1、人教新课标版选修八Using Language Unit 2 CloningReading Look at the following pictures and think which film they are from?1.Have you ever seen the film Jurassic Park?Why do people like this film?What animals do you see in the film?Are they real?2.Do you like dinosaurs?Can you see them in our real life?Why?3.D
2、o you think it is possible to clone dinosaurs?If not,why?If yes,do you think thats good for human beings?Why?1.Scientists are still experimenting with cloning mammals because they think it can make money.2.The animals that have disappeared from the earth,like dinosaurs,can be brought back to life th
3、rough cloning.3.If we can clone any extinct animals,we should let them live in a zoo.FFFTrue or FalseGive some reasons why it is either impossible or unsuitable to clone extinct animalsReason 1:Reason 2:Reason 3:You need perfect DNT.There is not enough diversity for cloned animals to overcome new di
4、seases.It would be unfair to clone any extinct animals if they would have to live in a zoo.1.The writer of the text _.A.is excited by the possibility of cloning fierce and extinct animalsB.believes that extinct animals can be brought back to life by cloningC.thinks it impossible or unsuitable to clo
5、ne extinct animals like dinosaursD.dreams of dinosaurs returning to the earthComprehending2.The film Jurassic Park is popular because _.A.people are interested in the subject of cloningB.all the actors are dinosaursC.it was directed by a scientist who clones dinosaursD.it proves very interesting3.Wh
6、ich of the following is true?A.Mice were cloned in 1981.B.Dolly the sheep was the first cloned animal.C.The name of the cloned cow is“Bison”.D.China was successful in cloning mammals.4.The reasons why a group of cloned animals all die of the same illness do NOT include _.A.they have the same arrange
7、ment of genesB.there isnt enough diversity in the group for it to overcome illnessesC.the illness is a new oneD.their arrangement of genes can not resist that new disease5.We can infer from the text that _.A.scientists are experimenting to clone dinosaursB.dinosaurs will never return to the earth C.
8、cloned animals will only live in the zoo D.the DNA of dinosaurs can only survive 10 000 yearsExercise 1Read the text and answer the questions.1.Why shouldt you clone an extinct animal unless there is enough diversity in the group?There will not be enough genetic variation in the group to be able to
9、resist new illnesses.2.Why is it wrong to clone an extinct animal if it would live in a zoo?It is not a good idea to clone an animal that would live in a zoo because it is not a suitable habitat to develop and increase its numbers.The zoo is not a natural environment for a wild animal.Language point
10、s1.The popularity of the film popular popularity2.a long way from doing sth.3.Do/make/carry out/perform an experiment on/in/with做.实验,对.做实验4.from time to time有时；偶尔；时常5.bringback to life 使复生6.Diversity in a group means havinganimals with their genes arranged in different ways.mean doing sth.have sth.done7.but others will survive and pass on the ability to resist that diseaseto the next geration.pass onto传递;留给
