Services t
23、hat a dog which needed critical care was being rushed in and they must be ready to try their best to save him.注意:1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;3续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;4续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。答案Paragraph 1:Sandra drove while I stayed in the back seat trying to comfort Bosco. I thought we lost
24、him a couple of times when he was seemingly out_of_breath and his eyes seemed to close. By the time we arrived, Bosco was wheeled into the animal care center to receive emergency_care. Bosco was put on oxygen and was taken good care of by staff there and we waited anxiously for the dog to get out of
25、 danger. Rinaldi said another dog in Detroit_Dog_Rescue had already been named Bosco, and she wanted this new member to have a new name for his new life.Paragraph 2:So Bosco is now being called Roscoe, whose critical care and recovery were estimated to be several thousand dollars. It would be diffic
26、ult for Roscoes new_home to cover the costs as a nonprofit organization. Thankfully, many people who knew Roscoes story on Detroit Dog Rescues Facebook page donated money to his care. With the help of supporters, Detroit Dog Rescue managed to make_it. Once Roscoe was in a stable state, Sandra_and_I returned to our original mission, knowing we had already been given the chance to help one desperate soul.