2018-2019学年高中英语 Module 5 Cloning 课下能力提升（二十）（含解析）外研

-1-EvaluationWarning:ThedocumentwascreatedwithSpire.Docfor.NET.Module5课下能力提升（二十）Ⅰ.阅读理解Theideaofcloningyourpetsoundslikealaughablewasteofmoney,becauseitis.Butitstartstoseemalittlelesslaughablewhenyourownbelovedpetstartsgettingolder.IfIhadhadafewhundredthousanddollarstospare,IknowIwouldhavehalf­seriouslyconsidereditformydearlittlecat,whodiedlastyear.OnecouplethatdoeshappentohaveafewhundredthousanddollarstospareisBarryDillerandDianevonFurstenberg,whohavereportedlyclonedtheirbelovedJackRussellTerrier(akindofdog),Shannon,andnowhavetwoidenticalJackRussellTerriers,namedDeenaandEvita.Whenyourpetdies,youjustwantyourpetback,oratleastascloseacopyasyoucanget.Soit’sreallynosurprisethatofthearound600dogsclonedbySooamBiotechResearchFoundationmostwereclonedforsadpetowners.ThelabinSeoul,SouthKorea,isnowtheonlyplaceontheplanetinthebusinessofcloningpetdogsforowners.But,infact,thetechnologywon’tgiveyouyourpetback.Theredon’tyetappeartobeanystudiesonthebehaviorofclonedpets,butresearchonclonedcowsandpigshassofarshownmarkeddifferencesinbehaviorandevenlooksinclonedanimals.TheDNAisexactlythesame,buttherearestilldifferencesinpersonalityandappearance.EvenifDillerandvonFurstenburgraisetheirnewdogsintheexactsameenvironmentintheexactsamewaythattheyraisedShannon,thenewdogswillstillbehavedifferently.“Thepromiseofpetcloningisthatyourclonedpetisgoingtobehaveandlookliketheoneyoualreadyhave—andthatwillnotbethecase(情况)，”saidProfessorJorgePiedrahitaatN．C.State.“We’veclonedanimalsthatwereraisedinthesameenvironment,buttheystilldidn’tactthesame.”语篇解读：尽管宠物克隆技术已经比较成熟，但克隆出来的宠物并不会与原来的宠物一模一样。1．WhatcanwelearnaboutthelabinSeoul?A．Itwassetupbysomepetowners.B．Ithasclonedhundredsofpetdogs.C．Itchargesnothingforitsservices.-2-D．Ithasclonedacatfortheauthor.解析：选B细节理解题。由第二段中的“Soit’sreallynosurprisethatofthearound600dogsclonedbySooamBiotechResearchFoundationmostwereclonedforsadpetowners”可知，这家实验室已经克隆了几百只宠物狗。2．Whydoestheauthormentionthestudiesonclonedcowsandpigs?A．Toexplainwhyfarmanimalsarecloned.B．Todiscusswhypetcloningissopopular.C．Toshowclonedanimalsareverydifferentfromeachother.D．Toprovecloningisnotagoodwaytobringpetsfromthedead.解析：选D推理判断题。由第三段中的“butresearchonclonedcowsandpigs...buttherearestilldifferencesinpersonalityandappearance”可知，作者提到关于克隆牛和猪的研究是为了说明克隆出来的宠物会与原来那个宠物不一样，因此克隆并不是一个挽回自己原有宠物的好方法。3．Whatwillthecouplebelikelytofindoutabouttheirnewdogs?A．They’llgrowinaverystrangeway.B．They’lldisliketheirnewenvironment.C．They’llactdifferentlyfromShannon.D．They’llhavethesamepersonalityasShannon.解析：选C细节理解题。由最后一段中的“thenewdogswillstillbehavedifferently”可知，这对夫妇会发现他们的克隆狗与原来的Shannon在行为举止上并不相同。4．WhatwasPiedrahita’sattitudetowardsthelab’spromiseofpetcloning?A．Hedisbelievedit.B．Hewasworriedaboutit.C．Hewascautiousaboutit.D．Heshowedmuchinterestinit.解析：选A推理判断题。由最后一段中的“thatwillnotbethecase”可知，Piedrahita并不相信这样的承诺。Ⅱ.阅读七选五FourStepstoBeginYourPathtoGreatnessFeelingstuckisquitecommon.Manytimes,wehavethoughtsanddreamsofwhatwewantinlife.__1__Ourthinkingpatternholdsusbackfromgoingforward.Thegoodnewsisthat,atanymomentintime,wehavetheabilitytostarttakingactiontowardcreatingthelifewewant.Herearefourstepstogetstarted：※CelebrateYourSuccess.-3-Writedownallthesuccessesyou’vealreadyachievedandalltheawesomenessthatyouhavetoday.__2__Andonceyou’reinthatpositiveroutinewithyourthoughts,itwillleadyoutomakebetterchoicesandtakebetteractiontowardyourgreatness.※CreateYourTrueVision.Manytimeswelivebasedonothers’expectationsorwestaystuckinaparticularplacebecauseit’soursafetyzone.Ownyourpath.Itcanbehardtodo,butallowyourselftogetoutofyourhead(orstoplisteningtowhatotherswantforyou)andfocusonyourheartandwhatit’stellingyou.__3__※__4__Ifyouwanttostartgoingtothegym,going5daysaweekrightawayisextreme,andsettingyourselfupbybitingmorethanyoucanchewtypicallydoesn’tresultinsuccess,butfailure.Instead,startslowandgoonceortwiceaweek.Afteryoudothatforawhileandgetintoaniceroutine,upittomoredays.Overtime,youwillbuildtowardyourgoalsbytakingrealistic,smallerstepstogetthere.※HavetheRightSupport.__5__Findtherightsupporttocheeryouonintheprocess.Itcouldbeafriend,afamilymember,orsignificantotherswhoyoutrust.Whoeveritmaybe,havingsomeoneonyourjourneywillbejustwhatyouneedtokeepyourselfontrackandcelebratewithyouasyouworktowardthelifeyoudreamof.A．Don’tdoitalone.B．Berealisticaboutyourgoals.C．Bekindtoyourselfandacceptthemoment.D．Yourfailurecanleadyoutoanothersuccess.E．Thispracticewilldirectyourthinkingtoapositiveplace.F．Sadly,theyonlystayasthoughtsanddreamsinsideofus.G．Lookwithinyourselfdeeplyanddecidewhatyouwantandwhat’strueforyou.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了通向不平凡的四个措施。1．解析：选F空处承接上句“Manytimes,wehavethoughtsanddreamsofwhatwewantinlife”，故选F项，悲哀的是它们只是内心的想法和梦想而已，F项的“they”代指“thoughtsanddreamsofwhatwewantinlife”。2．解析：选E由空前一句“Writedownallthesuccesses...theawesomenessthatyouhavetoday”可知，选E项，E项的“Thispractice”代指“Writedown...”这一动作，且E项的“apositiveplace”与下文的“thatpositiveroutine”呼应。3．解析：选G根据空处的上一句“Itcanbehardtodo,butallowyourselftoget-4-outofyourhead(orstoplisteningtowhatotherswantforyou)andfocusonyourheartandwhatit’stellingyou”可推知，要追随自己的内心，明白自己真正的想法，决定自己想要什么，所以选G项。4．解析：选